

Disaster Management Act, 2005
Disaster Management Act, 2005
This 2025 edition of The Disaster Management Act, 2005 (Act 53 of 2005) reproduces the statute verbatim and folds in the brand-new Disaster Management (Amendment) Act, 2025 (18 of 2025, dt. 28-3-2025, w.e.f. S.O. 1425 E, 4-4-2025), which strengthens State‐level emergency funds and grants statutory force to digital-incident reporting and GIS-based early-warning systems.
The volume also binds in the complete, updated texts of:
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Disaster Management (National Institute of Disaster Management) Rules, 2006
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Disaster Management (Annual Report of National Authority) Rules, 2008
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Disaster Management National Executive Committee (Procedure & Allowances) Rules, 2006
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Disaster Management (Terms of Office & Conditions of Service of Members of the National Authority and Payment of Allowances to Members of Advisory Committees) Rules, 2006
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Disaster Management (Notice of Alleged Offence) Rules, 2007
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NDMA (Financial & Other) Authority Recruitment Rules, 2015
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Disaster Management (NIDM) Rules, 2008 and NIDM Recruitment & Service-Conditions Rules, 2014
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National Institute of Disaster Management Regulations, 2018
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The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 as amended by the Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Act, 2020 (34 of 2020)
Concise short comments follow pivotal sections—flagging the 2025 digital-dashboard mandate, revised SDR-fund utilisation norms, penalty enhancements for false alarms, and the Health-Emergency coordination clause—while preserving full Bare-Act integrity for examinations and authoritative citation.
Core statutory coverage
• National, State & District Authorities—composition, powers, and disaster-risk-reduction planning cycles.
• National & State Disaster Response / Mitigation Funds—2025 amendment introduces direct-benefit-transfer interface and climate-adaptation window.
• Incident command & coordination—standard operating procedures, inter-state assistance, and armed-forces deployment guidelines.
• Private-sector & critical-infrastructure duties—mandatory safety audits, business-continuity plans, and liability for non-compliance.
• Offences & penalties—enhanced fines and imprisonment for obstruction, hoarding of relief supplies, or social-media misinformation.
• Epidemic-response linkage—integration with Epidemic Diseases Act powers for quarantine, contact-tracing and vaccination drives.
This edition is particularly suited for
• District collectors, SDRF officers & emergency-operations-centre staff implementing the latest digital-reporting mandates.
• Urban planners, climate-resilience consultants & NGOs drafting mitigation projects eligible for the new Adaptation Fund window.
• Police, NDRF battalions & armed-forces liaison units referencing deployment, requisition and immunity provisions.
• Hospitals, public-health authorities & CSR teams coordinating epidemic response under the combined Disaster-Epidemic framework.
• AIBE candidates and law students studying disaster-management, public-administration and environmental-law modules.
Exact Gazette text · pinpoint explanatory notes · zero superfluous commentary—your quickest route to clarity, authenticity and practical insight on India’s disaster-management regime.
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Language | : | English |
ISBN-13 | : | 9789356039988 |
Book Edition | : | 2025 |
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