Disaster

Management Act
2005
Presented by Suneha Manhas
Department of Sociology
  The Disaster Management Act of 2005
(DMA 2005) is an act passed by the
government of India for the ‘efficient
management of disasters and other
matters connected to it.

About this Act

 The Disaster Management Act, 2005 was
made effective from December 23, 2005, to
provide for the effective management of
disasters and for matters connected
therewith or incidental thereto.
 • For planning and implementation of
disaster plans
• To prevent or mitigate people from
disaster-affected areas
Significanc • To respond and recover from disaster
e events
• Coordination and management of disaster-
affected areas
  1. National Disaster Management Authority
Governing(NDMA)
bodies 2. National Executive Committee
established3. State Disaster Management Authority 
 3. State Disaster Management Authority

by the act :4. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)

 The role of the National Disaster
Management Authority (NDMA) is:

What is the role of • Laying down policies for disaster

the National Disaster
Management management
Authority (NDMA)?

• Approving the plans prepared by the

different concerned Departments
• Draw a National and State Plan
  The DMA empowers the Central
Government to create a National Executive
Committee (NEC) to assist the National
Disaster Management Authority.
National  The NEC consists of Secretary level officers
Executive of the government in the home, health,
power, finance, and agricultural ministries. 
Committee  The NEC is responsible for the preparation
of the National Disaster Management Plan
for the whole country and to ensure that it is
“reviewed and updated annually”
   The State Disaster Management Authority
(SDMA) is responsible for drawing the
disaster plan for its respective state.
 It consists of the Chief Minister who is the
State Disaster chairperson and 8 members appointed by
the Chief Minister.
Management
 The SDMA is mandated under section 28 to
Authority
ensure that all the departments of the State
prepare disaster management plans as
prescribed by the National and State
Authorities.
  The Chairperson of the District Disaster
Management Authority (DDMA) will be the Collector
District Magistrate or Deputy Commissioner of the
district.
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)

District
National Disaster Response Force is tasked with
Disaster responding to a threatening disaster or a situation
Management similar to it.
Authority The NDRF is led by a Director-General appointed by
the Central Government.
The NDRF has played a major role in rescuing people
from many disaster-related events in the past  such
as the Kashmir floods of 2014 and the Kerala floods
of 2018
 National Disaster Response Fund.—

 The National Disaster Response Fund

Finance, shall be made available to the National
Accounts Executive Committee to be applied
towards meeting the expenses for
and emergency response, relief, and

Audit rehabilitation in accordance with the

guidelines laid down by the Central
Government in consultation with the
National Authority.
 National Disaster Mitigation Fund.—

The Central Government may, by notification in the Official

Gazette, constitute a Fund to be called the National Disaster
Mitigation Fund for projects exclusively for the purpose of
mitigation and there shall be credited thereto such amount
which the Central Government may, after due appropriation
made by Parliament by law in this behalf, provide.
  Prohibition against discrimination.—While providing
compensation and relief to the victims of disaster, there shall be

Major
no discrimination on the ground of sex, caste, community,
descent or religion.

Success  Power to issue direction by Central Government –

of the  Payment of Compensation

Act  Act to have overriding effect.—The provisions of this Act,

shall have an effect, notwithstanding anything inconsistent
therewith contained in any other law for the time being in force
or in any instrument having effect by virtue of any law other
than this Act.
  Punishment for a false claim.—Whoever knowingly
makes a claim which he knows or has reason to believe to
be false for obtaining any relief, assistance, repair,
reconstruction, or other benefits consequent to disaster
from any officer of the Central Government, the State

Offences and
Government, the National Authority, the State Authority or
the District Authority, shall, on conviction be punishable

Penalties : with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two

years, and also with fine.
 Punishment for false warning.—Whoever makes or
circulates a false alarm or warning as to disaster or its
severity or magnitude, leading to panic, shall on
conviction, be punishable with imprisonment which may
extend to one year or with fine.
  The Disaster Management Act is based on the

What has
principle that mitigation of disaster-related losses is
more efficient than expenditure on relief and

been the rehabilitation. The drawing up plans for strategic

partnerships and courses of action to counter
progress disasters of various degrees the act has made
significant inroads in the following:-
made by • Detailed directions to guide disaster management
DMA in efforts

2005?
• Capacity development in all spheres
• Consolidation of past initiatives and best practices
• Co-operation with agencies at national and
international levels.
  One of its drawbacks is the absence of a
provision for the declaration of ‘disaster-prone
zones’. The states can play a more active role
when such provisions are made as this
classification can help in mitigating the damages
Criticism of the that will be caused.
Disaster  The Act implies that disasters are sudden, when
Management Act they can be progressive in nature as well. For
example, epidemics can be considered disasters
despite conventional definition as they take
thousands of lives in its way. Epidemics of 
dengue and tuberculosis cause a lot of havoc yet
no effective mechanism is in place to combat it
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