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01/10/22 13:39 PM IST

National Disaster Management Authority

In News 
  • The National Disaster Management Authority celebrated its 18th Formation Day in New Delhi.
  • The vision of NDMA is “To build a safe and disaster resilient India by developing a holistic, proactive, multi-disaster oriented and technology - driven strategy through a culture of prevention, mitigation, preparedness and response”.
  • The theme for this year’s Foundation Day was “Volunteerism in Disaster Management”.
NDMA 
  • The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is India’s apex statutory body for disaster management.
  • The Prime Minister is its chairperson and it has nine other members. One of the nine members is designated as Vice-Chairperson.
  • The primary responsibility for the management of disaster rests with the State Government concerned. However, the National Policy on Disaster Management puts in place an enabling environment for all i.e., the Centre, state and district.
  • India is also a signatory to the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) that sets targets for disaster management.
  • The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has been established under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister and National Executive Committee (NEC) of Secretaries has been created to assist the NDMA in the performance of its functions.
  • At the State level, a State Disaster Management Authority has been created under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister of the State, which has been assisted by a State Executive Committee.
  • At the District level, District Disaster Management Authorities have been created.
Source- PIB 

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