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The Disaster Management Act, 2005

Geography
Year
2005
Document Type
Legislative

Summary

This Act is the key piece of legislation to organise India's response to manmade and natural disasters. It sets out specific rules for capacity-building, preparedness and mitigation of disasters.

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Year
2005
Most recent update
26/12/2005
Response areas
Disaster Risk Management
Sectors
Economy-wide
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