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situations, every year NDRF, in by Hon’ble Union Home Minister
coordination with MHA conducts himself in the presence of
an Annual Conference of Relief all senior functionaries and
Commissioners and SDRF Chiefs important agencies dealing with
to discuss various issues related disasters like NDMA, MHA, IMD,
to disaster scenarios and chalk CWC, GIS, NRSC, etc.
out a strategy to deal with such Further, before the onset
events in a coordinated manner. of monsoon every year, NDRF
The Conference is addressed Commandants hold discussions
with Relief Commissioners of
the States/UTs in their area of
responsibility and based on the
past history of disasters and the
weather prediction by IMD, NDRF-
SDRF Teams are pre-positioned
in most vulnerable locations so
as to be near to the impacted
areas for rapid mobilisation in the
event of a contingency. During
2025, a record 107 NDRF Teams
have been pre-positioned in
various parts of the country
on requisition from the States/
UTs. Despite this meticulous
planning, various unknown
situations develop necessitating
airlift of NDRF Teams which is
undertaken in close coordination
with Integrated Defence Staff
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