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National Disaster Management Authority (India), abbreviated as NDMA, is an apex Body of Government of India, with a mandate to lay down policies for disaster management. NDMA was established through the Disaster Management Act enacted by the Government of India on 23 December 2005. [ 2 ]
The NDMA may have no more than nine members including a Vice-Chairperson. [3] The tenure of the members of the NDMA shall be five years. [ 4 ] The NDMA which was initially established on 30 May 2005 by an executive order, was constituted under Section-3(1) of the Disaster Management Act, on 27 September 2006. [ 5 ]
The NDMA which was initially established on 30 May 2005 by an executive order, was constituted under Section-3(1) of the Disaster Management Act, on 27 September 2005. The NDMA is responsible for "laying down the policies, plans and guidelines for disaster management" and to ensure very timely and effective response to disaster".
[2] At present, the tsunami warning centre receives data from 17 seismic stations of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), 10 stations of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG) and more than 300 international stations. In addition, it receives data from 17 sea-level tide gauges at intervals of five minutes.
[5] [12] NDMA was also given the task of preparing CDRI's memorandum and by-laws. [11] Design competitions for the CDRI logo and tagline were also organized on the MyGov.in portal with cash prizes of ₹ 1 lakh (equivalent to ₹ 1.2 lakh or US$1,400 in 2023) and ₹ 50,000 (equivalent to ₹ 62,000 or US$720 in 2023) respectively. [13] [14]
The National Disaster Management Act of 2005 granted the institute statutory organisation status. The Act holds the institute responsible for "planning and promoting training and research in the area of disaster management, documentation and development of national level information base relating to disaster management policies, prevention ...
National Disaster Management Authority (Pakistan) This page was last edited on 2 November 2024, at 04:28 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
[2] UNDRR (formerly UNISDR) is part of the United Nations Secretariat and it supports the implementation & review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction adopted by the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction on 18 March 2015 in Sendai, Japan. The Sendai Framework is a 15-year voluntary people-centred approach to ...