Government to revamp Civil Defence for Rs 1 bn
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New Delhi: The Government has decided to amend law and spend Rs 100 crore to revamp the civil defence force and use it for disaster prevention and mitigation by giving proper training to civilians.
The first meeting of the reconstituted Home Ministers Civil Defence Advisory Committee headed by Home Minister Shivraj Patil decided to revamp Civil Defence force by spending Rs 100 crore during the 11th Five year plan.
The other members who attended the meeting were Defence Minister A K Antony, Vice Chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority General(Retd.) N C Vij and the Minister of State for Home V Radhika Selvi, decided to make necessary amendment to the Civil Defence Act 1968 to make the use of the force having strength of five lakh for disaster management work.
The Committee endorsed the suggestions of the K M Singh Committee to integrate Civil Defence in the disaster management framework and carry out the necessary amendment to the Civil Defence Act, 1968 for the purpose, and also decided to take up the "Revamping of Civil Defence" scheme of the Ministry of Home Affairs urgently in collaboration with the State Governments.
Civil defence includes any measures, not amounting to actual combat, for affording protection to any person, property, place or thing in India or any part of its territory against any attack during any war, external aggression, internal disturbance or otherwise.
For a while, there have been suggestions that civil defence activities, which have so far been primarily seen in the context of external aggression and war, should become more broad-based to meet new and complex challenges. In the light of this understanding, Singh has recommended that civil defence should include disaster management
Other recommendations include involving volunteers at the grassroots level to assist in creating public awareness, capacity building, response and relief. The committee has also advocated close coordination between civil defence and the existing Panchayati Raj institutions and urban local bodies.
The Civil Defence Advisory Committee has been reconstituted recently to include representatives from the ministries of home, finance, defence and agriculture, other than the state governments.
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The first meeting of the reconstituted Home Ministers Civil Defence Advisory Committee headed by Home Minister Shivraj Patil decided to revamp Civil Defence force by spending Rs 100 crore during the 11th Five year plan.
The other members who attended the meeting were Defence Minister A K Antony, Vice Chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority General(Retd.) N C Vij and the Minister of State for Home V Radhika Selvi, decided to make necessary amendment to the Civil Defence Act 1968 to make the use of the force having strength of five lakh for disaster management work.
The Committee endorsed the suggestions of the K M Singh Committee to integrate Civil Defence in the disaster management framework and carry out the necessary amendment to the Civil Defence Act, 1968 for the purpose, and also decided to take up the "Revamping of Civil Defence" scheme of the Ministry of Home Affairs urgently in collaboration with the State Governments.
Civil defence includes any measures, not amounting to actual combat, for affording protection to any person, property, place or thing in India or any part of its territory against any attack during any war, external aggression, internal disturbance or otherwise.
For a while, there have been suggestions that civil defence activities, which have so far been primarily seen in the context of external aggression and war, should become more broad-based to meet new and complex challenges. In the light of this understanding, Singh has recommended that civil defence should include disaster management
Other recommendations include involving volunteers at the grassroots level to assist in creating public awareness, capacity building, response and relief. The committee has also advocated close coordination between civil defence and the existing Panchayati Raj institutions and urban local bodies.
The Civil Defence Advisory Committee has been reconstituted recently to include representatives from the ministries of home, finance, defence and agriculture, other than the state governments.
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