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Revision note: Disaster Management Framework in India: DM Act, NDMA and the Sendai Framework

  • Risk = hazard × vulnerability ÷ capacity; ~58.6% land quake-prone, ~12% flood, ~5,700 km coast cyclone, ~68% cultivable drought
  • Shift after Orissa 1999, Gujarat 2001, tsunami 2004; MHA nodal since 2002 (drought: Agriculture)
  • DM Act 2005: NDMA (PM), NEC (Home Secy), SDMA (CM), DDMA (Collector); NIDM; NDRF (16 battalions); NDRF/SDRF + NDMF/SDMF funds
  • Amendment 2025: statutory NCMC/HLC, Urban DMAs, disaster databases, SDRFs (verify)
  • 15th FC: Disaster Risk Index; 80:20 response:mitigation; SDRF 75:25 (90:10 NE/Himalayan)
  • NDMP 2016 (rev. 2019); PM's 10-point agenda; Sendai 2015–30 (4 priorities, 7 targets); CDRI 2019
Revision card summarising Disaster Management Framework in India: DM Act, NDMA and the Sendai Framework
One-page visual summary of the key points to revise.

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