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Home > Disaster Management Frameworks
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System
Legal
- Natural Calamity Relief Act, 1982 - the sole legal instrument to define disaster and reduce disaster risk
- Covers disaster mitigation measures to earthquake, fire, storm, flood, landslide, heavy rain, drought, famine, epidemic, and other similar natural disaster.
- The Act also includes industrial accident or accidents caused by the explosions or any other kinds of disaster
- Set up for different institutions for disaster response
- Central Disaster Relief Committee
- Regional Disaster Relief Committee
- District and Local level Relief Committees
- Funding arrangements for mobilization and relief operations
- To facilitate rescue and relief operations at international levels, Nepal has ratified the conventions
- Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations
Privileges and Immunities to Specialized Agencies
Policies
- Nepal National Building Code, 1994
- National Action Plan, 1996 (with Amended)
- Tenth Plan (2002-2007)
- Hyogo Framework
- Relief Standard
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