NOTIFIABLE DISEASE Subject : Disaster Management Context: Centre asks states and UTs to make black fungus notifiable disease under Epidemic Diseases Act. Concept: A notifiable disease is any disease that is required by law to be reported to government authorities. The collation of information allows the authorities to monitor the disease, and provides […]
NDRF & SDRF Subject : Disaster Management Context: Cyclone Tauktae hurtles towards Gujarat; teams of NDRF, SDRF deployed. Concept : The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is an Indian specialized force constituted “for the purpose of special response to a threatening disaster situation or disaster” under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 The “Apex […]
STATE DISASTER RESPONSE FUND (SDRF) Subject: Disaster Management Context: As a special dispensation, the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance at the recommendation of Ministry of Home Affairs has released in advance of the normal schedule the 1st instalment of the Central Share of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) for the year […]
NDMA Subject: Disaster Management Context: Uddhav Thackeray to PM Modi: Press in NDMA, airlift oxygen. Concept: About NDMA: The NDMA is the apex statutory body for disaster management in India. It derives its powers and responsibilities from the Disaster Management Act, 2005. It was established in 2009. It is under the control of […]
NOTIFIED DISASTER Subject: Disaster Management Context: Declare Covid-19 pandemic a natural calamity to allow use of disaster funds: Uddhav Thackeray to PM Concept: Disaster Management Act, 2005 provides for the effective management of disaster in India. Overall responsibility: The Disaster Management Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs has the overall responsibility for […]
National Disaster Management Force Subject: Disaster Management Context: The Parliamentary standing committee on water resources has started reviewing disaster management of flood post-Uttarakhand flood. Concept: The Disaster Management Act has statutory provisions for constitution of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) for the purpose of specialized response to natural and man-made disasters. The practice […]
GEO HAZARD MANAGEMENT Subject: Disaster Management Context: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has entered into a framework MoU with the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) to strengthen collaboration on sustainable Geo-Hazard management. Concept : DRDO’s Defence Geo-Informatics Research Establishment (DGRE) is working for the development of critical technologies for enhancing […]
TIDE – RAINFALL QUOTIENT Subject : Disaster Management Context : To understand if a coastal city is more prone to floods caused by tidal events or extreme rainfall, a team from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay devised a new metric or measure called the Tide–Rainfall Flood Quotient. Concept : Using the past […]
STATE DISASTER Subject : Disaster Management Context : The avian flu outbreak has been classified as a ‘state disaster’ in Kerala after the Centre notified the outbreak of H5N8 subset of Influenza A in the two districts. Concept : State Disaster : A State Government may use up to 10 percent of the […]