It was created by the Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces of Peru on March 29, 1972, through Decree Law No.

[2] In 1998, the investigative team of journalist Ricardo Uceda, who had resigned as editor-in-chief of Sí to form a special investigative team at El Comercio in 1994,[3] exposed the misuse of state funds intended for the survivors of floods and mudslides induced by the 1997-98 El Niño event as part of their investigations focused on cases of governmental corruption.

[4] The story resulted in the arrest and imprisonment of Civil Defence Chief General Homero Nureña.

Under the same law, Indeci is divided into four components of prospective work: estimation, prevention, reduction and reconstruction.

In addition, the National Centre for Disaster Risk Estimation, Prevention and Reduction (CENEPRED [es]) was created.