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Disaster management

Disaster management for UPSC Prelims and Mains, taught in 2 parts. Each part has tables, exam traps, a recap and practice questions, and every paragraph is explained in Tamil.

Quick recap: Disaster management: quick recap

Both parts in one sitting: hazard, vulnerability and risk; India's hazard profile; the disaster management cycle; the 2005 Act and its three tiers; the 2025 amendment; response and mitigation funds; the NDRF and warning agencies; Hyogo, Sendai and the CDRI.

Parts of this chapter

Part 1

Hazards, vulnerability and India's disaster management law

Hazard, vulnerability, capacity and risk; the legal definition of disaster; kinds of disaster and the 1999 High Powered Committee; India's hazard profile; the disaster management cycle and the 2009 Policy; how the 2005 Act came; NDMA, NEC, SDMA, SEC and DDMA; NIDM and nodal ministries; offences and the COVID-19 lockdown; the 2025 amendment. Part 2

Funds, forces, early warning and the global frameworks

National and State Disaster Response Funds and cost sharing; notified disasters; the Fifteenth Finance Commission's response and mitigation windows; the NDRF, state forces and Aapda Mitra; IMD, INCOIS, CWC, GSI and NCS; cyclone naming; IDNDR, Yokohama, Hyogo and Sendai; AMCDRR, the ten-point agenda and the G20 working group; CDRI and IRIS; heat waves, glacial lake floods and urban floods.

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