Mr. Harish Chandra Sharma (Deputy Secretary, Redcross State Branch)- PIO
State Headquarter
RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005 17 items(manuals) prescribed in clause (b) sub-section 1 of Section 4 which every public authority is required to publish within one hundred and twenty days from the enactment of this Act. Particulars of Indian Red Cross Society organization, functions and duties. Constituted under an Act of Indian Legislative council in 1920 it is auxiliary to the state authorities and armed forces medical services as per statutes of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement. When the first World War broke out in 1914, India had no machinery for organizing relief to those affected by the war, except a branch of the St. John Ambulance Association. Following the example of Britain where war relief services were being rendered by a Joint Committee of the British Red Cross, a branch of the same Committee was started to undertake the much needed relief services in collaboration with the St. John Ambulance Association in aid of the soldiers as well as civilian sufferers of the horrors of the war. A bill to constitute the Indian Red Cross Society, Independent of the British Red Cross, was introduced in the Indian Legislative Council on 3rd March 1920 by Sir Claud Hill, member of the Viceroy's Executive Council who was also the Chairman of the Joint War Committee in India . The Bill was passed on 17th March 1920 and became Act XV of 1920 with the assent of the Governor General on the 20th March 1920 . On the 7th June 1920 , fifty members were formally nominated to constitute the Indian Red Cross Society and the first Managing Body was elected from among them with Sir Malcolm Haily as Chairman. Thus, the Indian Red Cross Society was born in 1920.
The State Headquarter of the Society is located at Red Cross Bhawan, Danda Lakhond, Sahstrdhara Road, Dehradun. Recognised by the National head quarter of indian Red Cross on 13 May 2002 , it was affiliated with the indian Red Cross Society . The Governer of Uttarakhand is the President of the Society.
13 District Representatives 5 Departmental Representative 4 Special Invitees
There are 13 District branches in Uttarakhand. The branches of the society are autonomous bodies with control over their own finance though they work under the guidance of the State Headquarter on questions relating to general policies and basic principles of the Red Cross. The State Headquarter is the federal focal point among other things for the purposes of (a) the unity of the organization, (b) guidance and assistance towards promotion and expansion of services, (c) co-ordination of inter-state & national efforts; (d) dissemination and application of humanitarian laws and fundamental principles of the Red Cross.
The activities of the Indian Red Cross may be broadly grouped under the following categories: - Relief work during floods, famine, earthquake, epidemic etc. - Training health visitors, nurses, dais and public health education - Cooperation with the St. John Ambulance Association in the training of men and women in First Aid, Home Nursing etc. - Health Camps - Maternity & Child Welfare - Junior Red Cross - Youth Red Cross - Voluntary Blood Donation - Other Welfare work for Community
-Members of the Red Cross make the backbone of the Organisation. The Indian Red Cross Society has the following grades of members - Patron; Vice Patron; Life Member; Institutional Member; Annual Member. - The membership subscriptions range from Rs.100/- to Rs.25,000/-. - The Society maintains close liaison with the Government of India especially the Ministries of Defence, Home and External Affairs, while the Ministry of Health is the Nodal Ministry for the Society. - Indian Red Cross Society - Governance Structure - President of the Society, (Hon'ble Governer of Uttarakhand ) - Vice President of the Society, (Hon'ble Health Minister, Uttarakhand) - Managing Body (22 members) - 4 members nominated by the Managing committee - Honorary Treasurer (Appointed by Managing Body) - General Secretary - Chief Executive of the Indian RedCross Society, State Branch Uttarakhand