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Civil Defence in India
Civil Defence is India's volunteer civil-protection set-up, run by the Home Ministry's Directorate General of Fire Services, Civil Defence & Home Guards under the Civil Defence Act, 1968. On 23 October 2026 the ministry announced a first-of-its-kind pilot in which the Indian Army is to train 600 Civil Defence master trainers from 12 States and UTs.
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Creates the Civil Defence card: the 1968 Act, the MHA directorate and the volunteer charter, plus the Army-run pilot to train 600 master trainers across 12 States/UTs.
- Civil Defence
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- Civil Defence Act 1968
- Home Guards
- Indian Army
- master trainers
- civil-military coordination
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