Question

National Institute of Disaster Management falls under which Indian Ministry:

• A. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
• B. Ministry of Earth Sciences
• C. Ministry of Home Affairs
• D. Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Ministry of Home Affairs

• The National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) was constituted under an Act of Parliament with a vision to play the role of a premier institute for capacity development in India and the region.
• The efforts in this direction that began with the formation of the National Centre for Disaster Management (NCDM) in 1995 gained impetus with its redesignation as the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) for training and capacity development.
• Under the Disaster Management Act 2005, NIDM has been assigned nodal responsibilities for human resource development, capacity building, training, research, documentation and policy advocacy in the field of disaster management