National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC)

National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC)

At the national level, Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) and National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) are the key committees involved in the top-level decision-making with respect to Disaster Management (DM).
A National Crisis Management Committee(NCMC) has been constituted in the Cabinet Secretariat.
It deals with major crisis which have serious or national ramifications.

Key functions:

Oversee the Command, Control and Coordination of the disaster response.
Give direction to the Crisis Management Group (CMG) as deemed necessary.

Composition:

Cabinet Secretary (Chairperson).
Secretaries of Ministries / Departments and agencies with specific Disaster management responsibilities.

Source: PIB

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