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form the basis of the national disaster risk adequate representation of women in all
management programme and strengthens the teams and committees
natural disaster management and response • Capacity building of disaster management
mechanisms. United Nations Development teams at all levels and special training
Programme (UNDP) has also been supporting for women in fi rst aid, shelter
various initiatives of the government to management, water sanitation, rescue
strengthen disaster management capabilities. and evacuation.
Th e programme components would include • Capacity building in the cyclone and
the following. earthquake resistant features for houses
• Development of State and District disaster in disaster-prone districts
management plans • Training in retrofi tting and construction
• Development of disaster risk management
of technology demonstration units
and response plans at village/ward, Gram • Integration of disaster management plans
Panchayat, Block/Urban Local Body levels
with the development plans of local self-
• Constitutions of disaster management
governments
teams and committees at all levels with

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

Cabinet Committee on
Natural Calamities High Level Committee Ministry of Home Aff airs

C
Ministries and Departments NDMA National Institute for Disaster Management
of Government of India O
National Disaster Response Force
NEC
Planning Commission M
National Disaster Mitigation Resource (Central)
Interministerial Committee M
STATES Central Para Military Forces
Armed Forces SDMAs U
SEC Fire Services N
Ministries and Departments of
Statues Civil Defence I
District Administration
State Police Home Guards T
DDMAs
Y
State Disaster Response Force NYKS and NSS
Local Authorities
Academic Institutions Professional Bodies

Scientifi c Organisations COMMUNITY Corporate Sectors
Technical Institutions NGOs

Functioning of National Committee on Disaster Management, India

capacity building: a process by which individuals and organisations obtain, improve, and retain skills,
knowledge and other resources that are required to do their jobs to a greater capacity
retrofit: add a component or an accessory to something that did not have it when manufactured

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