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  • Fri. Nov 22nd, 2024

Govt. opens up NDRF for individual donations

Govt. opens up NDRF for individual donations

Centre has applied an unused provision in the Disaster Management Act, 2005 to allow any person or institution to contribute to the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) for the purpose of disaster management.

On Saturday, MHA said it has “laid out the modalities for receipt of contributions/ grants from any person or institution for the purpose of disaster management” in the NDRF as per Section 46(1)(b) of the DM Act, 2005. The section pertaining to NDRF says “any grants that may be made by any person or institution for the purpose of disaster management.”

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MHA said that contributions can be made online or through physical instruments drawn in favour of “PAO (Secretari

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