Page 3 - Disaster Management

Coronavirus brings focus on division of power between the Centre and states

Experts stress the need for an over-arching central law to deal with epidemics

Fighting Covid-19: Donations to CM fund won't qualify as CSR, says MCA

Ex-gratia payments to workers will be treated as CSR, provided these are over and above wages

FinMin releases Rs 17,287 cr to states to fight coronavirus pandemic

This includes Rs 6,195.08 crore on account of 'revenue deficit grant' under 15th Finance Commission recommendations to 14 states

States to use Rs 29,000 cr SDR fund for food, shelter to migrants: MHA

Srivastava said Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla has written another letter on Saturday asking them to set up camps for migrant workers and provide them food and shelter.

Shah to head NPDRR, reconstituted to review progress in disaster management

The minister of state in-charge of disaster management in the home ministry and the vice-chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority will be the NPDRR's vice chairpersons.

15th FC's disaster risk index to address deficiency in state-level funding

The DRI has been developed through a quantitative exercise assigning scores to the probability of hazards and the extent of vulnerability of a state

Centre approves Rs 5,908 crore to seven states for calamity damage relief

The Home Ministry said the decision was taken at a meeting of a high-level committee, chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah

Aiming for $5 trn economy, India needs enhanced disaster management: Shah

Disaster management and fire services remained neglected areas after Independence, he alleged

Households after a natural disaster

The CMIE's CPHS data breaks the preconception of devastation and impoverished households being pushed to spending less

India to launch a national disaster management scheme soon: Amit Shah

Shah said India has completed the amendment process in the country's National Disaster Management Scheme launched in 2016.

Who is behind Mumbai building collapse? Five key points based on data

Over 14,000 buildings in Mumbai are at risk of collapsing

UN chief saddened by displacement of 1 mn, 41 deaths due to rains in India

National disaster response teams are carrying out search-and-rescue operations and some 20,000 people are sheltered in dozens of relief camps.

Civil war to hurricanes: Social media is saving lives in disaster zones

Twitter hashtags in particular function as 'fire spaces'

India to host international meet on disaster risk reduction

PM Modi will inaugurate the conference that will be held here on November 3-5 in collaboration with the UNISDR

Centre rushes NDRF teams to Uttarakhand; Rajnath speaks to CM

At least 12 people have been killed and 25 others were missing as torrential rains and landslides

India voices concern over insufficient humanitarian response to crises

India's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN noted that another issue of contention was the humanitarian and development divide

PM Modi releases nation's first disaster management plan

National Disaster Management Plan (NDMP) aims to make the country disaster resilient and reduce loss of lives