The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is preparing an elaborate policy framework for museums in India to deal with natural disasters. 

Titled 'National Guidelines for Disaster Risk Management in Museums,' it is expected to be out before 2016-end.

The NDMA team has already visited over 14 museums in different parts of the country to document the best practices followed and issues involved.

This includes the National Museum, Delhi; City Palace Museum, Udaipur; Chhatrapati Shivaji Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), Mumbai; Victoria Memorial, Kolkata; Fort Museum, Chennai; Pondicherry Museum, and Tranquebar Danish Settlement Museum in Tamil Nadu, etc.

NDMA member and project head Kamal Kishore told Mail Today, "We have been working on it since April beginning. It is right now at a zero-draft stage with content and structure decided. After finalisation, it will be vetted by a high-level committee and then, sent to large museums for feedback. The whole process will be co-led by the Ministry of Culture."

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