Section 8:
Constitution of National Executive Committee.
(1) The Central Government shall,
immediately after issue of notification under sub-section (1) of section 3, constitute a National Executive
Committee to assist the National Authority in the performance of its functions under this Act.
(2) The National Executive Committee shall consist of the following members, namely:—
(a) the Secretary to the Government of India in charge of the Ministry or Department of the
Central Government having administrative control of the disaster management, who shall be
Chairperson, ex officio;
(b) the Secretaries to the Government of India in the Ministries or Departments having
administrative control of the agriculture, atomic energy, defence, drinking water supply, environment
and forests, finance (expenditure), health, power, rural development, science and technology, space,
telecommunication, urban development, water resources and the Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff
of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, ex officio.
(3) The Chairperson of the National Executive Committee may invite any other officer of the Central
Government or a State Government for taking part in any meeting of the National Executive Committee
and shall exercise such powers and perform such functions as may be prescribed by the Central
Government in consultation with the National Authority.
(4) The procedure to be followed by the National Executive Committee in exercise of its powers and
discharge of its functions shall be such as may be prescribed by the Central Government.