Allied Organizations

National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA): The NDMA which was initially established on 30 May 2005, was formally constituted on 27 September 2006, in accordance with Section 3(1) of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister. The NDMA is mandated to lay down policies and guidelines on effective and timely disaster management for different Ministries, Departments of Government of India and State Governments for the integration of risk reduction measures into their development plans and projects. It also acts as a coordinating and enforcing body for the implementation of disaster management plans.
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National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM): Under Section 42 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, NIDM was constituted to be the premier institute for capacity building, training and development for disaster management in India. The institute believes in a “Culture of Prevention” outlook towards disaster risk reduction. Through a strategic, multi-stakeholder and multi-disciplinary approach, the institute develops training modules, organizes training programs, undertakes research and documentation and promotes courses, lectures and conferences on disaster management and risk reduction.
During the financial years 2019-20 & 2020-21, Grant-in-Aid General of Rs. 12.00 Crore each was released to NIDM to meet their day to day expenditure on salary of staff, office expenses, training prrogrammes, travel, publicity, publication, payment of rent and other committed expenditure.

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Directorate General of Fire Service, Civil Defence and Home Guards (DG FS, CD & HG): The Directorate General of Civil Defence was established under Ministry of Home Affairs in 1962 to handle all policy and planning matters related to Civil Defence, Fire Services and Home Guards, including the functioning of the National Fire Service College. An IPS officer in the rank of Director General of Police heads the organization.
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National Disaster Response Force (NDRF): The NDRF was constituted under Section 44 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 for a specialized response to natural and man-made disasters. At present, NDRF comprise of 12 battalions, with each battalion consisting 1149 personnel. All the 12 battalions are located in Assam, West Bengal, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh. These battalions have been trained and equipped to response to all man-made and natural disasters. It also looks after functioning of National College of Civil Defence.
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National Fire Service College (NFSC): The National Fire Service College located in Nagpur, was established in 1956 with the aim of providing training to the Fire Officers of the country in advanced techniques of firefighting and rescue, and creating uniformity in the Fire Service organizations and their management across the country. It is a residential college. The college awards various courses such as B. E (Fire Engineering), Certificates, Diplomas and Advanced Diplomas , which are recognized by the Central and State Governments and public & private sectors. Infrastructure of the college is being upgraded to make it a world class Fire Training Institute. After upgradation, annual intake of the college will be more than 1400.
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Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure Society (CDRIS) - Grantee Organisation: The Government of India (on 28.08.2019) approved establishment of an international Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI, as a Society, along with its supporting Secretariat office in New Delhi, at an outlay of Rs. 480 crore (approx. USD 70 million) for a corpus required to fund technical assistance and research projects on an ongoing basis over a period of 5 years from 2019-20 to 2023-24.
The Prime Minister announced CDRI at the United Nations Climate Action Summit, in New York City on 23rd September 2019. Memorandum of Association (MoA) and Bye-laws for establishing the Secretariat of CDRI as ‘CDRI Society’ have been finalised. On 03.02.2020, CDRI Society has been registered.

Government of India approved the fund provision through transfer of fund as Grants in Aid from MHA to the CDRI Society on a non-lapsable basis (for a period of five years from 201-20 to 2023-24). The Grants to CDRI Society is to execute CDRI Programmes through technical assistance and research projects on an ongoing basis and also towards covering recurring expenditure of Secretariat Operations and Management.

So far, fund provision of CDRI activities are routed through NDMA. For this purpose, sanction order issued to NDMA from MHA’s Budget Head 2245 “Relief on account of Natural Calamities”. Till now, PAO NDMA is authorized to transfer following amount for CDRI:-

For FY 2018-19 - Rs. 12,1660 Crore

For FY 2019-20 - Rs. 20 Crore

For FY 2020-21 - Rs. 15 Crore

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