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Nov 7, 2014

[Defence] NDRF


About NDRF



NDRF
·        National Disaster Response Force
·        Formed in 2006
·        HQ – New Delhi
·        Under Union Home ministry
·        Two national calamities in quick succession in the form of Odisha Super Cyclone (1999) and Gujarat Earthquake (2001) brought about the realization of the need of having a specialist response mechanism at National Level to effectively respond to disasters. This realization led to the enactment of the Disaster Management Act on 26 Dec 2005.
·        Consists of 10 batallions of Central Armed Forces
Ø     3 CRPF forces
Ø     3 BSF forces
Ø     2 CISF forces
Ø     2 ITBP forces
Ø     2 SSB forces* (yet to come into force)
·        NDRF batallions at 8 places

#
NDRF Bn
State
Central
Armed Force
1
Greater Noida
Uttar Pradesh
ITBP
2
Bhatinada
Punjab
ITBP
3
Kolkata
West Bengal
BSF
4
Guwahati
Assam
BSF
5
Mundali
Odisha
CISF
6
Arakonam
Tamil Nadu
CISF
7
Pune
Maharashtra
CRPF
8
Vadodara
Gujarat
CRPF
9
Patna*
Bihar
BSF
10
Guntur*
Andhra Pradesh
CRPF
à yet to come; Originally proposed in Vijayawada; later changed to Guntur
ITBP – Indo – Tibetan Border Police
BSF – Border Security Force
CISF – Central Industrial Security Force
CRPF – Central Reserved Police Force
SSB – Sashastra Seema Bal

·        O. P. Singh - IPS, Director General NDRF 






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