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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 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 is responsible for "laying down the policies, plans and guidelines for disaster management" and to ensure "timely and effective response to disaster".
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".
According to section 20(1) of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, [3] there is a provision for the establishment of a State Executive Committee (SEC). This committee, led by the Chief Secretary of the state, is tasked with the coordination and oversight of the implementation of the National Policy, the National Plan, and the State Plan as ...
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 ...
The department was to be headed by the Chief Secretary and would help in preparing, mitigation and response to disasters. [1] In December 2005, Government of India enacted the Disaster Management Act, 2005 which mandated the creation of state disaster management agencies with the chief minister of the state as the chairperson. [ 2 ]
With the current network, earthquakes of a magnitude of 3.5 can be located within five to ten minutes with reliable accuracy. The information on earthquake guidelines are disseminated to all concerned state and central government departments through a short message service (SMS), fax, or e-mail. IndiaQuake is an application developed to provide ...
The latest version of seismic zoning map of India given in the earthquake resistant design code of India [IS 1893 (Part 1) 2002] assigns four levels of seismicity for India in terms of zone factors. In other words, the earthquake zoning map of India divides India into 4 seismic zones (Zone 2, 3, 4 and 5) unlike its previous version, which ...