National policy on disaster management 2009
India, Ministry of Home Affairs
National policy on disaster management 2009 - New Delhi India, National Disaster Management Authority, Ministry of Home Affairs, Gov. of India 2009 - ix,42p.
CONTENTS 1 Preamble 1 1.1.1 The Context 1 1.2.1-1.2.2 Disaster Risks in India 1 1.3.1 Paradigm Shift in Disaster Management (DM) 1 2 Approach and Objectives 7 2.1.1 Vision 7 2.2.1-2.2.2 Disaster Management (DM) 7 2.3.1 Approach 8 2.4.1 Objectives 8 3 Institutional and Lega! Arrangements 9 3.1.1 Disaster Management Act, 2005 9 Institutional Framework under the Act 9 3.2.1-3.2.3 National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) 9 3.2.4-3.2.5 National Executive Committee (NEC) 10 3.2.6-3.2.7 State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) 10 3.2.8 District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) 10 3.2.9 Local Authorities 10 3.2.10 National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) 11 3.2.11 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) 11 3.2.12 Mitigation Reserves 11 Existing Institutional Arrangements 11 3.3.1 Cabinet Committee on Management of Natural Calamities (CCMNC) and the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) 11 3.3.2 High-level Committee (HLC) 12 3.3.3 Central Government 12 3.3.4 Role of Central Ministries and Departments 12 3.3.5 National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) 12 3.3.6-3.3.7 State Governments 13 3.3.8 District Administration 13 3.3.9 Management of Disasters Impacting more than one State13 Other Important Institutional Arrangements 13 3.4.1 Armed Forces 13 3.4.2 Central Paramilitary Forces 14 3.4.3 State Police Forces and Fire Services 14 3.4.4 Civil Defence and Home Guards 14 3.4.5 State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) 14 3.4.6 Role of National Cadet Corps (NCC), National Service Scheme (NSS) and Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) 14 3.5.1 International Cooperation 14 4 Financial Arrangements 4.1.1 Approach 4.2.1 DM to be in-built in Developmental Plans 4.3.1-4.3.2 National Disaster Response and Mitigation Funds 15 4.4.1 Responsibilities of the Central Ministries and Departments 15 4.4.2 State and District Level Arrangements 15 4.4.3 Mitigation Projects 15 4.5.1 Techno-Financial Regime 16 5 Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and Preparedness 17 5.1.1 Disaster Prevention and Mitigation 17 5.1.2-5.1.3 Risk Assessment and Vulnerability Mapping 17 5.1.4 Increasing Trend of Disasters in Urban Areas 18 5.1.5 Critical Infrastructure 18 5.1.6 Environmentally Sustainable Development 18 5.1.7 Climate Change Adaptation 18 Preparedness 18 5.2.1-5.2.3 Role of Central Ministries and Departments, and States 18 5.2.4 Forecasting and Early Warning Systems 19 5.2.5-5.2.6 Communications and Information Technology (IT) Support 19 5.2.7 Strengthening of the Emergency Operations Centres 19 5.2.8-5.2.9 Medical Preparedness and Mass Casualty Management 20 5.2.10 Training, Simulation and Mock Drills 20 Partnerships for Mitigation and Preparedness 20 5.3.1-5.3.2 Community Based Disaster Preparedness 20 5.3.3 Stakeholders' Participation 20 5.3.4 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Public-Private Partnership (PPP) 21 5.3.5 Media Partnership 21 6 Techno-Legal Regime 23 6.1.1 Techno-Legal Regime 23 6.2.1 Revision of Municipal Regulations 23 6.3.1 Land Use Planning 23 6.4.1-6.4.2 Safe Construction Practices 23 6.5.1 Compliance Regime 24 6.6.1 Enforcement24 7 Response 25 7.1.1 Approach 25 7.2.1 Role of the NEC 25 7.3.1 Role of the Nodal and Other Central Ministries and Departments 25 7.4.1 Role of State, District and Local Authorities 25 7.5.1 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) 