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DISASTER MANAGEMENT (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2024

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DISASTER MANAGEMENT (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2024

The Disaster Management (Amendment) Act, 2025 has been passed by the Parliament and got assent of the President on 29.03.2025. The provisions of the Act came into force w.e.f. 09.04.2025. The Act, inter-alia, aims to:-

The above measures are aimed to increase transparency, accountability, efficiency and cooperation in the disaster management.

There are 16 operational battalions in the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and their total sanctioned strength is 18,581.

The primary responsibility of undertaking rescue, relief and rehabilitation measures in the event of a natural disaster rests with the State Governments concerned. The Central Government, wherever required, supplements the efforts of the State Governments by providing logistics and financial support in cases of natural disasters of severe nature and beyond coping capacity of the State resources.

For better coordination and synergy between National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Forces (SDRFs) and to provide multiplier effects towards relief and rehabilitation during natural disasters, major steps taken by the Government are as under:

share best practices to improve the response capabilities through mutual cooperation/ coordination in case of any disaster. Since last two years, this Conference is being conducted jointly with Relief Commissioners’ Conference by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in collaboration with NDRF to review the status of preparedness to deal with disaster or impending disaster situation before South-West Monsoon.

This was stated by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Shri Nityanand Rai in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.

  1. bring more clarity and convergence in the roles of Authorities and Committees working in the field of disaster management;
  2. provide statutory status to certain pre-Act organizations like the National Crisis Management Committee and the High Level Committee;
  3. strengthen the efficient working of the National Disaster Management Authority and the State Disaster Management Authorities;
  4. empower the National Disaster Management Authority and the State Disaster Management Authorities to prepare the disaster plan at national level and State level instead of the National Executive Committee and the State Executive Committee.
  5. provide for creation of disaster data base at national and State level;
  6. make provision for constitution of “Urban Disaster Management Authority” for State Capital and large cities having Municipal Corporation; and
  7. make enabling provision for constitution of “State Disaster Response Force” by the State Government.