At the face of fast increasing disaster frequency and magnitude and challenges posed by changing climate amalgamation of science and traditional knowledge hold the promise to ensure disaster resilience and promote climate adaptation.
Disaster risk reduction
Mass Awareness for Effective Disaster Risk Reduction
Mass awareness is the cornerstone of disaster risk reduction as it alone can ensure voluntary compliance of prevention, mitigation and safety measures.
XV Finance Commission and Resources for Disaster Management – In Hindi
Get to know about the innovative approach of the XV Finance Commission for allocating resources for disaster management related purposes to the states. The XV Finance Commission has for the first timer provided resources for not only pre-disaster mitigation and capacity building but also for post-disaster reconstruction and rehabilitation.
संता-बंता और आपदा में लापता
A number of persons routinely go missing in various disaster incidences and there exists no standard mechanism for declaring these as being dead and accordingly issuing Death Certificates. This adds to the trauma of the affected families and often also delays relief disbursement. Registrar General of India has to be approached every time for notifying the procedure for doing so. It is therefore required that a dedicated SOP be put in place for routinely declaring missing persons as being dead and issuing Death Certificate.
पंडित जी और रामू मल्लाह
कहाँ तक तो शायद किसी को नहीं पता, पर गंगा किनारे बसे उस गाँव के पंडित जी थे काफी पढ़े-लिखे व ज्ञानी। लोगो का मानना था कि उन्होंने छोटी उम्र में ही वेद-पुराण सब कंठस्त कर लिये थे। फिर ज्योतिष व ग्रह-नक्षत्रो की चाल पर भी उनकी गहरी पकड़ थी। कुंडली और हाथ तो जाने […]
संता-बंता उवाच और मोदी जी के मंत्र
Outlined in 2016 AMCDRR in New Delhi 10-point agenda of PM Modi is pertinent in every respect for making India disaster resilient.