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Disaster Management Amendment Bill, 2024
December 18 , 2024
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- The Lok Sabha has passed the Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024 to amend the existing Disaster Management Act, 2005.
- Its main proposals are
- Creation of disaster databases at national and state level
- Constitution of Urban Disaster Management Authority for state capital and large cities having municipal corporation, and
- Constitution of State Disaster Response Force by the state governments.
- The Bill provides a statutory status to existing bodies such as the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) and the High-Level Committee (HLC).
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