GS3 · 10 marks · 150 words

Highlight the key provisions of the Disaster Management (Amendment) Act, 2025. How would the amendment help strengthen the disaster management framework in the country?

Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2025

Disaster ManagementDisaster Risk Reduction

Syllabus: Disaster and disaster management.

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The toppers’ answers

Ujjwal PriyankAIR 10 · CSE 2025 · 128 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening · a date or context

Recently, the Disaster Management (Amendment) Act 2025 was passed for providing a holistic approach of disaster preparedness and response in India.

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Key Provision of Disaster Management Act 2025

  1. Mitigation of disaster : Provide resilient infrastructure.
  2. Providing quick response for recovery through NDRF, SDRF etc.
  3. Strengthening National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)
  4. Providing simplification to approach for rehabilitation
  5. Ensuring funds and functionaries for evolving threat of disasters.

It contributes to strengthen the disaster framework of country :

Diagram
Mitigation → Preparedness ↘ Disaster Response ↙ ↖ Recovery and Rehabilitation
  1. Building collaboration for "whole of society" approach.
  2. Effective management via quick response at ground level.
  3. Ensuring early warning system
  4. Protecting the interest of marginalised

Close · a summary

community.

It is rightly said that "disaster anywhere impacts people everywhere". Thus the act aims to streamline efforts for planning.

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