◇ To promote a culture of prevention, preparedness and resilience at all levels through knowledge, innovation and education. ◇ To encourage mitigation measures based on technology, traditional wisdom and environmental sustainability. ◇ To mainstream disaster management into the developmental planning process. ◇ To establish institutional and techno-legal frameworks to create an enabling regulatory environment and a compliance regime.◇ To ensure efficient mechanism for identification, assessment and monitoring of disaster risks. ◇ To develop contemporary forecasting and early warning systems backed by responsive and failsafe communication with information technology support. ◇ To ensure efficient response and relief with a caring approach towards the needs of the vulnerabl
REGULATING ACT 1773
◇ Governor of Bengal will now be Governor-General of Bengal. ◇ Created an Executive Council of 4 members to assist him. ◇ First Governor General was Warren Hastings. ◇ Establishment of Supreme court in Calcutta. Comprising 1 CJI and 3 other Judges. ◇ Prohibited the Servants from engaging in any Private Trades and taking Bribesfrom Natives. ◇ Court of Directors will report about the functioning of EIC to Government
AMENDING ACT 1781
◇This act was passed to rectify the defects of Regulating act of 1773 ◇It exempted Governor-General and the council from the jurisdiction of Supreme court. ◇It excluded the Revenue matters from the Jurisdiction of Supreme court. ◇ It provided that Supreme court will have jurisdiction all over Calcutta. ◇Appeals from Provincial court could be taken to Governor-General-in-council and not to Supreme court. ◇Governor general now empowered to frame regulations for Provincial courts and council
CHARTER ACT 1833
◇ Governor-General of Bengal now made the Governor- General of India and vested in him all civil and military powers. ◇ It deprived the Governor of Bombay and Madras of their legislative powers. ◇ It ended the activities of the East India Company as a commercial body, which became a purely administrative body. ◇ Attempted to introduce a system of open competition for selection of civil servants andstated that the Indians should not be debarred from holding any place, office and employment under the Company.
CHARTER ACT OF 1853
◇ Separated Legislative and Executive functions of Governor-General’s council. ◇ It provided for Addition of Six new members to the Council. ◇ It introduced open Competition for Selection and recruitment of Civil servants.◇ Extended Company’s rule of Indian possession on behalf of British Govt. But did notspecify any particular period. ◇It introduced Local representation in Indian (central) Legislative Council. ◇ Of 6 new members 4 members appointed by Local Governments of Madras, Bombay, Bengal, and Agra
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT OF 1858
◇ India will now be governed by, and in the name of, Her Majesty. ◇ Designation of Governor-General of India will now be changed to that of Viceroy ofIndia. ◇ It ended the system of Double government by abolishing the Board of Control and Court of Directors.◇ Created a new office, Secretary of State for India, vested with complete authority and control overAdministration. ◇ It established a 15 – member council of india to assist the secretary of state of India. ◇ It constituted the secretary of state in council as a body corporate, capable of suing and being sued in India
INDIAN COUNCIL ACT OF 1861
◇ It made a beginningof Representative institutions by assosiating Indian with law – making Process. ◇ Viceroy Canning nominated three Indians to the legislative council – The Raja ofBenaras, Maharaja of Patiala and Sir Dinkar rao. ◇ It initiated the process of Decentralization by restoring the legislative Powers to the Bombay and Madras presidency. ◇ It also provided for the establishment of new legislative councilsfor Bengal, NWFP and Punjab. ◇ It also gave a recognition to the Portfolio system, introduced by Canning.
INDIAN COUNCIL ACT 1892
◇ It increased the number of additional (nonofficial) members in the Central and provincial legislative councils but maintained the official majority in them. ◇ It increased the functions of legislative councils and gave them the power ofdiscussing the budget and addressing questions to the executive. ◇ It provided for the nomination of some non-official members of the :- • Central Legislative Council by the viceroy on the recommendation of the provincial legislative councils and the Bengal Chamber of Commerce, and that of the provincial legislative councils by the Governors on the recommendation of the district boards, municipalities, universities, trade associations, zamindars and chamber
INDIAN COUNCIL ACT 1909 [PART 1]
This Act is also known as Morley-Minto Reforms (Lord Morley was the then Secretary of State for India and Lord Minto was the then Viceroy of India). □ The features of this Act were as follows :- ◇ It considerably increased the size of the legislative councils, both Central and provincial. Thenumber of members in the Central legislative council was raised from 16 to 60. The numberof members in the provincial legislative councils was not uniform. ◇ It retained official majority in the Central legislative council, but allowed the provincial legislative councils to have non official majority. ◇ It enlarged the deliberative functions of the legislative councils at both the levels. For example, members were allowed to ask supplementary questions, move resolutions on the budget and so on
INDIAN COUNCIL ACT 1909 [PART 2]
◇ It provided (for the first time) for the association of Indians with the executive councils of the Viceroy and Governors. ◇ Satyendra Prasad Sinha became the first Indian to join the Viceroy’s executive council. He wasappointed as the Law Member. ◇ It introduced a system of communal representation for Muslims by accepting the concept of ‘separate electorate’. ◇ Under this, the Muslim members were to be elected only by Muslim voters. Thus, the Act ‘legalized communalism’ and LordMinto came to be known as the Father of Communal Electorate. ◇ It also provided for the separate representation of presidency corporations, chambers of commerce, universities and zamindars