25 7.6.1 Levels of Disasters 26 7.7.1 Incident Command System (ICS) 26 7.8.1 First and Other Key Responders 26 7.9.1 Medical Response 26 7.10.1 Animal Care 27 7.11.1 Information and Media Partnership 27 8 Relief and Rehabilitation 29 8.1.1 Approach 29 8.2.1-8.2.2 Setting up of Temporary Relief Camps 29 8.3.1 Management of Relief Supplies 29 8.4.1 Review of Standards of Relief 29 8.5.1 Temporary Livelihood Options and Socio-Economic Rehabilitation 29 8.6.1 Provision of Intermediate Shelters 30 9 Reconstruction and Recovery 31 9.1.1 Approach 31 9.2.1 Owner Driven Reconstruction 31 9.3.1-9.3.2 Speedy Reconstruction 31 9.4.1 Linking Recovery with Safe Development 31 9.5.1 Livelihood Restoration 32 10 Capacity Development 33 10.1.1-10.1.2 Approach 33 10.2.1-10.2.2 National Priorities 33 10.3.1 Institutional Capacity Development 33 10.4.1 Training oi Communities 34 10.5.1 Professional Technical Education 34 10.6.1 DM Education in Schools 34 10.7.1 Training of Artisans 34 10.8.1 Training of Other Groups 34 10.9.1 Licensing and Certification 34 11 Knowledge Management 35 11.1.1 Approach 35 11.1.2 Synergetic Application of Science and Technology 35 11.3.1 Knowledge Institutions 35 Knowledge Dissemination through Information and Communication Technologies (SCT) 35 11.4.1 Indigenous Technical Knowledge (ITK) 35 11.4.2 India Disaster Resource Network (IDRN) 35 11.4.3 India Disaster Knowledge Network (IDKN) 35 11.4.4 Documentation of Best Practices and Research 36 12 Research and Development 37 12.1.1 Approach 37 12.2.1 Institutional Arrangements 37 12.3.1-12.3.2Identification of Needs and Promotion of Research 37 13 The Road 39 Ahead Abbreviations 41 Diagrams Diagram 1 Disaster Management Continuum 7 Maps MAP 1 Earthquake Zones in India 2 MAP 2 Flood Zones in India2 MAP 3 Wind and Cyclone Zones in India3 MAP 4 Landslide Affected States5
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National policy on disaster management 2009 - New Delhi India, National Disaster Management Authority, Ministry of Home Affairs, Gov. of India 2009 - ix,42p.
CONTENTS 1 Preamble 1 1.1.1 The Context 1 1.2.1-1.2.2 Disaster Risks in India 1 1.3.1 Paradigm Shift in Disaster Management (DM) 1 2 Approach and Objectives 7 2.1.1 Vision 7 2.2.1-2.2.2 Disaster Management (DM) 7 2.3.1 Approach 8 2.4.1 Objectives 8 3 Institutional and Lega! Arrangements 9 3.1.1 Disaster Management Act, 2005 9 Institutional Framework under the Act 9 3.2.1-3.2.3 National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) 9 3.2.4-3.2.5 National Executive Committee (NEC) 10 3.2.6-3.2.7 State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) 10 3.2.8 District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) 10 3.2.9 Local Authorities 10 3.2.10 National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) 11 3.2.11 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) 11 3.2.12 Mitigation Reserves 11 Existing Institutional Arrangements 11 3.3.1 Cabinet Committee on Management of Natural Calamities (CCMNC) and the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) 11 3.3.2 High-level Committee (HLC) 12 3.3.3 Central Government 12 3.3.4 Role of Central Ministries and Departments 12 3.3.5 National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) 12 3.3.6-3.3.7 State Governments 13 3.3.8 District Administration 13 3.3.9 Management of Disasters Impacting more than one State13 Other Important Institutional Arrangements 13 3.4.1 Armed Forces 13 3.4.2 Central Paramilitary Forces 14 3.4.3 State Police Forces and Fire Services 14 3.4.4 Civil Defence and Home Guards 14 3.4.5 State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) 14 3.4.6 Role of National Cadet Corps (NCC), National Service Scheme (NSS) and Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) 14 3.5.1 International Cooperation 14 4 Financial Arrangements 4.1.1 Approach 4.2.1 DM to be in-built in Developmental Plans 4.3.1-4.3.2 National Disaster Response and Mitigation Funds 15 4.4.1 Responsibilities of the Central Ministries and Departments 15 4.4.2 State and District Level Arrangements 15 4.4.3 Mitigation Projects 15 4.5.1 Techno-Financial Regime 16 5 Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and Preparedness 17 5.1.1 Disaster Prevention and Mitigation 17 5.1.2-5.1.3 Risk Assessment and Vulnerability Mapping 17 5.1.4 Increasing Trend of Disasters in Urban Areas 18 5.1.5 Critical Infrastructure 18 5.1.6 Environmentally Sustainable Development 18 5.1.7 Climate Change Adaptation 18 Preparedness 18 5.2.1-5.2.3 Role of Central Ministries and Departments, and States 18 5.2.4 Forecasting and Early Warning Systems 19 5.2.5-5.2.6 Communications and Information Technology (IT) Support 19 5.2.7 Strengthening of the Emergency Operations Centres 19 5.2.8-5.2.9 Medical Preparedness and Mass Casualty Management 20 5.2.10 Training, Simulation and Mock Drills 20 Partnerships for Mitigation and Preparedness 20 5.3.1-5.3.2 Community Based Disaster Preparedness 20 5.3.3 Stakeholders' Participation 20 5.3.4 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Public-Private Partnership (PPP) 21 5.3.5 Media Partnership 21 6 Techno-Legal Regime 23 6.1.1 Techno-Legal Regime 23 6.2.1 Revision of Municipal Regulations 23 6.3.1 Land Use Planning 23 6.4.1-6.4.2 Safe Construction Practices 23 6.5.1 Compliance Regime 24 6.6.1 Enforcement24 7 Response 25 7.1.1 Approach 25 7.2.1 Role of the NEC 25 7.3.1 Role of the Nodal and Other Central Ministries and Departments 25 7.4.1 Role of State, District and Local Authorities 25 7.5.1 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) 25 7.6.1 Levels of Disasters 26 7.7.1 Incident Command System (ICS) 26 7.8.1 First and Other Key Responders 26 7.9.1 Medical Response 26 7.10.1 Animal Care 27 7.11.1 Information and Media Partnership 27 8 Relief and Rehabilitation 29 8.1.1 Approach 29 8.2.1-8.2.2 Setting up of Temporary Relief Camps 29 8.3.1 Management of Relief Supplies 29 8.4.1 Review of Standards of Relief 29 8.5.1 Temporary Livelihood Options and Socio-Economic Rehabilitation 29 8.6.1 Provision of Intermediate Shelters 30 9 Reconstruction and Recovery 31 9.1.1 Approach 31 9.2.1 Owner Driven Reconstruction 31 9.3.1-9.3.2 Speedy Reconstruction 31 9.4.1 Linking Recovery with Safe Development 31 9.5.1 Livelihood Restoration 32 10 Capacity Development 33 10.1.1-10.1.2 Approach 33 10.2.1-10.2.2 National Priorities 33 10.3.1 Institutional Capacity Development 33 10.4.1 Training oi Communities 34 10.5.1 Professional Technical Education 34 10.6.1 DM Education in Schools 34 10.7.1 Training of Artisans 34 10.8.1 Training of Other Groups 34 10.9.1 Licensing and Certification 34 11 Knowledge Management 35 11.1.1 Approach 35 11.1.2 Synergetic Application of Science and Technology 35 11.3.1 Knowledge Institutions 35 Knowledge Dissemination through Information and Communication Technologies (SCT) 35 11.4.1 Indigenous Technical Knowledge (ITK) 35 11.4.2 India Disaster Resource Network (IDRN) 35 11.4.3 India Disaster Knowledge Network (IDKN) 35 11.4.4 Documentation of Best Practices and Research 36 12 Research and Development 37 12.1.1 Approach 37 12.2.1 Institutional Arrangements 37 12.3.1-12.3.2Identification of Needs and Promotion of Research 37 13 The Road 39 Ahead Abbreviations 41 Diagrams Diagram 1 Disaster Management Continuum 7 Maps MAP 1 Earthquake Zones in India 2 MAP 2 Flood Zones in India2 MAP 3 Wind and Cyclone Zones in India3 MAP 4 Landslide Affected States5
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