An Overview of Disaster Management Laws in India: An Assessment and a Blue-print for the Future

Dr. Anitha. M

An Overview of Disaster Management Laws in India: An Assessment and a Blue-print for the Future

Author(s)	Dr. Anitha. M
Country	India
Abstract	Disasters are not new to mankind. However, in recent times, owing to their increased frequency as well as the intensity, disaster management has attracted immense public interest at the national and international level. Almost half of the disasters in the world occur in Asia, making this region of the world’s most vulnerable area. Some of the reasons for increase in the frequency of natural disasters are population explosion, uncontrolled urbanisation, unplanned land use and effects of global warming. India has been traditionally vulnerable to natural disasters on account of its unique geo-climatic conditions. Floods, drought, cyclone, earthquakes and landslides have been a recurrent phenomenon. The vulnerability in India is more compared to developed countries. This is resulting in huge loss in terms of human, financial, environmental and livelihood. At global level, there has been considerable concern over natural disasters. Rapid industrialisation and the menance of terrorism have also added new dimensions to man-made disasters. There are numerous such issues, one of which viz, ‘disaster management’ and ‘use of remote sensing and mathematical modelling in disaster management’ is discussed here basically in view of its legal perspective. Attempts at predicting when natural disaster will occur have met with some success in recent years . Natural disasters impart lessons at a very high cost of life and property. But if those lessons do not lead to learning and knowledge generation then it is a very heavy cost to bear. This lack of learning from the past hurts most at the recurrence of disasters. The new approach of Government of India proceeds from the conviction that development cannot be sustainable unless disaster mitigation is built in to the development process. Disaster Management occupies an important place in this country’s policy framework. Hence, this paper is to highlight disaster profile of India and Disaster Management in India and as overview of Disaster Management Laws in India and a blue print for the future.
Keywords	disaster, management, vulnerability, mitigation, sustainable;
Field	Sociology
Published In	Volume 11, Issue 2, July-December 2020
Published On	2020-08-24

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An Overview of Disaster Management Laws in India: An Assessment and a Blue-print for the Future

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