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  • District Disaster Management Plan in West Bengal

    District Disaster Management Plan. North-24-Parganas, Dakshin-Dinajpur, Uttar-Dinajpur, Kolkata, Paschim-Bardhaman, Jhargram, Kalimpong, Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, Bankura, Purba-Bardhaman, Birbhum, Darjeeling, Howrah, Hooghly, Coochbehar, Malda, Paschim-Midnapore, Purba-Midnapore, Murshidabad, Nadia, South-24-Parganas, Purulia

  • West Bengal State Disaster Management Policy and Frame Work

    The aim of the West Bengal State Disaster Management Policy is to establish necessary systems, structures, programs, resources, capabilities and guiding principles for reducing disaster risks and preparing for and responding to disasters and threats of disasters.

  • West Bengal Disaster Management Plan, 2015-16

    The objective of the State Disaster Management Plan, West Bengal is to facilitate execution of activities for prevention and preparedness, operations, coordination, and community awareness and involvement.

  • Disaster Management Manual

    It is necessary to provide a suitable handbook to the practitioners of disaster management in the public sector as guide within a set parameter.

  • “Arjun Vahini” – A State-Level Special Disaster Response Squad

    A team of 200 Ex-Agniveer personnel to be known as ‘Arjun Vahini’ is hereby constituted whereby 100 such personnel shall be deployed in Kolkata, 50 in Sundarban region and 25 each in the hill districts of Darjeeling and Kalimpong.

  • Constitution of State Disaster Mitigation Fund (SDMF)

    State Disaster Mitigation Fund (SDMF) consists of 20 percent of the State Disaster Risk Management Fund (SDRMF). The balance 80 percent will go to the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF).

  • Lockdown in West Bengal Extended upto 15.03.2022

    In terms of the provisions under Disaster Management Act 2005 read with West Bengal Epidemic Disease, Covid-19 Regulations 2020, restriction and relaxation measures and advisory as already in force shall stand extended up to 15/03/2022.

  • Lockdown in West Bengal Extended upto 30.09.2021

    After a review of the current situation of COVID pandemic, State Executive Committee of West Bengal State Disaster Management Authority recommended further extension of restriction measures upto 30.09.2021.

  • Introduction of Group Health Insurance Scheme – Swasthya Sathi

    Swasthya Sathi for workers/ volunteers like the Members of Self Help Groups, Civic Police Volunteers, Green Police Volunteers, Civil Defence Volunteers, Village Police Volunteers at Gram Panchayat, Disaster Management workers, Home Guard/ NVF, ASHA workers, ICDS workers and other Contractual/ Casual/ Daily rated workers.

  • Commission on Institutional Corruption in West Bengal

    It is necessary to appoint an independent Judicial Enquiry Commission to look into and examine instances of institutional corruption and financial irregularities across all Departments of West Bengal during the the period, 2011 to May, 2026.