India, March 26 -- The Parliament on Tuesday passed the Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill through a voice vote, with Union home minister Amit Shah asserting that there will be no centralisation of powers or discrimination with states in handling disasters.

Replying to the debate on the bill in the Rajya Sabha, Shah launched a sharp attack on the Congress's past management of the Prime Minister's Relief Fund, alleging a lack of accountability and transparency during the previous UPA regime.

The bill amends the Disaster Management Act, 2005, to empower the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and State Disaster Management Authorities (SDMA) to make disaster plans and give statutory status to organisations such as national cris...