Lok Sabha Question No. 564 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-06
Subject: Vacancies in NIDM
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: ADVOCATE NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 564

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 06 TH  FEBRUARY, 2018/ MEGHA 17, 1939 (SAKA) VACANCIES IN NIDM

564.  ADV. NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  a  large  number  of  vacancies  are  lying  in  the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM);

(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and

(c) the steps taken by the Government to fill up the vacancies to ensure that the vacancies do not adversely impact the functioning of NDMA and NIDM? ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a) to (c) Presently against 57 sanctioned posts in NIDM, 41 posts are already filled.  Details  of  sanctioned  strength  and  vacancy  position  is  at  Annexure-I. National Institute of Disaster Management (Recruitment and Other Conditions of  Service)  Rules,  2014  was  notified  on  21.08.2014.  Thereafter,  existing employees of NIDM were deemed to have been appointed under these Rules, on 04.09.2017 after approval of the competent authority.  Reservation Roster of NIDM is under scrutiny of the Reservation Cell of MHA. On verification NIDM will  take  further  action  to  fill  the  vacant  posts  through  Promotion/Direct Recruitment as per notified Rules.

Both  NDMA  and  NIDM  are  discharging  their  role  as  envisaged  under  the Disaster  Management  Act.  Some  of  important  achievements  of  NDMA  and NIDM in recent years are:

## LS.US.Q.No.564 FOR 06.02.2018

- (i) For  the  first  time,  NDMA  in  2016  released  the  National  Disaster Management Plan of the country. This Plan was widely praised in the 5th  Session  of  Global  Platform  for  Disaster  Risk  Reduction  held  in Cancun, Mexico in May 2017, for being the first Disaster Management Plan  in  the  World  aligned  with  the  Sendai  Framework  for  Disaster Risk reduction (SFDRR).
- (ii) NDMA  has  also  organized  the  Asian  Ministerial  Conference  on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) during November, 2016. The event was a huge success where more than 50 countries participated
- (iii) NDMA for the first time prepared the disaster management Plan for Museums in India.
- (iv) NIDM  organized  the  2nd  meeting  of  National  Platform  for  Disaster Risk  Reduction  held  in  May  2017,  where  more  than  1000  domestic participants from Government, Civil Society, Academia, etc. deliberated on different aspects of disaster management and valuable decisions were taken.
- (v) During the years 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 (till 31.12.2017) NIDM conducted total 133 training programmes in which 4050 participants attended.

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## Annexure-1

## POST WISE SANCTIONED STRENGTH AND VACANCY POSITION OF THE NIDM, DELHI AS ON 31/01/2018

| S.No.   | Name of the Post                    |   Sanctioned Strength | Number of the post presently filled in   | Remarks                                                                                                                                |
|---------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.      | Executive Director                  |                     1 | 1*                                       | *AS (DM) is holding the additional charge.                                                                                             |
| 2.      | Joint Director                      |                     1 | 1                                        |                                                                                                                                        |
| 3.      | Professor                           |                     3 | 2                                        | Vacant post to be filled up through promotion                                                                                          |
| 4.      | Associate Professor                 |                     4 | 2                                        | Vacant post to be filled up through promotion                                                                                          |
| 5.      | Consultant                          |                     2 | -                                        |                                                                                                                                        |
| 6.      | Assistant Professor                 |                     8 | 3                                        | 4 Vacant post to be filled up through promotion                                                                                        |
| 7.      | Administrative Officer              |                     1 | 1*                                       | *To be filled up through promotion. Presently one official from NDRF has been engaged against this vacancy on additional charge basis. |
| 8.      | Accounts Officer                    |                     1 | 1*                                       | *To be filled up through promotion. Presently one official from NDRF has been engaged against this vacancy on additional charge basis. |
| 9.      | Computer Programmer                 |                     1 | 1                                        |                                                                                                                                        |
| 10.     | Librarian                           |                     1 | 1                                        |                                                                                                                                        |
| 11.     | Research Associate                  |                     4 | 4                                        |                                                                                                                                        |
| 12.     | PS/Personal Assistant/Stenographers |                     7 | 3                                        | One post is to be filled through promotion                                                                                             |
| 13.     | Administrative Asst/Jr. Assistant   |                     2 | 2                                        |                                                                                                                                        |
| 14.     | Jr. Engineer                        |                     1 | 1                                        |                                                                                                                                        |
| 15.     | Data Entry Operator/Computer        |                     8 | 8                                        |                                                                                                                                        |
| 16.     | Videographer-cum-                   |                     1 | -                                        |                                                                                                                                        |
| 17.     | Driver                              |                     1 | -                                        | To be filled through outsourced basis                                                                                                  |
| 18.     | Machine Operator                    |                     1 | 1                                        |                                                                                                                                        |
| 19.     | Messenger                           |                     8 | 8                                        |                                                                                                                                        |
| 20.     | Library Attendant                   |                     1 | 1                                        |                                                                                                                                        |
|         | Total                               |                    57 | 41                                       |                                                                                                                                        |