law: Disaster Management Act, 2005 
  Chapter IX: Finance,
  
  Accounts and Audit 
  46. National Disaster
  
  Response Fund.- 
  1.     
  
    The
  
  Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute a
  
  fund to be called the National Disaster Response Fund for meeting any
  
  threatening disaster situation or disaster and there shall be credited thereto-
  a.      an amount which the
  
  Central Government may, after due appropriation made by Parliament by law in
  
  this behalf provide;
  b.     any grants that may
  
  be made by any person or institution for the purpose of disaster management.
  2.     
  
    The
  
  National Disaster Response Fund shall be made available to the National
  
  Executive Committee to be applied towards meeting the expenses for emergency
  
  response, relief and rehabilitation in accordance with the guidelines laid down
  
  by the Central Government in consultation with the National Authority.