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28th July, 2006 (ss. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 75, 77, 79), vide notification No. S.O. 1216(E), dated 28th July, 2006; *1st August, 2007 [ss. 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 48, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, sub-sec. (2) of s. 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 78, 79], vide notification No. S.O. 722(E), dated 7th May, 2007; *17th March, 2008 (ss. 44, 45), vide notification No. 517(E), dated 17th March, 2008; *18th October, 2011 (s. 46), vide notification No. S.O. 2397(E), dated 18th October, 2011, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii). 5 (vii) evacuation, rescue and relief; (viii) rehabilitation and reconstruction; (f) “District Authority” means the District Disaster Management Authority constituted under sub- section (1) of section 25; (g) “District Plan” means the plan for disaster management for the district prepared under section 31; (h) “local authority” includes panchayati raj institutions, municipalities, a district board, cantonment board, town planning authority or Zila Parishad or any other body or authority, by whatever name called, for the time being invested by law, for rendering essential services or, with the control and management of civic services, within a specified local area; (i) “mitigation” means measures aimed at reducing the risk, impact or effects of a disaster or threatening disaster situation; (j) “National Authority” means the National Disaster Management Authority established under sub-section (1) of section 3; (k) “National Executive Committee” means the Executive Committee of the National Authority constituted under sub-section (1) of section 8; (l) “National Plan” means the plan for disaster management for the whole of the country prepared under section 11; (m) “preparedness” means the state of readiness to deal with a threatening disaster situation or disaster and the effects thereof; (n) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (o) “reconstruction” means construction or restoration of any property after a disaster; (p) “resources” includes manpower, services, materials and provisions; (q) “State Authority” means the State Disaster Management Authority established under sub- section (1) of section 14 and includes the Disaster Management Authority for the Union territory constituted under that section; (r) “State Executive Committee” means the Executive Committee of a State Authority constituted under sub-section (1) of section 20; (s) “State Government” means the Department of Government of the State having administrative control of disaster management and includes Administrator of the Union territory appointed by the President under article 239 of the Constitution; (t) “State Plan” means the plan for disaster management for the whole of the State prepared under section 23. CHAPTER II THE NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY