Lok Sabha Question No. 100 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-02
Subject: Training of Volunteers for Disaster Preparedness
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Rajiv Pratap Rudy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 100

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 2 ND  FEBRUARY, 2021/ MAGHA 13, 1942 (SAKA)

TRAINING OF VOLUNTEERS FOR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS

100.  SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) continues to train volunteers across the country on disaster preparedness;
- (b) if so, the total number of volunteers trained by NDRF during the last five years, State-wise;
- (c) the description of the scope of operation of NDRF and the details of the key deployment areas in the last one year;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  expand  the  NDRF's  reach  and increase the number of volunteers; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the planned roadmap for the same?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

- (a)  and  (b): Yes,  Sir.  The  State  wise  detail  of  Community  Awareness programme conducted by NDRF is attached at Annexure-I. Detail of capacity building and disaster preparedness training conducted by NDRF for various stakeholders is attached at Annexure-II.
- (c): The mandate of NDRF is to provide specialist response during disasters and  proactive  deployment  in  impending  disaster  situations.  NDRF  imparts basic and operational level training to State   Disaster   Response    Force (SDRF),  Police   and   other stakeholders like Civil Defence, Home Guard, etc. It engages for community capacity development wherein communities and school children are trained and  prepared to deal with disasters as  first

## L.S.US.Q NO. 100 FOR 02.02.2021

responder  and  also  conducts  capacity  building  and  training  of  volunteers like  Nehru  Yuva  Kendra  Sangathan  (NYKS),  National  Cadet  Corps  (NCC), National  Service  Scheme  (NSS)  etc.  NDRF  provides  assistance  to  civil authorities  in  distribution  of  relief  material  during/after  disaster,  and  coordination with other agencies engaged  in rescue/relief work.  NDRF conducts as well as participates in Mock Exercises to enhance coordination among  various  Stakeholders.  During  the  year  2020,  NDRF  responded  to various disaster situations, as under-

-  Covid-19 response and awareness across the country
-  Floods in various States
- 
- Cyclones- Amphan, Nisarga, Nivar & Burevi
- 
- Boat Capsize Incidents
-  Building Collapse Incidents
-  Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Incidents
-  Landslide
-  Bore-well Incident
-  Drowning Cases across the country
-  Deployment  during  Important  National  Festivals  like  -  Republic  Day, Independence Day, Parliament Session.
-  Deployment during large congregation like - Chhat Puja & Kartic  Puja in various states, Defence Expo etc.
-  Dzukou Valley Forest Fire in Nagaland-Manipur border.

(d)  and  (e):  In  addition  to  existing 12  NDRF  Bns, Central Government  has approved raising of 04 additional NDRF Bns one each to be stationed in the State  of  Himachal  Pradesh,  Uttarakhand,  Union  Territory  of  Jammu  and Kashmir & Ladakh and Delhi-NCR. With the operationalisation of these new battalions, the presence of NDRF will be increased.  Further, strengthening and augmenting the existing NDRF battalions is a continuous process.

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## L.S.US.Q NO. 100 FOR 02.02.2021

