Last week, the government introduced a Bill in Parliament seeking to amend the Disaster Management Act, 2005. It proposes to make important changes in the Act, aimed mainly at improving the operational efficiencies in responding to a natural disaster. The Bill seeks to significantly expand the role and responsibilities of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), especially in guiding state governments and organs of the Centre in dealing with disasters. However, it misses the opportunity to upgrade and strengthen the institutional status of NDMA. This would have empowered the body…
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AAP starts work to expand party organisation to booth level | Ahmedabad News
AAP leaders Isudan Gadhvi and Gopal Italia held meetings with party workers in Junagadh and Rajkot on Friday, as part of the party’s ‘Mission Vistaar’, a campaign to create a organisation at booth levels in Gujarat. Gujarat AAP president Gadhvi and AAP national joint secretary Italia held meetings with local leaders and workers at circuit house in Junagadh first and then in Rajkot. In a statement, the party said that the objective of Mission Vistaar was to enrol new workers and create an organisation of the party right down to…