Aid  

 Jaitley said insurance companies have been directed to settle claims and banks asked to give loans so that people can get a breathing space in rebuilding their lives
 

US is unhappy with Pakistan and the Trump administration has said that Pakistan is granting safe haven to insurgents

 Kerala BJP president PS Sreedharan Pillai said that the Centre had provided Rs 15,000 crore aid to the flood-hit State but still it was complaining against the Narendra Modi  government.
 

Accepting foreign aid for relief work is not honourable when the nation has sufficient money to rebuild Kerala, says metro man
 

Bollywood actor Randeep Hooda has reached Kerala and has been distributing food and volunteering to help those affected by the floods. Randeep posted pictures of the work the group (Khalsa Aid) is doing in the affected areas

India's stance can be seen as an expression of its soft power. It is also a continuation of a policy started by the Manmohan Singh government

Post-tsunami, then prime minister Manmohan Singh from the UPA government had agreed upon a foreign policy, by which it was decided not to accept any funds from foreign governments, during calamities in India.