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Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024
March 30 , 2025
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- The Rajya Sabha passed the Disaster Management Amendment Bill, 2024.
- It provides the statutory status to existing bodies such as the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) and the High-Level Committee (HLC).
- It empowers the state governments to constitute a separate authority for state capitals and cities with a municipal corporation.
- It also empowers the NDMA to specify the number and category of officers and employees, with previous approval of the central government.
- It adds new functions like periodic review of disaster risks, setting guidelines for minimum relief standards, creating national and state disaster databases, etc.
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