Section 47: National Disaster Mitigation Fund.

The Disaster Management Act, 2005Central Act · Act 53 of 2005

(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute a Fund to be called the National Disaster Mitigation Fund [for meeting disaster mitigation needs] and there shall be credited thereto such amount which the Central Government may, after due appropriation made by Parliament by law in this behalf, provide.

[(2) The Fund constituted under sub-section (1), shall be applied in accordance with the guidelines laid down by the Central Government in consultation with the National Authority.]

Where this provision sits

Act	The Disaster Management Act, 2005
Section	47
Marginal note	National Disaster Mitigation Fund.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

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Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted, Act 10 of 2025. . Subs. by Act 10 of 2025, s. 28, for "for projects exclusively for the purpose of mitigation" (w.e.f. 9-4-2025).
substituted. . Subs. by s. 28, ibid., for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 9-4-2025).

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