| COMMUNITY AWARENESSPROGRAMME   | COMMUNITY AWARENESSPROGRAMME   | COMMUNITY AWARENESSPROGRAMME   |   COMMUNITY AWARENESSPROGRAMME |   COMMUNITY AWARENESSPROGRAMME |   COMMUNITY AWARENESSPROGRAMME |   COMMUNITY AWARENESSPROGRAMME |   COMMUNITY AWARENESSPROGRAMME | COMMUNITY AWARENESSPROGRAMME   |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                        | Name of State                  | Number of                      |                           2016 |                           2017 |                           2018 |                           2019 |                           2020 | Total                          |
| 1                              | Andaman&                       | Beneficiaries                  |                           2843 |                            167 |                            319 |                            459 |                              0 | 3788                           |
|                                | Nicobar                        | Events                         |                              5 |                              3 |                              3 |                              3 |                              0 | 14                             |
| 2                              | Andhra Pradesh                 | Beneficiaries                  |                           7051 |                          18509 |                           8328 |                           4362 |                            707 | 38957                          |
|                                |                                | Events                         |                             14 |                             42 |                             42 |                             22 |                              4 | 124                            |
| 3                              | Arunachal                      | Beneficiaries                  |                          23758 |                           5983 |                           5998 |                           3008 |                           1904 | 40651                          |
|                                | Pradesh                        | Events                         |                             56 |                             37 |                             40 |                             21 |                             41 | 195                            |
| 4                              | Assam                          | Beneficiaries                  |                          31132 |                          10292 |                          31880 |                           5793 |                          12291 | 91388                          |
|                                |                                | Events                         |                             90 |                             69 |                            122 |                             49 |                            209 | 539                            |
| 5                              | Bihar                          | Beneficiaries                  |                          28659 |                         212270 |                          19880 |                          23484 |                          10774 | 295067                         |
|                                |                                | Events                         |                            134 |                            134 |                            189 |                            132 |                            105 | 694                            |
| 6                              | Chandigarh                     | Beneficiaries                  |                              0 |                            268 |                           1047 |                             45 |                            165 | 1525                           |
|                                |                                | Events                         |                              0 |                              3 |                              8 |                              1 |                              1 | 13                             |
| 7                              | Chhattisgarh                   | Beneficiaries                  |                          14076 |                           2610 |                          11937 |                            970 |                          12312 | 41905                          |
|                                |                                | Events                         |                             24 |                             23 |                             36 |                              7 |                             38 | 128                            |
| 8                              | Dadra and                      | Beneficiaries                  |                              0 |                              0 |                              0 |                              0 |                              0 | 0                              |
|                                | Nagar Haveli                   | Events                         |                              0 |                              0 |                              0 |                              0 |                              0 | 0                              |
| 9                              | Daman and Diu                  | Beneficiaries                  |                           5568 |                              0 |                           1790 |                            150 |                              0 | 7508                           |
|                                |                                | Events                         |                              6 |                              0 |                              9 |                              1 |                              0 | 16                             |
| 10                             | Delhi                          | Beneficiaries                  |                          76897 |                          10752 |                           3272 |                           5209 |                           2790 | 98920                          |
|                                |                                | Events                         |                             36 |                             39 |                              6 |                             19 |                             20 | 120                            |
| 11                             | Goa                            | Beneficiaries                  |                              0 |                           1294 |                            522 |                            790 |                              0 | 2606                           |
|                                |                                | Events                         |                              0 |                              8 |                              3 |                              7 |                              0 | 18                             |
| 12                             | Gujarat                        | Beneficiaries                  |                          88888 |                          31830 |                          60294 |                           8846 |                           7449 | 197307                         |
|                                |                                | Events                         |                            120 |                             99 |                             92 |                             36 |                              9 | 356                            |
| 13                             | Haryana                        | Beneficiaries                  |                           2574 |                           6152 |                           3277 |                           1181 |                             32 | 13216                          |
|                                |                                | Events                         |                             26 |                             11 |                             10 |                              3 |                              1 | 51                             |
| 14                             | Himachal                       | Beneficiaries                  |                           3582 |                            130 |                            200 |                           6877 |                             85 | 10874                          |
|                                | Pradesh                        | Events                         |                             11 |                              2 |                              1 |                             17 |                              2 | 33                             |
| 15                             | Jammu and                      | Beneficiaries                  |                              0 |                           1548 |                            525 |                            670 |                             95 | 2838                           |
|                                | Kashmir                        | Events                         |                              0 |                              2 |                              1 |                              4 |                              1 | 8                              |
| 16                             | Jharkhand                      | Beneficiaries                  |                           3722 |                           4210 |                          10618 |                           4834 |                           2168 | 25552                          |
|                                |                                | Events                         |                             31 |                             36 |                             53 |                             24 |                             15 | 159                            |
| 17                             | Karnataka                      | Beneficiaries                  |                           5463 |                           3019 |                           2672 |                           1414 |                            355 | 12923                          |
|                                |                                | Events                         |                             16 |                             13 |                             12 |                             12 |                              2 | 55                             |
| 18                             | Kerala                         | Beneficiaries                  |                          18832 |                           1135 |                           5253 |                           6865 |                              0 | 32085                          |
|                                |                                | Events                         |                             37 |                             10 |                             22 |                             17 |                              0 | 86                             |
| 19                             | Lakshadweep                    | Beneficiaries                  |                              0 |                            225 |                              0 |                            146 |                              0 | 371                            |
|                                |                                | Events                         |                              0 |                              2 |                              0 |                              1 |                              0 | 3                              |
| 20                             | Madhya Pradesh                 | Beneficiaries                  |                           8960 |                             73 |                           1305 |                              0 |                            298 | 10636                          |
|                                |                                | Events                         |                             25 |                              3 |                              8 |                              0 |                              7 | 43                             |

