NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY

Disaster Management
Planning
In India

Kunal Satyarthi
Joint Secretary (Advisor), Policy & Plan
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)

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Disaster Management Cycle

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Policy, Plans and Guidelines

DM Act, 2005
National Policy on Disaster
Management 2009

National Plan 2019

Aligned to Sendai Framework for DRR (2015-
2030)
Details roles & responsibilities of stakeholders

Guidelines: 33
Reports & Studies: 23

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Disaster Management Act 2005

• 11 Chapters & 79 Sections
Chapter – I: Preliminary
(Sec 1 & 2)

Chapter – II: NDMA (Sec 3 to

13)

Chapter – III: SDMAs (Sec 14 – 24)

Chapter – IV: DDMAs (Sec 25 –

34)

Chapter – V: Measures by Govt. for

DM (Sec – 35 – 40)
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Chapter – VI: Local

Authorities (Sec 41)

Chapter – VII: NIDM (Sec 42 to 43)

Chapter – VIII: NDRF (Sec 44 – 45)

Chapter – IX: Finance, Accounts &

Audit (Sec 46 – 50)

Chapter – X: Offenses and Penalties (Sec

– 51 – 60)

Chapter – XI: Miscellaneous (Sec

– 61 – 79)
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National Disaster Management Guidelines

33 Guidelines Issued
Hazard Specific Facility Specific Cross-Cutting
1. Earthquake 1. School Safety 1. Medical Preparedness and
2. Floods 2. Hospital Safety Mass Casualty Management
3. Cyclones 3. Museum Safety 2. Psycho-social support and
4. Tsunami 4. Cultural Heritage and mental health services
5. Drought precincts 3. Incident Response System
6. Chemical (Industrial) 5. Training of Fire Services (IRS)
7. Chemical (Terrorism) 6. Seismic Retrofitting 4. Information and
8. Biological Disasters 7. Temporary Shelters Communication System
9. Nuclear and Radiological 8. Home Owners Guide 5. Management of Dead in the
Emergencies Aftermath of Disaster
10. Landslides, Snow Avalanches 6. Minimum Standards in Relief
11. Urban Flooding Camps
12. Boat Safety 7. Disability Inclusive DRR
13. Heat-wave 8. State Disaster Management
14. Thunderstorm, Squall and Plans
Lightning
15. Landslides Risk Management
Strategy
16. Cold Wave and Frost
17. GLOF
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DM Planning

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Plans in DM Act 2005

• DM Act 2005 talks about 5 types
of DM Plans
– National DM Plan – NDMP (Sec. 11)
– State DM Plan – SDMP (Sec. 23)
– District DM Plan – DDMP (Sec. 31)
– DM Plan of Ministries or
Departments of GoI (Sec. 37)
– DM Plan of Departments of State
(Sec. 40)
• Integrated Plans
• Not done in isolation,
• Not Building plans,
• Not Crisis Management Plan
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National Disaster Management Plan (NDMP)

2019

Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi

released National Disaster Management Plan on
01.06.2016.
This is first ever national plan prepared on the
lines of SFDRR.
The Plan has been subsequently revised in 2019.

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NDMP 2019
• Message from Hon’ble PM
• Message from Hon’ble HM
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations
• Executive Summary
• Chapters (1 – 14)
– Chapter – 1: Preliminaries
– Chapter – 2: Hazard, Risks and Challenges
– Chapter – 3: Coherence and Mutual Reinforcement for
Three Post-2015 Global Frameworks for DRR
– Chapter – 4: Social Inclusion in Disaster Risk Reduction
– Chapter – 5: Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction
– Chapter – 6: Building Disaster Resilience –
Responsibility Framework: Part – A, (Prelude)
– Chapter – 7: Building Disaster Resilience – The
Responsibility Framework: Part – B
– Chapter – 8: Preparedness and Response
– Chapter – 9: Recovery and Building Back Better
– Chapter – 10: Capacity Development – An Overview
– Chapter – 11: Financial Arrangements
– Chapter – 12: Strengthening Disaster Risk Governance
– Chapter – 13: International Cooperation
– Chapter – 14: Maintaining and Updating the Plan
• References
• Annexure-I: List of NDMA’s Disaster Management
Guidelines
• Annexure-II: Hazard Vulnerability Maps for India
• Annexure – III: Sendai Framework Indicators
• List of Figures
• List of Tables 10
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Highlights of NDMP 2019

• An Inclusive Plan focusing on more vulnerable groups like women,
children, SC/ST, elderly and persons with disabilities.

