Section 37 — Disaster management plans of Ministries or Departments of Government of India

.—(1) Every Ministry or Department of the Government of India shall— (a) prepare a disaster management plan specifying the following particulars, namely:— (i) the measures to be taken by it for prevention and mitigation of disasters in accordance with the National Plan; (ii) the specifications regarding integration of mitigation measures in its development plans in accordance with the guidelines of the National Authority and the National Executive Committee; (iii) its roles and responsibilities in relation to preparedness and capacity-building to deal with any threatening disaster situation or disaster; (iv) its roles and responsibilities in regard to promptly and effectively responding to any threatening disaster situation or disaster; (v) the present status of its preparedness to perform the roles and responsibilities specified in sub-clauses (iii) and (iv); (vi) the measures required to be taken in order to enable it to perform its responsibilities specified in sub-clauses (iii) and (iv); (b) review and update annually the plan referred to in clause (a); (c) forward a copy of the plan referred to in clause (a) or clause (b), as the case may be, to the Central Government which Government shall forward a copy thereof to the National Authority for its approval. (2) Every Ministry or Department of the Government of India shall— (a) make, while preparing disaster management plan under clause (a) of sub-section (1), provisions for financing the activities specified therein; (b) furnish a status report regarding the implementation of the plan referred to in clause (a) of sub-section (1) to the National Authority, as and when required by it.