OE1-3.4 India's Institutional Framework & Post-Disaster Response

Work through these

• NDMA and SDMA

  The national and state authorities that set policy. Knowing which body does what is practical rather than bureaucratic.

• NDRF and civic volunteers

  The response force, and the volunteers who arrive before it does. Local volunteers do most of the rescue in the first hours, which is a fact worth knowing.

• NIDM

  The institute that trains and researches. It is the part of the framework that acts before an event rather than during it.

• Phases of disaster and risk management

  The cycle from the earlier topic, restated against the institutions above. Seeing which body owns which phase is the point.

• Post-disaster responses

  What happens after the immediate response ends, which is where most of the money and most of the time go.

• Compensation and insurance

  How losses are paid for, and the fact that insurance penetration for these losses is low enough to be part of the problem. It connects back to the financial resilience item.

• Applications of remote sensing and GIS in disaster management

  Using imagery and mapping for assessment and planning, which connects this subject to the remote sensing course. Damage assessment from imagery is now routine.

• Components of disaster management

  The parts of the whole system, gathered together. Read it as a summary of the topic rather than new material.

• Preparedness of rescue and relief; mitigation, rehabilitation and reconstruction

  The preparation and the long tail afterwards, which is where reconstruction offers a chance to reduce the next risk. Building back the same way rebuilds the vulnerability.