CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -File:The Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh releasing the National Disaster Management Guidelines on Boat Safety, during the inauguration of the 13th Formation Day of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).

Detailed explanation-2: -National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is an agency of the Ministry of Home Affairs whose primary purpose is to coordinate the response to natural or man-made disasters and for capacity-building in disaster resiliency and crisis response.

Detailed explanation-3: -Correct answer is Home Ministry. NDRF stands for the abbrevation of National Disaster Response Force. It comes under the Home Ministry which was estabilished in the year 2006.

Detailed explanation-4: -The ‘Nodal Ministry’ in the central government for management of natural disasters is the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

Detailed explanation-5: -The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), headed by the Prime Minister of India, is the apex body for Disaster Management in India. Setting up of NDMA and the creation of an enabling environment for institutional mechanisms at the State and District levels is mandated by the Disaster Management Act, 2005.