India, Oct. 1 -- A high-level committee, led by Union home minister Amit Shah, has approved a number of mitigation, recovery and reconstruction projects with a total outlay of Rs.4,645.6 crore in the wake of climate related events that have caused damage in various states, the ministry of home affairs (MHA) said on Wednesday.

The projects, MHA said in a statement, will benefit nine states, including Assam, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. "The committee, comprising of Union finance and agriculture ministers, and vice chairman NITI Aayog as members considered the proposal for financial assistance to the states from National Disaster Mitigation Fund (NDMF)," the ministry said...