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Section 40: Disaster management plan of departments of State
- (1) Every department of the State Government, in conformity with the guidelines laid down by the State Authority, shall—
- (a) prepare a disaster management plan which shall lay down the following :—
- (i) the types of disasters to which different parts of the State are vulnerable;
- (ii) integration of strategies for the prevention of disaster or the mitigation of its effects or both with the development plans and programmes by the department;
- (iii) the roles and responsibilities of the department of the State in the event of any threatening disaster situation or disaster and emergency support function it is required to perform;
- (iv) present status of its preparedness to perform such roles or responsibilities or emergency support function under sub-clause (iii);
- (v) the capacity-building and preparedness measures proposed to be put into effect in order to enable the Ministries or Departments of the Government of India to discharge their responsibilities under section 37;
- (b) annually review and update the plan referred to in clause (a); and
- (c) furnish a copy of the plan referred to in clause (a) or clause (b), as the case may be, to the State Authority.
- (a) prepare a disaster management plan which shall lay down the following :—
- (2) Every department of the State Government, while preparing the plan under sub-section (1), shall make provisions for financing the activities specified therein.
- (3) Every department of the State Government shall furnish an implementation status report to the State Executive Committee regarding the implementation of the disaster management plan referred to in sub-section (1).
Source: official text of The Disaster Management Act, 2005 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Disaster Management Act, 2005.