National Disaster Management Authority (India): Difference between revisions

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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, 2005|Disaster Management Act]] enacted by the [[Government of India]] on 23 December 2005.<ref name="ndma-evolution">{{cite web|title=Evolution of NDMA|url=http://www.ndma.gov.in/en/about-ndma/evolution-of-ndma.html|access-date=28 October 2014|publisher=National Disaster Management Authority}}</ref>  NDMA is responsible for framing policies, laying down guidelines and best-practices for coordinating with the State Disaster Management Authorities (SDMA's) to ensure a holistic and distributed approach to disaster management.<ref name="ndma-functions">{{cite web|title=Functions and Responsibilities|url=http://www.ndma.gov.in/en/about-ndma/roles-responsibilities.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606022111/https://www.ndma.gov.in/en/about-ndma/roles-responsibilities.html|archive-date=6 June 2020|access-date=28 October 2014|publisher=National Disaster Management Authority}}</ref>

The phrase disaster management is to be understood as a continuous and integrated process of planning, organizing, coordinating, and implementing measures, which are necessary or expedient for the prevention of danger or threat of any disaster mitigation or reduction of risk of any disaster or severity of its consequences, capacity building, preparedness to deal with any disaster, prompt response, assessing the severity or magnitude of effects of any disaster, evacuation, rescue, relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction'.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ndma.gov.in/images/ndma-pdf/DM_act2005.pdf|title=The Gazette of India|date=26 December 2005|website=NDMA|access-date=8 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730221317/https://ndma.gov.in/images/ndma-pdf/DM_act2005.pdf|archive-date=30 July 2020}}</ref>

It is headed by the Prime Minister of India and can have up to nine other members. Since 2020, there have been four members. They are: Mr. Kamal Kishore, Lt. Gen (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain, Mr. Rajendra Singh and Dr. Krishna Vatsa. As of now, Mr. Kamal Kishore acts as a Member Secretary. There is a provision to have a Vice Chair-person if needed.<ref name="DMA-2005">{{cite web |title=Disaster Management Act, 2005, [23rd December, 2005.] NO. 53 OF 2005 |url=http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/DM_Act2005.pdf |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs |access-date=30 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web |title=NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY |url=https://ndma.gov.in/en/ |website=NDMA |access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref>

NDMA has a vision to "build a safer and disaster resilient India by a holistic, pro-active, technology-driven and sustainable development strategy that involves all stakeholders and fosters a culture of prevention, preparedness and mitigation."<ref>{{cite web |title=NDMA Vision |url=https://ndma.gov.in/en/about-ndma/vision.html |website=ndma.gov.in |access-date=8 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614004259/https://ndma.gov.in/en/about-ndma/vision.html |archive-date=14 June 2020}}</ref>

NDMA, under the Ministry of Home Affairs can also be assigned with the responsibility for protection of cyber critical infrastructure. As a result NDMA has overlapping responsibilities with [[Indian Computer Emergency Response Team|CERT-IN]] of MeitY and [[National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre|NCIIPC]] of the NTRO when it comes to securing critical/non-critical infrastructure.<ref>{{Cite web|title=India's Cyber Security Policy and Organisation – A Critical Assessment|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/sites/default/themes/indiannavy/images/pdf/resources/article_6.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

NDMA ( National Disaster Management Authority) runs various programs for mitigation and responsiveness for specific situations. These include the National Cyclone Risk Management Project,<ref name=ndma-ncrmp>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndma.gov.in/en/ongoing-programmes/ncrmp.html|title=National Cyclone Risk Management Project|publisher=National Disaster Management Authority|access-date=28 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029040115/http://www.ndma.gov.in/en/ongoing-programmes/ncrmp.html|archive-date=29 October 2014}}</ref> School Safety Project,<ref name=ndma-ssp>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndma.gov.in/en/ongoing-programmes/school-safety-project.html|title=School Safety Project|publisher=National Disaster Management Authority|access-date=28 October 2014}}</ref> Decision Support System and others. India Disaster Response Summit held on 9 November 2017 held at New Delhi. This Summit was jointly organized by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and social networking site Facebook. India has become the first country to partner with Facebook on disaster response.

* Guidelines on Hospital Safety

* Guidelines on Management of Floods