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Supreme Court orders States to pull head out of sand(11.05.2016)
Aghast by States’ failure to acknowledge drought conditions in parts of the country, in a series of orders, the Supreme Court ordered updating of the .....
Tags : Drought management manual, disaster, food security, nrega
News
Kerala HC to Kochi Corporation & DM: Take Actions to Prevent Flooding Amid Heavy Rainfall(02.08.2022)
Kerala High Court has directed officers of Disaster Management Authority and Kochi Municipal Corporation to ensure that every ground level measure is .....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Prevent Flooding, Heavy Rainfall, Disaster Management Authority
Bombay High Court Slams State for Lazy Functioning of District DMAs(13.12.2018)
Bombay High Court has said that there is complete inaction and total lethargy in the functioning of the district Disaster Management Authority (DMA) f.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Disaster Management Authority
SC: NDMA Should Give Special Attention to Children in Event of Disaster(08.09.2017)
Supreme Court has opined that National Disaster Management Authority should “give special attention to the children in the event of a disaster since t.....
Tags : Supreme Court, National Disaster Management Authority
Ker. HC: Definition of 'Landslide Prone Area' Can’t be Expanded Without Approval of State Authority(28.12.2023)
Kerala High Court while observing that as per S.31(2) of Disaster Management Act, 2005 State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) must approve plans p.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Disaster Management Act, Landslide Prone Area
Bombay High Court Pulls up Maharashtra Government Over No Policy for Disaster Management(27.09.2017)
Bombay High Court has pulled up the State Government while taking note of the fact that the Maharashtra Government has ‘hardly’ taken any effort to fo.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Disaster Management
Karnataka High Court: State’s Disaster Management is Disastrous(27.08.2019)
Karnataka High Court has observed that the State’s disaster management is itself “disastrous” due to non-implementation of several crucial provisions .....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Disaster Management
Uttarakhand HC Issues notice on PIL Seeking Compensation for Victims of Glacial Disaster(07.06.2021)
Uttarakhand High Court has issued notice to the Central and State Government on a Public Interest Litigation seeking compensation for families affecte.....
Tags : Uttarakhand High Court, Compensation for Victims of Glacial Disaster
MP HC Dismisses Congress MLA's Plea Seeking Disaster Management Committee Dissolution(17.06.2021)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a plea filed as Public Interest Litigation by Congress MLA Sanjay Shukla and others praying for a direction th.....
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Disaster Management Committee Dissolution
Ker. Lok Ayukta Refers Complaint Against Chief Minister & Ors. In CMDRF Misuse Case to Full Bench(31.03.2023)
Kerala Lokayukta has referred the complaint against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and former Ministers in misuse of amount in Chief Minister Disaste.....
Tags : Kerala Lokayukta, Chief Minister Disaster Relief Fund, Full Bench
Madras HC Seeks Centre Explanation Over TN Drought Relief Fund(09.02.2017)
Madras High Court has directed Centre to explain by March 9 steps it had taken with respect to a plea made by State government to sanction ?39,565 cro.....
Tags : Madras High Court, National Disaster Response Fund, Tamil Nadu
SC to Centre: Formulate National Plan for Disaster Management(06.04.2016)
SC has directed Government to formulate a national plan for disaster management to provide relief and rehabilitation to calamity- affected persons.
Tags : SC, Government, Disaster Management
Kerala HC: Suo Motu Case Initiated to Prevent and Manage Natural Disasters(09.08.2024)
Kerala High Court has initiated a suo motu case regarding prevention and management of natural disasters in Kerala. The suo motu proceedings have been.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Suo Motu, Natural Disasters
Notifications & Circulars
Annual System Audit, Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery(16.11.2015)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India has issued guidelines to mitigate risks to the stability and integrity of national commodity derivative exc.....
Tags : Commodity exchange, disaster recovery, continuity
Annual System Audit, Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery(16.11.2015)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India has issued guidelines to mitigate risks to the stability and integrity of national commodity derivative exc.....
Tags : Commodity exchange, disaster recovery, continuity
TRAI releases Consultation Paper on "Next Generation Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR) communication networks"(09.10.2017)
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has today released a Consultation Paper on "Next Generation Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PP.....
Tags : Consultation Paper, Release, Disaster Relief, Communication networks
SC Suspends Direction on National Disaster Mitigation Fund(02.08.2016)
SC has suspended its direction to Centre for creation of National Disaster Mitigation Fund to tackle drought-like situation in certain states, saying .....
Tags : SC , National Disaster Mitigation Fund
Supreme Court to NDMA: Publish Annual Report, Update All Plans, Make Website Multilingual(09.05.2017)
Supreme Court has directed National Disaster Management Authority to regularly publish its Annual Report, to review and update all plans, and to make .....
Tags : Supreme Court, National Disaster Management Authority
Lok Sabha Passes the Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024(13.12.2024)
Lok Sabha has passed the Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024 seeking to amend the Disaster Management Act, 2005. This bill aims at strengthenin.....
Tags : Lok Sabha, Disaster Management, Strengthening
SC: SDRF Cannot be Diverted, Revert to SDRF Diverted Amount(12.07.2022)
Supreme Court has held that money from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) cannot be diverted or used for any other purpose and it would be proper.....
Tags : Supreme Court, State Disaster Response Fund, Diverted
High Level Committee chaired by Union Home Minister approves Central assistance of Rs. 7,214.03 crore to States affected by natural disasters(29.01.2019)
The High Level Committee chaired by the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, approved the additional Central assistance from National Disaster Res.....
Tags : Central assistance, Approval, Natural disaster
Steps Taken by The Central Government for Relief to Farmers in view of Deficit Monsoon(14.09.2015)
To counter deficit in the monsoon during 2015’s Kharif season, the Central Government has taken steps to provide relief to farmers, and has advised al.....
Tags : Monsoon, relief, farmers, disaster relief