Government of India on the 23rd of December, 2005, enacted the Disaster Management Act 2005, which envisaged creation of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) headed by the Prime Minister, State Disaster Management Authorities (SDMA) headed by the Chief Ministers, and District Disaster Management Authorities (DDMA) headed by the Deputy Commissioners, to spearhead and adopt a holistic and integrated approach to disaster management (DM). Thus giving a paradigm shift, from the erstwhile relief-centric response to a proactive prevention, mitigation and preparedness-driven approach.
Section 3 of the Disaster Management Act 2005 lays down the establishment of State Disaster Management Authority at the State Government levels. Accordingly for the State of Nagaland, the NSDMA was notified vide notification NO.DM&RR/SDMA/MTG-2011 (Pt) dated 22/11/2011. The constitution of the SDMA is as under:-
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Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA) Members
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Chief Minister Chairperson Minister-in-charge of Home Member Minister-in-charge of Finance Member Minister-in-charge of Health & Family Welfare Member Minister-in-charge of Agriculture Member Minister-in-charge of Transport & Communication Member Minister-in-charge of Work & Housing Member Minister-in-charge of Public Health Engineering Member Minister-in-charge of Urban Development Member Minister-in-charge of Planning & Co-ordination Member Minister-in-charge of Power Member Minister-in-charge of Geology & Mining Member Minister-in-charge of Rural Development Member Minister-in-charge of Irrigation & Flood Control Member Minister-in-charge of Forest, Environment & Climate Change Member Minister-in-charge of Soil & Water Conservation Member Minister-in-charge of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services Member Minister-in-charge of Food & Civil Supplies and NSDMA Member Minister-in-charge of Higher Education & Technical Education Member Minister-in-charge of School Education Member Minister-in-charge of Public Works Department Member Chief Secretary Chief Executive Officer, Ex-officio Commissioner & Secretary, Home Secretary, Ex-officio -
State Executive Committee (SEC) Members
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Chief Secretary Chairman Additional Chief Secretary & Commissioner, Nagaland Member Additional Chief Secretary & Development Commissioner Member Additional Chief Secretary & Finance Commissioner Member Principal Secretary/ Home Commissioner & CEO NSDMA Member Principal Secretary/ Commissioner & Secretary, Power Member Principal Secretary/ Commissioner & Secretary, Finance Member Principal Secretary/ Commissioner & Secretary, H&FW Member Principal Secretary/ Commissioner & Secretary, Agriculture Member Commissioner & Secretary, PWD Member Commissioner & Secretary, Geology & Mining Member Commissioner & Secretary, Rural Development Member Commissioner & Secretary, PHE Member Commissioner & Secretary, Urban Development Member Commissioner & Secretary, Irrigation & Flood Control Member Commissioner & Secretary, Forest, Environment & Climate Change Member Commissioner & Secretary, Soil & Water Conservation Member Commissioner & Secretary, Transport Member Principal Secretary, School Education Member Secretary, Food & Civil Supplies Member Special Secretary, Home Member Director General of Police and Director CD&HG and Prisons will be special invitee.
With support from GoI- UNDP DRR project, the NSDMA began its journey in the year 2011. A full time State Project Officer was recruited by UNDP and posted at NSDMA Secretariat to initiate an institution for Disaster Management in the State. Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA) took its shape in its organizational structure with the appointment of other officers on contract with the support of GoI-UNDP.
Currently, the NSDMA secretariat is headed by the Home Commissioner as Chief Executive Officer and a Secretary at the administrative level. The NSDMA Secretariat, Home Department is managed by the OSD to the Govt. of Nagaland along with other officers. NSDMA also consists of officers (on attachment) from line departments and also contractual technical staff to carry out the various functions of NSDMA. At the district level, the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) is headed by the Deputy Commissioner as the Chairman along with a District Disaster Management Officer (DDMO) and a District Project Associate (DPA) for each district.