No state should deny Rs 50,000 ex-gratia to kin of those who lost lives to COVID-19: SC"No states shall deny ex gratia on ground that in death certificate cause of death is not mentioned that 'died due to COVID'," SC bench sai...
04 Oct, 2021, 04.00 PM IST
NDMA for Rs 50,000 ex-gratia to kin of those who lost lives to COVID, Centre tells SCThe NDMA said that ex-gratia assistance will also be given to the kin of those who died of the virus due to involvement in COVID-19 relief ...
22 Sep, 2021, 08.15 PM IST
NDMA conducts training programme on chemical emergencies at Bengaluru AirportThe first day of the session covered Case Studies on CBRN emergencies, safe handling of chemicals at the airport and mitigating chemical wa...
12 Nov, 2018, 03.58 PM IST
UAVs can be effectively used in disaster management: NDMA"UAVs can be effectively used in different phases of disaster management - they can help us identify areas affected by disasters. They can ...
13 Jul, 2018, 02.58 PM IST
Centre, states to discuss monsoon, other disaster preparednessThe meeting, to be chaired by Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi, will review the status of preparedness for dealing with any eventuality ...
16 May, 2017, 05.54 PM IST
Centre reviews plan to tackle natural disastersThe home secretary took stock of the status of preparedness for southwest monsoon with the participating central agencies, states and UTs.
19 May, 2016, 12.57 AM IST
PAC points out serious flaws in country's disaster preparedness, asks home ministry to take actionThe PAC report points out that the National Plan for Disaster Management, which is already nine years overdue, has still not been finalised.
19 Sep, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Amarnath Yatra: Mock drill to enhance disaster preparednessSeveral hundred employees of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board have already been trained in Disaster Management by the NDMA.
10 Jun, 2015, 04.43 PM IST
National Disaster Management Authority asks states to study the Gujarat model to beat heatThe NDMA has circulated the '2015 Heat Action Plan of Ahmedabad' to states, which is an updated version of the first comprehensive early wa...
04 Jun, 2015, 03.30 AM IST
Home Ministry asks for experts to fill up posts at NDMAThe applicant should have contribution in the field of medical preparedness or capacity building for disaster situations and mitigation ini...
13 Nov, 2014, 03.35 PM IST
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stresses on improvement of disaster management capabilitiesCiting recent natural disasters in Uttarakhand, Odisha and AP, PM Manmohan Singh pressed for urgent steps to strengthen early warning syste...
28 Oct, 2013, 06.41 PM IST
MHA's disaster response comes under PAC's criticismThe meeting of the PAC comes in the backdrop of devastation caused by rains and flash floods in Uttarakhand.
01 Jul, 2013, 07.58 PM IST
CAG slams NDMA functioning, calls it 'ineffective'NDMA has drawn flak from the CAG which said the apex planning and supervising body has been found to be ineffective in most of the key area...
23 Apr, 2013, 04.17 PM IST
- NDMA to conduct 'mock drills' at all nuclear facilities
The exercise will be done "to review the off-site emergency plan" of different authorities.
13 Jul, 2011, 06.23 AM IST
- PM asks agencies to upgrade safety of nuclear installations
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday reviewed the country's disaster preparedness.
02 Jun, 2011, 12.59 AM IST
- 38 Indian cities fall in moderate to high risk seismic zones
Top metros like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata fall under moderate to high risk seismic zones of the country, the National Disaster Man...
10 Apr, 2011, 10.36 AM IST
- Disaster panel to look into medical readiness
The national Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) will, next week, meet experts from different fields of medicine to draw up guidelines on ...
21 Aug, 2006, 03.10 AM IST