Disaster Management

The Government of India, for the first time, released its first National Disaster Management Plan in 2016. The Vision of the Plan is to “Make India disaster resilient, achieve substantial disaster risk reduction, and significantly decrease the losses of life, livelihoods, and assets – economic, physical, social, cultural and environmental – by maximizing the ability […]

Disasters – natural or human-made are common throughout the world. It is believed that in the recent past there is an increase in their magnitude, complexity, frequency and economic impact. India is at the highest risk of exposure to natural hazards in the world. What is a Disaster? The term disaster owes its origin to […]