Indian Organizations working for Natural disaster management
Indian Organizations working for natural disaster management 1. National Disaster Management Authority National Disaster Management Authority, abbreviated as NDMA, is an agency of the Ministry of Home Affairs whose primary purpose is to coordinate response to natural or man-made disasters and for capacity-building in disaster resiliency and crisis response. NDMA was established through the Disaster Management Act enacted by the Government of India in 23 December 2005. The Prime Minister is the ex-officio chairperson of the same. The agency is responsible for framing policies, laying down guidelines and best-practices and coordinating with the State Disaster Management Authorities (SDMAs) to ensure a holistic and distributed approach to disaster management. The Chairman of the NDMA is the Prime Minister. National Disaster Response Force When 'calamities of severe nature' occur, the Central Government is responsible for providing aid and assistance to the ...