NDMA (National Disaster Management Authority)
Definition
India's apex national body for disaster management, established under the Disaster Management Act 2005. Published the 2018 draft DVI framework that called for INTERPOL DVI training for a dedicated Indian response team, prompted by the Uttarakhand 2013 capacity failure.
- Full name
- National Disaster Management Authority
- Country
- India
- Established under
- Disaster Management Act 2005
- Relevant publication
- 2018 draft DVI framework
Common questions
What prompted NDMA's 2018 draft DVI framework?+
It followed identified capacity gaps exposed during the 2013 Uttarakhand disaster response, where the scale of the identification task outstripped existing capability, and the draft framework called for INTERPOL DVI training to build a dedicated Indian disaster victim identification response team.
Is NDMA itself the body that performs disaster victim identification?+
No. NDMA sets national disaster management policy and coordination frameworks, while the hands-on DVI work of identifying bodies falls to forensic and police agencies operating within the structure NDMA establishes.
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