During disasters AMURT provides food and clothings, shelters, refugee help, counselling etc. It also renders emmergency medical services, sanitation etc. It is a team of service oriented volunteers who are disciplined and dedicated for the allround development of human society. Because of its dedicated and disciplined volunteers and vast organizational network it has the ability to move fast to the affected area. Although the AMURT was officially declared by the founder of Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha in the year of 1970 but the first seed of it was sowed with the occurrence of drought in Bihar in the year of 1966 and followed by a disastrous earthquake in Maharastra in the year of 1969 where the dedicated volunteers of AMURT had rendered their selfless service to the victims.

Briefly after that the activity of AMURT penetrated all Indian state boundaries and AMURT was able to expand its activities to assist the victims in all sorts of natural disasters like floods, clan war and earthquake in Bosnia, Somalia, and Rowanda and successfully started training program for sustainable development in countries like Burkina Faso and Ghana. By the way of 'All Round Service' (ARS) program AMURT helps in the development of undeveloped areas in a particular country.It has its branches in more than 160 countries of the world.

In last 35 years, activities of AMURT expanded all over the world and it has emerged as one of the most known NGO in the field of disasters and humanitarian services.

To respond to the special plights of women and children and for womens' self-determination, Shrii P.R.Sarkar founded Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team for Ladies (AMURTEL) in the year 1977.

Being satisfied with the selfless service and discipline AMURT, United Nations gave it a status of NGO in the year of 1990. This was then the only NGO in India of this kind. In the recent Tsunami calamity AMURT started its reelief from the very next day in Andaman and Nicober Islands.