Green signal to setting up of NIDM in Andhra Pradesh

According to the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, the Government of India has to establish the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) in the Successor State of Andhra Pradesh within a period of 10 years. 

At the initiative of the Central Government, the Government of Andhra Pradesh has identified land in Guntur district for establishment of NIDM. The Institute is expected to be established well before the stipulated time. 

Shri Kiren Rijiju MoS (Home) gave this information in Lok Sabha today in a written reply to a question by Shri Rayapati Sambasiva Rao