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The chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority is:
1. President
2. Prime Minister
3. Home Minister
4. Vice-President

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Correct Answer - Option 2 : Prime Minister

National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA):

  • NDMA is the apex statutory body for disaster management in India. 
  • The NDMA was formally constituted on 27th September 2006, in accordance with the Disaster Management Act, 2005.
  • Composition: Prime Minister as its Chairperson and nine other members, and one such member to be designated as Vice-Chairperson. 
  • Mandate: Its primary purpose is to coordinate response to natural or man-made disasters and for capacity-building in disaster resiliency and crisis response. 
  • It is also the apex body to lay down policies, plans and guidelines for Disaster Management to ensure a timely and effective response to disasters.
  • Vision: To build a safer and disaster resilient India by a holistic, proactive, technology-driven and sustainable development strategy that involves all stakeholders and fosters a culture of prevention, preparedness and mitigation.

Thus, the Prime Minister is the chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority.

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