Calamities included under National Disaster Management Act - First Schedule List & Second Schedule for Nodal Ministries to various types of Disasters

“Disaster” means a catastrophe or calamity, resulting from natural or man made causes or by accident or negligence, which results in substantial loss of life or property, or human suffering or degradation of environment and shall include the calamities referred to in the First Schedule and does not include incidents  like riots, wars, terrorist activities, etc.

The First Schedule

CALAMITIES

Water and Climate Related Calamities

1. Flood or drainage

2. Cyclone

3. Hurricane

4. Hailstorm

5. Cloud burst

6. Heat wave

7. Cold wave

8. Drought

9. Crop failure

10. Famines

11. Sea erosion

12. Snow storm

13. Blizzard

14. Sand storm

15. Thunder or lightning

Geologically Related Calamities

16. Landslides, rock-slides or mudflows

17. Earthquakes

18. Avalanche

19. Volcanic eruptions

20. Rivers changing path

Chemical, Industrial and Nuclear Related

Calamities

21. Chemical and industrial disasters

22. Nuclear disasters

Accident Related Calamities

23. Forest fires

24. Urban fires

25. Mine flooding or mine fires or mine collapse

26. Oil spill

27. Building collapse

28. Dam failures/dam bursts

29. Festival related disasters

30. Fire and electrical disasters

31. Air, road and train accidents

32. Boat capsizing

33. Village fire

Biologically Related Calamities

34. Biological disasters and epidemics

35. Pest attacks

36. Cattle epidemics

37. Food poisoning

The Second Schedule -NODAL MINISTRIES

Drought	Ministry of Agriculture
Epidemics & Biological Disasters	Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Chemical Disasters	Ministry of Environment & Forests
Nuclear Disasters	Ministry of Atomic Energy
Air Accidents	Ministry of Civil Aviation
Railway Accidents	Ministry of Railways