• The Plan addresses mitigation, risk reduction, preparedness and

response aspects for 17 disasters.

• Mainstreaming and coherence between SFDRR, SDGs and COP 21

are other cross-cutting issues.

• Capacity Development, Disaster Risk Governance and International

Cooperation are other important topics covered in the Plan.

• Another major feature added is the inclusion of time frames and

providing an indicative grouping of various elements of the plan
into the time frames.
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Disasters Included in NDMP 2019

1. Cyclone & Wind 10. Cloudburst and Hailstorm
2. Flood 11. Glacial Lake Outburst Flood
3. Urban Flood 12. Heat Wave
4. Seismic / Earthquake 13. Chemical (Industrial) Disasters
5. Tsunami 14. Nuclear and Radiological
6. Landslides and Snow Avalanche Emergencies
7. Drought 15. Biological and Public Health
8. Cold Wave and Frost Emergencies (BPHE)
9. Thunderstorm, Lightning, Dust, 16. Fire Hazard
Squall and Strong Winds 17. Forest Fire Hazard

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Disasters Included under NDRMF Guidelines

1. Cyclone
2. Drought
3. Earthquake
4. Fire
5. Flood
6. Tsunami
7. Hailstorm
8. Landslide
9. Avalanche
10. Cloudburst
11. Pest Attack
12. Frost & Cold Wave
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State & District DM Plans

• Chapter III of the DM Act 2005 (Sections 14 –
24) – State Disaster Management Authorities
– Section 23 – State Plan

• Chapter IV of the DM Act 2005 (Sections 25 –

34) – District Disaster Management Authority
– Section 31 – District Plan
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NDMA Guidelines on SDMPs and

DDMPs
• National Guidelines for preparation of State
Disaster Management Plans (SDMPs) – 2007

• Model Framework for District Disaster

Management Plan (DDMP) – 2014

• Explanatory Notes for Preparation of District

Disaster Management Plan (DDMP)
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Coordination Mechanism for Implementation of DDMPs

• The DDMPs should be –
– Multi-hazard
– Multi-level, and
– Multi-Stakeholder

• The DDMP emphasises the roles and responsibilities of all

concerned stakeholders at the time of a disaster and also the
coordination required amongst them.

• In order to prepare for and ensure effective coordination and

implementation of DDMPs, the best way would be to practice and
rehearse it regularly when there is no disaster.

• This helps in understanding – What to do & How to do, at the time

of any disaster. Who will do what can also be made clear by doing
this.
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Some General Guidelines for DDMPs

• DDMPs should be developed in the right context of district – No
irrelevant and inapplicable information.

• Community focused DDMP and an operational plan.

• Roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders and functionaries

at district level and below should be clearly specified.

• Multi-hazard profile of districts with historical data base relating to

all disasters – time and place of occurrence.

• Micro-level plan - information and actionable points down to village

level should be included.

• Some other important issues to be addressed in the plan include -

Water crisis, Lightening, mapping of rivers, etc.
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Linkages between Plans

• DM Act Mandates for DM Plans at National,
State and District level

• In addition, Ministries / Departments at centre

and Departments of State Governments
should have their DM Plans

• There should be Horizontal and Vertical

linkages between Plans
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DM Plans of Ministries / Departments

• DM Plan of Ministries or Departments of GoI (Sec.
37)
• DM Plan of Departments of State (Sec. 40)
• National Disaster Management is Approving
Authority
• NDMA is providing Technical Support to all
Ministries/Departments
– Template for preparation of DM Plans prepared and shared
in 2019
– Frequently Asked Questions to help in preparation of DM
Plans.
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Disaster Management Plans of Ministries

and Departments
• Section 37 (1) – Every Ministry or Department of Govt. of
India shall
– (a) prepare a disaster management plan specifying…..
– (b) review and update annually the plan referred to in clause (a)
– (c) forward a copy of the plan referred to in clause (a) or clause (b), ……
to the National Authority for its approval
• (2) Every Ministry of Department of the Govt. of India shall –
– (a) make, while preparing DM Plan under clause (a) of sub-section (1),
provisions for financing the activities specified therein;
– (b) furnish a status report regarding the implementation of the Plan
referred to in clause (a) of sub-section (1) to the National Authority, as
and when required by it.

