The Kerala State Disaster Management Authority, the statutory body behind the State's weather warnings
Background
The Kerala State Disaster Management Authority is the body that carries India Meteorological Department weather warnings to the districts of Kerala and coordinates the State's response. State Disaster Management Authorities are statutory bodies constituted under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 (Central Act 53 of 2005). Kerala State Disaster Management Authority is a statutory non-autonomous body under the Chairmanship of the Chief Minister of Kerala. The first KSDMA was constituted vide S.R.O No. 395/2007 dated 4th May 2007, and the present composition of KSDMA is notified vide S.R.O No. 583/2013 dated 17th July 2013. Vide Section 3 of the Kerala State Disaster Management Rules (KSDMR), 2007 the authority is composed of ten (10) members, chaired by Chief Minister and convened by Additional Chief Secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management. The Chief Secretary is the Chief Executive Officer of KSDMA vide Section 14 (4) of the DM Act, 2005. Its office is at Observatory Hills, Vikas Bhavan P.O, Thiruvananthapuram.
In plain words
S.R.O Statutory Rules and Orders — The numbering used for rules and notifications issued under a law.
Non-autonomous body — A body created by law but functioning within the government rather than independently of it.