Annual Conference of States / UTs on Disaster Management tomorrow The Annual Conference of Relief Commissioners and the Secretaries of the Departments of Disaster Management of States and Union Territories will be held here tomorrow to review the status of preparedness of dealing with crisis situations resulting from the South-West Monsoon, 2015 and to discuss other disaster management related issues. State Governments / UT Administrations are the first responders in case of any disaster. Representatives of concerned Central Ministries / Organisations rendering Emergency Support Functions, scientific organisations associated with forecasting, Central Armed Police Forces and officers of the Armed Forces will participate. The Ministry of Home Affairs, National Disaster Management Authority, National Disaster Response Force, India Meteorological Department, Indian Space Research Organisation, Central Water Commission, Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, Geological Survey of India, National Informatics Centre (NIC), Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will share their efforts towards preparedness.
