AN OVERVIEW ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACT, 2005
AN OVERVIEW ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACT, 2005
Resource person started the seminar by thanking the Institution for this opportunity.
The resource person started by mentioning about the "Declaration by the UN" un 1990's on International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR).
Mentioned about entry 23 of the Union list regarding enactment of NDM Act.
Mentioned about the object of the Act and also important definitions.
Explained about the powers and functions of the National, State, District and local authorities.
She explained each authorities function by comparing it with the real time (i.e., COVID-19, Chennai Flood and other Disasters in India)
Finally she spoke about the criticism and drawbacks in implementation of the Act.
The participants raised certain questions regarding the present COVID situations and it's failure and also about the other drawbacks in the Act.