QUESTION 18
GS3
15 marks
Discuss the recent measures initiated in disaster management by the Government of India, departing from the earlier reactive approach.
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11 min
250 words
What the examiner wants
Discuss recent steps that moved India's disaster management from relief to preparedness and risk reduction.
DiscussExplain the different sides of the issue, use evidence, and finish with a balanced view.
Demand-wise check
- 1Institutions: DM Act 2005, NDMA, NDRF, SDMAs; NDMP aligned with Sendai≈50 words
- 2Early warning: IMD forecasts, cyclone warnings, Common Alerting Protocol (SACHET), GLOF monitoring≈50 words
- 3Risk reduction: 15th FC's disaster risk mitigation funds, CDRI, heat action plans≈50 words
- 4Results: cyclone deaths fell sharply; gaps in urban floods and heat≈50 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
Old approachRecent measuresResultsGapsConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Only describing NDMA
- No outcome evidence
Draw this
- Disaster cycle with prevention emphasised
Value addition
- ExampleCyclone Phailin (2013) killed under 50 people versus about 10,000 in the 1999 Odisha super cyclone, thanks to evacuation of about 10 lakh people.Odisha SDMA
- FactThe 15th FC created separate National and State Disaster Mitigation Funds for the first time.15th Finance Commission
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 41 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Aniket Ranjan · AIR 48 · Page 15 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 17 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Aniket Ranjan · AIR 48 · Page 41 ↗Same syllabus reference
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