Working Groups for the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2012)
Disaster Managment
(State Plan Division)
Dated 24th August 2006
It has been decided to set up a Working Group on "Disaster Management " for the formulation of the Eleventh Five Year Plan.
II. The Composition of the Working Group is as under:
1. |
Dr. Mohan Kanda, Member, National Disaster Management Authority, New Delhi.
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Chairperson |
2. |
Shri B.S. Lalli, Secretary, Border Management, Ministry of Home Affairs
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Member |
3. |
Dr. P.K. Mishra, Secretary, National Disaster Management Authority, New Delhi
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Member |
4. |
Shri A.P.N. Sinha, Adviser, Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Planning Commission |
Member |
5. |
Shri Mukesh Khullar, Joint Secretary, Drought Management (DM), Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Krishi Bhavan. |
Member |
6. |
Shri Ashim Khurana, Joint Secretary(DM-I), Ministry of Home Affairs
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Member |
7. |
Shri R. Sridharan, Joint Secretary(State Plans), Planning Commission
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Member |
8. |
Dr. A.S. Arya, Seismic Adviser, National Institute of Disaster Management, IIPA Campus, New Delhi.
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Member |
9. |
Shri S.K. Agrawal, Central Water Commission, New Delhi. |
Member |
10. |
Dr. K.P. Mishra, Head, Radiation Biology and Health Science Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Thrombay, Mumbai-400085
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Member |
11. |
Prof. R.K. Bhandari, Chairman, Centre for Disaster Mitigation and Management Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore. |
Member |
12. |
Prof. C.V.R. Murthy, Deptt. of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur-205016. |
Member |
13. |
Prof. K. Ganesh Babu, Director, Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee-247667. |
Member |
14. |
Dr. Rakesh Duhbey, DMI, Bhopal |
Member |
15. |
Dr. U.C. Mohanty, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. |
Member |
16. |
Dr. G.S. Mandal, Addl. Director(Retd.),India Meteorological Department, 248, Aravali Apartments, Alaknanda, New Delhi |
Member |
17. |
Dr. K.J. Ramesh, Scientist-F, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi. |
Member |
18. |
Mr. D.K. Goel, Director, Narora Atomic Power Station, Narora |
Member |
19. |
Maj. Gen. M. Gopal Rao. Surveyor General of India, Dehradun |
Member |
20. |
Prof. Vinod K. Sharma, Chief of Party, PEER (Founded by USAID), Nepal |
Member |
21. |
Mr. S.R. Kalsi, Addl. Director General (Services), India Meteorological Department, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003 |
Member |
22. |
Lt. Gen. D. Raghunath, Principal Executive, Sir, Dorabjee Tata Centre for Research and Innovation, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012 |
Member |
23. |
Secretary (Disaster Management)/Relief Commissioner, Government of Assam |
Member |
24. |
Secretary (Disaster Management/ Relief Commissioner, Government of Andhra Pradesh . |
Member |
25. |
Secretary (Disaster Management)/Relief Commissioner, Government of Bihar |
Member |
26. |
Secretary (Disaster Management) / Relief Commissioner, Government of Gujarat |
Member |
27. |
Secretary (Disaster Management)/Relief Commissioner, Government of Maharashtra |
Member |
28. |
Secretary (Disaster Management)/Relief Commissioner, Government of Orissa |
Member |
29. |
Secretary (Disaster Management) /Relief Commissioner, Government of Tamil Nadu |
Member |
30. |
Secretary (Disaster Management)/Relief Commissioner, Government of West Bengal |
Member |
31. |
Shri G.B. Sinha, Joint Secretary, National Disaster Management Authority |
Convenor
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III. The Terms of Reference of the Working Group will be as follows:
- To examine the manner in which measures for disaster mitigation, preparedness and capacity building should be integrated into the development plans of the Centre and the States . To draw up guidelines that need to be followed by the Planning Commission while according approval to programmes and projects, so as to ensure integration of disaster management principles in Planning
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- To develop guidelines for ensuring that appropriate financial provisions to provide for disaster management are built into the cost estimates of programmes and projects
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IV. The Chairman of the Working Group may include any additional
Term(s) of Reference if needed.
V. The Chairman of the Working Group may co-opt any other expert as member of the Working Group. VI.
The Working Group will submit its report latest by 31 st October, 2006. The Working Group will be serviced by the National Disaster Management Authority
.VII.
The expenses towards TA/DA of the official members will be met by their respective Government Departments / Institutions to which they belong as per the rules of entitlement applicable to them. The TA/DA of non-official Members will be borne by the Planning Commission as admissible to Class I officers of the Government of India as per SR 190(a)
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VIII.
Director(SP-Coordination), Room No. 306, Yojana Bhavan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi (Telfax : 23096540) will act as the Nodal Officer and any further communication in this regard may be made with him
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Dated 9th October 2006
In supersession of Planning Commission's Order of even no. dated 24th August, 2006 on the above subject, the composition of the Working Group is modified by including the following as Members of the Working Group:
- Ms. Somi Tandon, Retired Secretary (Def./Fin.), Consultant, National Disaster Management Authority, Centaur Hotel, Near IGI Airport, New Delhi- 110037.
- Ms. Dipali Khanna, Financial Adviser, National Disaster Management Authority, Centaur Hotel, Near IGI Airport, New Delhi- 110037.
- Shri Naveen Verma, Joint Secretary (DM-II), Ministry of Home Affairs, North Block, New Delhi-110001.
- Shri P.G. Dhar Chakrabarti, Executive Director, NIDM, IIPA Campus, Ring Road, New Delhi.
- Prof. Sudhir Kumar Jain, Deptt. of Civil Engineering, IIT, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
2. The Terms of Reference of the Working Group at para 2 of the Order are revised as under :
- To examine the manner in which measures for disaster mitigation, preparedness and capacity building should be enhanced and integrated into the development plans of the Centre and the States.
- to draw up guidelines that need to be followed by the Planning
Commission while according approval to programmes and projects, so as to ensure integration of disaster management principles in Planning and plan implementation.
- To develop guidelines for ensuring that appropriate financial provisions to provide for disaster management are built into the cost estimates of programmes and projects.
3. The other terms and conditions of the Order remain unchanged.
Dated 8th November 2006
In partial modification of Planning Commission's Order of even no. dated 9th October, 2006 on the above subject, the composition of the Working Group, as in para I of the said Order, is modified as under :-
(iii) |
Shri Prabhanshu Kamal
Joint Secretary (DM-II), Ministry of Home Affairs, North Block, New Delhi-110001. |
Member |
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in place of |
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(iii) |
Shri Naveen Verma
Joint Secretary (DM-II), Ministry of Home Affairs, North Block, New Delhi-110001. |
Member |
(2) The other terms and conditions of the Order remain unchanged.
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