Ockhi Cyclone Dec-2017 Report English

Village level and also the act mandates the role to various institutions' structures to
coordinate and implement national disaster policy and plans. The Act also paved
way to set up support institutes such as National Institute for Disaster Management
(NIDM) - to promote research and training in the area of Disaster Management and
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) a specialist force to respond to disasters
situations. Consequently, DM Act 2005 was passed, which only explains the
mandates for the members of NDMA, SDMA 4 and DDMA 5 , it reveals that no space
for the members of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) who really work the grass
root people. The Act does not explain about monitoring mechanisms of the NDMA
and its affiliated members. The act also failed to address issues of the affected
communities; it sues the affected communities if they their claims are exacerbated.
Therefore, the DMA provide an overall institutional and instructional framework to
setup DM structures in India but without the existing ground of disaster situations i.e.
Top to Bottom approach or bureaucratic centric approach was adopted. Finally,
disaster emergency situations grow into a situation command and control system.
Later, in the year 2009, GoI issued National Disaster Management Policy
(NPDM) 6 2009 with the vision statement stating that to construct safe and disaster
resilient India is through proactive development in disaster management strategies.
The policy statement was in line with to DMA, therefore it reveals us only the
scientific data about Hazard Centric Vulnerability of India, the Institutional
mechanisms of DMA, and also describes the disaster management cycle such as
Response, Relief and Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Recovery and
Preparedness and Mitigation in detail with support institutional mechanisms provided
by GoI.
Recently, NDMA released the National Disaster Management Plan (NDMP) 7 2016
as mandated by DM Act 2005 which is one of the prime suggestions of the HPC in
the year 2001. The NDMP broadly aligns with the global Sendai Framework for
Disaster Risk Reduction. It directs all levels Ministries and Departments with regard
to the implementation of disaster management. NDMP is also seen as a dynamic
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State Disaster Management Authority
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National Disaster Management Authority
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National Policy on Disaster Management 2009 approved by the Union Cabinet on 22 nd
October, 2009, National Disaster Management Authority, Ministry of Human Affairs, New
Delhi
7 National Disaster Management Plan, 2016 published by National Disaster Management
Authority, Government of India. May 2016, New Delhi
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