Under which of the following organizations was the National Centre for Disaster Management (NCDM) established in 1995 ?
Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA)
The National Centre for Disaster Management was set up in 1995 within the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) in New Delhi, which was then the country's premier body for training civil servants in governance subjects.
Housing it there reflected the thinking of the time, when disaster management was treated primarily as an administrative and relief-coordination subject rather than a distinct technical discipline. The centre trained officers, ran documentation and advised states on relief manuals.
Its later history explains why the other options are wrong. In 2003 the centre was upgraded and renamed the National Institute of Disaster Management, and the Disaster Management Act, 2005 gave NIDM statutory status while creating the NDMA as the apex policy body. Both therefore came after 1995 and could not have hosted the NCDM. ICSSR is a social-science research funding council with no such mandate.
Hence, the answer is the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA).
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Consider the following statements regarding the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) :
I. It functions under the administrative control of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
II. It was constituted in 2006.
III. It is responsible for preparing the National Plan for Disaster Management.
Which of the above statements are correct ?
Which combination is correctly matched with its principal disaster-monitoring role in India ?
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