<h1>The state urges 16th Finance Commission to redesign Disaster Risk Index for hill states and increase dedicated green funding</h1> The state government urged the 16th Finance Commission to reframe the Disaster Risk Index (DRI) for hill states, arguing the 15th Commission's uniform matrix omits mountain-specific hazards (landslides, avalanches, cloudbursts, forest fires, GLOFs) and thus underestimates needs, producing inadequate disaster relief allocations after significant losses. It requested a separate DRI and dedicated allocations distributed among hill states, continued and non-tapered Revenue Deficit Grant based on realistic revenue-expenditure projections (seeking a minimum Rs.10,000 crore annually), increased weight for forest/ecology criteria, inclusion of above-tree-line and dense forest areas, and creation of a Rs.50,000 crore annual Green Fund or SASCI-type scheme.