Question

68. Consider the following statements regarding National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)
1. It is an agency of Prime Minister office to co-ordinate response only during disasters.
2. Prime Minister is ex-officio Chairman of National Disaster Management Authority
3. It was established to administer only Natural Disasters.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are not correct?

• A. Only 1 and 2
• B. Only 2 and 3
• C. Only 1 and 3
• D. All of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is C Only 1 and 3

National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is an agency of the Ministry of Home Affairs whose primary purpose is to coordinate response to natural or man-made disasters and for capacity-building in disaster resiliency and crisis response. It was established through the Disaster Management Act enacted in December 2005, post Tsunami. PM is the ex-officio chairperson of NDMA