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DM Plans of Ministries / Departments

• Nodal Officers Workshops organised on 10-11
Oct, 2019 and 2 Mar, 2022
• Consultation with Ministries/Departments in
NDMA
• Visit by NDMA Consultants to Ministries /
Departments to help in preparation of DM
Plans
• Review of DM Plans and suggestions for
improvements.
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Linkages between Plans

• Horizontal Linkages –
– Ministries and Departments of GoI to draw their DM
Plans as per NDMP and also in consonance with
respective National Guidelines issued by NDMA.

– Similarly, DM Plans of Departments of State

Government should be in line with the State Disaster
Management Plan (SDMP) and other guidelines issued
by respective State Governments.
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Linkages between Plans (Contd.)

• Vertical Linkages –
– NDMP to provide guidelines for States to develop their
SDMPs and so is for States to develop their SDMPs in line
with NDMP and National Guidelines.

– SDMPs should be developed in line with the provisions of

NDMP/National Guidelines and also provide guidelines for
development of DDMP. SDMPs are most important linkage
between National Plan and District level Plan.

– DDMPs should be developed in line with the provisions of

SDMP and other guidelines issued by respective State
Governments.
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Status of DM Plans of Ministries and

Departments – Approved (16)
• Department of Fisheries
• Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying
• Ministry of Corporate Affairs
• Department of Atomic Energy
• Ministry of Food Processing Industries
• Ministry of Steel
• Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare
• Department of Agriculture Research and Education
• Ministry of Power
• Ministry of Coal
• Ministry of Labour and Employment
• Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
• Ministry of Panchayati Raj
• Department of Justice
• Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation
• Department of Chemicals and Petro-chemicals
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Status of DM Plans of Ministries and

Departments – Comments
•
Sent (39)
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
• Ministry of AYUSH
• Department of Fertilizers • Department of Water Resources, River
Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
• Ministry of Civil Aviation
• Ministry of Minority Affairs
• Department of Commerce
• Ministry of Railways
• Department of Promotion of Industry and
Internal Trade • Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
• Department of Telecommunications • Ministry of Women and Child Development
• Ministry of Culture • Department of Youth Affairs
• Department of Defence Production • Department of Space
• Ministry of Earth Sciences • Ministry of External Affairs
• Department of Health Research • Department of Rural Development
• Department of Heavy Industry • Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
• Department of Internal Security • Department of Pharmaceuticals
• Department of States • Department of Land Resources
• Department of Official Language • Department of Economic Affairs
• Department of Home • Department of Public Enterprises
• Department of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh • Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Affairs • Department of Consumer Affairs
• Department of Border Management • Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
• Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs • Ministry of Mines
• Department of School Education and Literacy • Department of Bio-Technology
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Status of DM Plans of Ministries and Departments –

Plan Not Prepared (30)
• Department of Posts • Ministry of New & Renewable Energy
• Department of Food and Public Distribution • Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
• Department of Defence • Department of Personnel and Training
• Department of Defence Research and • Department of Administrative Reforms and
Development Public Grievances
• Department of Ex-Serviceman Welfare • Department of Pensions and Pensioner’s
• Ministry of Development of North Eastern Welfare
Region • Department of Science and Technology
• Department of Expenditure • Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
• Department of Revenue • Ministry of Shipping
• Departments of Investments and Public Asset • Department of Social Justice and Empowerment
Management • Department of Empowerment of Persons with
• Department of Financial Services Disabilities
• Department of Health and Family Welfare • Ministry of Statistics and Programme
• Department of Higher Education Implementation
• Department of Legal Affairs • Ministry of Textiles
• Legislative Department • Ministry of Tourism
• Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium • Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Enterprises • Department of Sports
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