{"id":33729,"date":"2024-12-14T19:15:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T13:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=33729"},"modified":"2024-12-14T19:15:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T13:45:13","slug":"disaster-management-amendment-bill-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/14-12-2024\/disaster-management-amendment-bill-2024","title":{"rendered":"Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS3\/Disaster Management<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Lok Sabha has passed the Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Bill amends the <strong>Disaster Management Act, 2005.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The DM Act establishes:\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA),\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA),\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and the District Disaster Management Authority.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>These authorities are responsible for disaster management at the national, state, and district level, respectively.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Highlights of the Bill<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Preparation of disaster management plans: <\/strong>The Bill provides that NDMA and SDMA will prepare disaster management plans, which was earlier prepared by the National a State Executive Committee.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Functions of NDMA and SDMA:<\/strong><strong>The Bill adds these functions:\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>taking periodic stock of disaster risks, including emerging risks from extreme climate events,\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>providing technical assistance to authorities below them,\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>recommending guidelines for minimum standards of relief,\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and preparing national and state disaster databases, respectively.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Bill also <strong>empowers NDMA to make regulations<\/strong> under the Act with prior approval of the central government.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Disaster Database: <\/strong>The Bill mandates the creation of a comprehensive disaster database at both national and state levels.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Urban Disaster Management Authorities:<\/strong> The Bill empowers the state government to constitute a separate Urban Disaster Management Authority for state capitals and cities with a municipal corporation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Formation of State Disaster Response Force:<\/strong> The Bill empowers the state government to constitute a State Disaster Response Force (SDRF).\u00a0 The state government will define the functions of SDRF and prescribe the terms of service for its members.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Statutory status to existing committees:<\/strong> The Bill provides statutory status to existing bodies such as the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) and the High Level Committee (HLC).\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The NCMC will function as the nodal body for dealing with major disasters with serious or national ramifications.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The HLC will provide financial assistance to state governments during disasters.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Appointments to NDMA:<\/strong> The Bill empowers NDMA to specify the number and category of officers and employees, with previous approval of the central government. NDMA may also appoint experts and consultants as necessary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Opposition Concerns:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Several opposition members argued that the amendments could centralize power and undermine the autonomy of state governments.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some members also called for increased focus on early warning systems, prevention measures, and financial support for disaster-affected areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Despite the opposition&#8217;s concerns, the Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It will now be sent to the Rajya Sabha for further consideration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/lok-sabha-passes-bill-to-amend-the-disaster-management-act\/article68978480.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lok Sabha has passed the Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33729"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33730,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33729\/revisions\/33730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}