Aug 1st- Natural Hazards and Disasters

National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM)

training and capacity development programs

NCDM

constituted under Act of Parli in 1995

re-designated to NIDM

by Disaster Management Act 2005

Under the MHA

Nodal Responsibilities

human resource development

capacity building, training, research

documentation and policy

in field of Disaster Management

Ammonium Nitrate

Pure form

AN is a white

crystalline chemical which is soluble in water

not explosive on its own

UN classification

Oxidiser (Grade 5.1)

Blast happen due to external factor or fire

India

AN rules 2012 (Under explosive Act, 1884)

large storage of AN in populated areas is illegal

Manufacture

required industrial license under

Industrial Development and Regulation Act, 1951