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| 21                        | Maharashtra               | Beneficiaries   |   17357 |   26002 |   15759 |   10767 |   5144 |   75029 |
|---------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------|---------|
| 21                        | Maharashtra               | Events          |      36 |     135 |      82 |      48 |     15 |     316 |
| 22                        | Manipur                   | Beneficiaries   |     439 |    1125 |       0 |    4681 |   2620 |    8865 |
| 22                        | Manipur                   | Events          |       1 |       8 |       0 |      25 |     24 |      58 |
| 23                        | Meghalaya                 | Beneficiaries   |    2846 |    1125 |    4475 |    3244 |    409 |   12099 |
| 23                        | Meghalaya                 | Events          |       6 |       8 |      18 |      16 |      3 |      51 |
| 24                        | Mizoram                   | Beneficiaries   |    4836 |    1893 |    3756 |     260 |   1193 |   11938 |
| 24                        | Mizoram                   | Events          |      20 |      12 |      12 |       3 |     19 |      66 |
| 25                        | Nagaland                  | Beneficiaries   |       0 |     665 |     185 |    2621 |    644 |    4115 |
| 25                        | Nagaland                  | Events          |       0 |       4 |       3 |      10 |      7 |      24 |
| 26                        | Odisha                    | Beneficiaries   |   26668 |   18620 |   28037 |   23620 |   9923 |  106868 |
| 26                        | Odisha                    | Events          |      89 |     123 |     127 |     106 |     32 |     477 |
| 27                        | Puducherry                | Beneficiaries   |    4665 |    1058 |    1867 |     274 |      0 |    7864 |
| 27                        | Puducherry                | Events          |       2 |      18 |       5 |       1 |      0 |      26 |
| 28                        | Punjab                    | Beneficiaries   |    8347 |    6858 |    1705 |     620 |    758 |   18288 |
| 28                        | Punjab                    | Events          |      42 |      17 |       4 |       9 |      7 |      79 |
| 29                        | Rajasthan                 | Beneficiaries   |   26206 |   18320 |   19345 |   12433 |   9179 |   85483 |
| 29                        | Rajasthan                 | Events          |      47 |      36 |      73 |      15 |     21 |     192 |
| 30                        | Sikkim                    | Beneficiaries   |   10667 |     492 |     871 |       0 |    651 |   12681 |
| 30                        | Sikkim                    | Events          |      26 |       3 |       4 |       0 |      7 |      40 |
| 31                        | Tamil Nadu                | Beneficiaries   |   37935 |   10773 |   11665 |    6815 |      0 |   67188 |
| 31                        | Tamil Nadu                | Events          |      72 |      36 |      25 |      18 |      0 |     151 |
| 32                        | Telangana                 | Beneficiaries   |   13561 |    6479 |    6193 |    3386 |      0 |   29619 |
| 32                        | Telangana                 | Events          |      22 |      15 |      18 |      15 |      0 |      70 |
| 33                        | Tripura                   | Beneficiaries   |   12019 |    3935 |    6833 |    5923 |   1055 |   29765 |
| 33                        | Tripura                   | Events          |      30 |      19 |      39 |      27 |     15 |     130 |
| 34                        | Uttar Pradesh             | Beneficiaries   |   36172 |   51073 |   14080 |    5493 |  20558 |  127376 |
| 34                        | Uttar Pradesh             | Events          |     104 |     100 |      38 |      27 |    132 |     401 |
| 35                        | Uttarakhand               | Beneficiaries   |   13658 |    4617 |    8681 |    1377 |   1470 |   29803 |
| 35                        | Uttarakhand               | Events          |      60 |      26 |      38 |       5 |     39 |     168 |
| 36                        | West Bengal               | Beneficiaries   |   22211 |   11697 |    1431 |    3138 |   4768 |   43245 |
| 36                        | West Bengal               | Events          |      65 |      70 |      13 |      11 |     32 |     191 |
| Total No of Beneficiaries | Total No of Beneficiaries | Beneficiaries   |  559592 |  475199 |  294000 |  159755 | 109797 | 1598343 |
|                           |                           | Events          |    1253 |    1166 |    1156 |     712 |    808 |    5095 |

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## DETAILS OF CAPACITY BUILDING AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS TRAINING CONDUCTED BY NDRF FOR VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS  DURING THE YEAR 2016-2020

| NAME OF STAKEHOLDERS                             | 2016        | 2017        | 2018        | 2019        | 2020        |   TOTAL |
|--------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------|
| CIVIL DEFENCE                                    | 1090        | 1151        | 889         | 560         | 240         |    3930 |
| NEHRU YUVA KENDRA SANGTHAN                       | 133         | 159         | 37          | 8151        | 115         |    8595 |
| NATIONAL CADET CORPS                             | 277         | 300         | 117         | --          | 167         |     861 |
| ASSOCIATED NODAL OFFICERS                        | 939         | 50          | --          | --          | --          |     989 |
| AKHIL BHARTIYA TERAPANTH YUVAK PARISAD           | --          | --          | 50          | 150         | --          |     200 |
| NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME                          | 8           | 246         | 1220        | 1252        | --          |    2726 |
| CIVIL POLICE                                     | 5           | --          | 5           | --          | --          |      10 |
| CIVIL ADMNISTRATION                              | --          | 09          | 03          | --          | --          |      12 |
| SCOUT & GUIDE                                    | --          | --          | 10          | --          | --          |      10 |
| NON GOVERNMENT ORGANISATION                      | --          | 19          | --          | --          | --          |      19 |
| PIMPRI CHINCHWAD MUNICIPAL CORPORATION (DM WING) | --          | 10          | --          | --          | --          |      10 |
|                                                  |             |             |             |             | TOTAL       |   17362 |
| STATE DISASTER RESPONSE FORCE                    | 1171        | 1397        | 3602        | 2478        | 351         |    8999 |
| INDIAN RAILWAYS                                  | --          | 245         | 48          | --          | --          |     293 |
| FIRE SERVICES                                    | --          | --          | 07          | --          | 159         |     166 |
| HOME GUARDS                                      | 256         | 182         | 36          | --          | --          |     474 |
| TOTAL                                            | TOTAL       | TOTAL       | TOTAL       | TOTAL       | TOTAL       |    9932 |
| GRAND TOTAL                                      | GRAND TOTAL | GRAND TOTAL | GRAND TOTAL | GRAND TOTAL | GRAND TOTAL |   27294 |