Disaster Management Agencies

National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA): The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), is an important part for the disaster management in India, Which is responsible for the management, direction, and management of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) of India. This Authority is Headed by the Prime Minister of India.

National Executive Committee (NEC): The National Executive Committee is comprised of high-profile members from the government which include the Union Home Secretary (Chairperson), and the Secretaries of Ministries of Agriculture, Atomic Energy, Defence, Drinking Water Supply, Environment, Forests, etc. This Organization prepares the National Plan for Disaster Management according to the National Policy of India on Disaster Management.

State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA): The Chief Minister is the head of the Agencies. The State Gov. has a State Executive Committee (SEC) which assists the SDMA on Disaster Management.

District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA): It is headed by the District Collector, Deputy Commissioner / District Magistrate depending on the Disaster situation, with the elected representatives of the local administration as the Co-Chairperson. This Agencies ensures that the guidelines framed by the NDMA and the SDMA must followed by all administration at the District level.

Local Authorities:- Local authorities includes Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI), Municipalities, District as well as Cantonment 11 Institutional and Legal Arrangements Boards, and Town Planning Authorities which is responsible for controlling and managing of services.

Need for disaster management

As per experiences, taking India into account, India is frail against 30 exceptional types of disasters that will impact the monetary, social, and human improvement potential such a lot that it will definitively influence the effectiveness and huge scope of financial execution. This widespread chaos and obliteration lead to the requirement for Disaster Management.

Disaster Management: Disaster Management is an incorporated course of planning, sorting out, organizing, and carrying out measures that are essential for risk reduction during disasters and to face the consequences well prepared. Disaster management ensures rescue and relief.

And A disaster is characterized as a disturbance of enormous scope, either regular or man-made, happening in short or extensive stretches. Disasters can prompt human, material, monetary or ecological difficulties, which can be much higher than the tolerable limit of the impacted society.