Section 37 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 – Disaster management plans of Ministries or Departments of Government of India

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Section 37: Disaster management plans of Ministries or Departments of Government of India

  • (1) Every Ministry or Department of the Government of India shall—
    • (a) prepare a disaster management plan specifying the following particulars, namely:—
      • (i) the measures to be taken by it for prevention and mitigation of disasters in accordance with the National Plan;
      • (ii) the specifications regarding integration of mitigation measures in its development plans in accordance with the guidelines of the National Authority and the National Executive Committee;
      • (iii) its roles and responsibilities in relation to preparedness and capacity-building to deal with any threatening disaster situation or disaster;
      • (iv) its roles and responsibilities in regard to promptly and effectively responding to any threatening disaster situation or disaster;
      • (v) the present status of its preparedness to perform the roles and responsibilities specified in sub-clauses (iii) and (iv);
      • (vi) the measures required to be taken in order to enable it to perform its responsibilities specified in sub-clauses (iii) and (iv);
    • (b) review and update annually the plan referred to in clause (a);
    • (c) forward a copy of the plan referred to in clause (a) or clause (b), as the case may be, to the Central Government which Government shall forward a copy thereof to the National Authority for its approval.
  • (2) Every Ministry or Department of the Government of India shall—
    • (a) make, while preparing disaster management plan under clause (a) of sub-section (1), provisions for financing the activities specified therein;
    • (b) furnish a status report regarding the implementation of the plan referred to in clause (a) of sub-section (1) to the National Authority, as and when required by it.

Source: official text of The Disaster Management Act, 2005 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Disaster Management Act, 2005.

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