Overview
- India observes NDRF Raising Day on January 19, marking the force’s 2006 creation under the Disaster Management Act.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a post on X, lauded personnel for professionalism and resolve; Home Minister Amit Shah also extended greetings and emphasized a disaster-resilient India.
- Reports describe the NDRF as organized into 16 battalions strategically deployed across the country.
- Outlets differ on basing details, with one citing 68 locations and another listing 28 regional response centres.
- Published tallies credit the force with over 12,000 operations and more than 158,000 rescues, covering floods, cyclones, earthquakes, landslides and CBRN incidents.