The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) celebrated its 15th Raising Day on January 18, 2020 . The Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai was the chief guest on this occasion and Shri G.V.V. Sarma, Member Secretary, NDMA was the Guest of Honor.
According to the Minister, since its inception in 2006, NDRF has saved more than One lakh lives in its 3100 operations and rescued/evacuated over 6.7 lakh people during disasters.
NDRF has so far imparted training to more than 4000 volunteers and has a target to give training to more than 70000 volunteers by 2024 at the local levels in different parts of the country.
About NDRF
- The Disaster Management Act has statutory provisions for constitution of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) for the purpose of specialized response to natural and man-made disasters. Accordingly, in 2006 NDRF was constituted with 8 Battalions.
- At present, NDRF has a strength of 12 Battalions with each Battalion consisting of 1149 personnel.
- The notification of NDRF Rules on February 14th , 2008, made NDRF a dedicated force for disaster response related duties, under the unified command of DG NDRF.
