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QUESTION 18
GS3
15 marks

Describe various measures taken in India for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) before and after signing the ‘Sendai Framework for DRR (2015–2030).’ How is this framework different from the ‘Hyogo Framework for Action, 2005’?

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250 words

What the examiner wants

Describe: answer the exact PYQ as framed — “Describe various measures taken in India for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) before and after signing the ‘Sendai Framework for DRR (2015–2030).’ How is this framework different from the ‘Hyogo Framework for Action, 2005’?” Treat each scoring limb separately instead of writing a general note on Sendai Framework for DRR.

DescribeGive a clear, detailed account of the main features.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1Describe various measures taken in India for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) before and after signing the ‘Sendai Framework for DRR (2015–2030).’ How is this framework different from the ‘Hyogo Framework for Action, 2005’?≈95 words
  2. 2Support the Describe with directly relevant evidence/examples and end with a reasoned conclusion≈95 words

Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.

Answer plan

Define/processCauses/driversImpacts and spatial/India evidencePolicy/management responseLimitations and way forward

Where marks usually go

  • Writing generally about Sendai Framework for DRR without directly resolving: “Describe various measures taken in India for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) before and after signing the ‘Sendai Framework for DRR (2015–2030).’ How is this framework differen…”
  • Using facts/examples as decoration without linking them to the Describe judgement required by the question

Value addition

  • Cause→mechanism→outcome flowchart or compact process diagram
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

Official source anchors

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