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The central government will spend Rs.1 billion on revamping the country’s civil defence system during the 11th Five-Year Plan (2007-12), it was announced on April 2.
The Home Minister’s Civil Defence Advisory Committee held its first meeting on April 2 to discuss the national policy on civil defence, the Home Ministry said in a statement.
It discussed a report prepared by K.M. Singh, member of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), for revamping the present scheme and decided to implement the report during the 11th Plan at an estimated cost of Rs.1 billion.
The committee decided to integrate civil defence in the disaster management framework and carry out the necessary amend¬ment to the Civil Defence Act, 1968, for the purpose. It also decided to take up implementation of the revamping scheme with the state governments.
Home Minister Shivraj Patil chaired the meeting that was attended by Defence Minister A.K. Antony, National Disaster Management Authority vice chairman Gen (Retd) N.C. Vij and Min¬ister of State for Home V. Radhika Selvi.
Civil defence includes any measures, not amounting to actual combat, for affording protection to any person, property, place or thing in India or any part of its territory against any attack during any war, external aggression, internal disturbance or otherwise.
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