Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act, 2017

8. Functions, Duties and Powers of the Executive Committee: The functions, duties and powers of the Executive Committee shall be as follows:-

(a) To prepare national policies and plans relating to disaster management and submit them to the Council,

(b) To approve and implement or cause to implement integrated and sectoral policies, plans and programs relating to disaster risk reduction, disaster response and disaster recovery, subject to the national policies and plans approved by the Council,

(c) To approve and implement or cause to implement strategic plans and programs relating to disaster management,

(d) To determine the roles to be played by public, private, non-governmental and all other bodies and institutions in relation to disaster management, and to cause such institutions or bodies to include disaster management related subjects in their policies, plans and programs,

(e) To determine the roles and responsibilities of the Ministries, Departments and other bodies of the Government of Nepal in relation to disaster management,

(f) To develop or cause to develop the institutional capacity of the federal, province, district and local levels in relation to disaster management,

(g) To cause the inclusion of disaster management related subjects in educational curricula from school level to higher level,

(h) To formulate and implement or cause to implement contingency plans according to thematic areas for disaster risk reduction,

(jha) To identify risk-prone areas and carry out or cause to carry out risk and hazard mapping of such areas to mitigate the potential impact of natural disasters,

(nya) To prepare and implement or cause to implement risk-sensitive development and land-use plans,

(ta) To conduct or cause to conduct disaster risk assessment of public infrastructure related structures,

(tha) To relocate or cause to relocate persons and communities residing on riverbanks, riverbeds, sloping land prone to landslides, flood-prone areas, or unsafe areas with potential disaster risk to safer locations,

(da) To formulate and implement or cause to implement special plans and programs for women, children, senior citizens, Dalits, marginalized classes and communities, and persons with disabilities who are at risk of disaster,

(dha) To identify communities in high-risk situations and conduct or cause to conduct risk reduction,

(na) To develop and operate or cause to operate national early warning systems,

(ta) To formulate and implement or cause to implement a national disaster response framework for disaster response,

(tha) To make arrangements for providing immediate relief to disaster-affected persons,

(da) To formulate and implement or cause to implement procedures and standards necessary for the automatic activation of institutional mechanisms to immediately undertake primary activities including search, rescue and relief as soon as a disaster event occurs,

(dha) To make arrangements for immediate health treatment of disaster-affected persons by providing adequate infrastructure and facilities in public and private hospitals or health institutions for emergency treatment,

(na) To prepare and implement or cause to implement necessary standards relating to the role of mass media during disasters,

(pa) To advise the Government of Nepal on matters of national policy relating to immigration, customs and quarantine to be adopted during disasters,

(pha) To operate or cause to operate programs for the restoration of economic activities, creation of employment opportunities and income generation for livelihood in disaster-affected areas,

(ba) To operate or cause to operate disaster recovery related programs in disaster-affected areas,

(bha) To mobilize or cause to mobilize international, bilateral and multilateral assistance received in the field of disaster management, subject to prevailing law,

(ma) To perform or cause to perform other functions assigned by the Government of Nepal or the Council in relation to disaster management,

(ya) To perform or cause to perform other functions as prescribed in relation to disaster management.