Sociology II · 10 marks · 150 words

What are the critical issues daunting and stagnating the Disaster Management in India?

Answered by 4 toppers · CSE 2025

Syllabus: Challenges of Social Transformation: (a) Crisis of development: displacement, environmental problems and sustainability. (b) Poverty, deprivation and inequalities. (c) Violence against women. (d) Caste conflicts. (e) Ethnic conflicts, communalism, religious revivalism. (f) Illiteracy and disparities in education.

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The toppers’ answers

RajeshwariAIR 2 · CSE 2025 · 143 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening · a definition

None written.

Body · points

Disaster Management is the practice of preparedness, mitigation, rescue, recovery, restoration against a disaster.

There are challenges and issues in Indian disaster management.

Critical issues daunting and stagnating the disaster management in India:

→ Social awareness on disaster responsiveness is lacking in India. This lead to stagnation in the Disaster management.

→ Victims are mostly female and children. They form the vulnerable sections and most affected by

disaster, making it daunting in Indian Disaster management.

→ Forest communities and tribes are unprepared for natural disasters. Remote habitation forms challenge in stagnating disaster management in India.

→ Hill communities are unreachable for rescue at time of disaster, hence become daunting Disaster management.

→ Mobilisation of forces become difficult at times. Digital illiteracy of people also aggravates the risks during disasters.

Close · a way forward

Hence, disaster management is social mass necessity for saving Indian population, holistic approach needed.

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