❖ The Disaster Management Act, 2005 was enacted to provide for the effective management of disasters.

❖ The Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024 introduced in the Lok Sabha.

❖ The Bill seeks to create a “disaster database at national and State level.

❖ It also makes provision for the constitution of “the Urban Disaster Management Authority” for the State capitals and large cities having municipal corporations, except the union territories of Delhi and Chandigarh.

❖ The Bill empowers the NDMA to take stock of the entire range of disaster risks in the country periodically, including emerging disaster risks.

❖ It includes “risks of those disasters that may not have taken place, but may occur in future due to extreme climate events and other factors.”