Administrative issues involved in disaster management in India

Autor:	Jagmohni Kaur
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	Mental Health Services Economic growth Government education.field_of_study Emergency management business.industry Mental Disorders Population India Poison control Disaster Planning Social Welfare Disasters Psychiatry and Mental health Socioeconomic Factors Environmental health Workforce Humans Revenue Business Natural disaster education
Zdroj:	International Review of Psychiatry. 18:553-557
ISSN:	1369-1627 0954-0261
DOI:	10.1080/09540260601038449
Popis:	India as a country is vulnerable to a number of disasters, from earthquakes to floods. Poor and weaker members of the society have always been more vulnerable to various types of disasters. Disasters result in unacceptably high morbidity and mortality amongst the affected population. Damage to infrastructure and reduction in revenues from the affected region due to low yield add to the economic losses. Poor co-ordination at the local level, lack of early-warning systems, often very slow responses, paucity of trained dedicated clinicians, lack of search and rescue facilities and poor community empowerment are some of the factors, which have been contributing to poor response following disasters in the past. The first formal step towards development of policies relating to disaster care in India was the formulation of the National Disaster Response Plan (NDRP) which was formulated initially by the Government of India for managing natural disasters only. However, this was subsequently amended to include man-made disasters as well. It sets the scene for formulating state and district level plans in all states to bring cohesiveness and a degree of uniform management in dealing with disasters. A National Disaster Management Authority has been constituted which aims to provide national guidelines and is headed by the Prime Minister of India. It is the highest decision-making body for the management of disasters in the country. The authority has the responsibility for co-ordinating response and post-disaster relief and rehabilitation. Each state is required to set up Disaster Management Authorities and District Disaster Management Committees for co-ordination and close supervision of activities and efforts related to the management of disasters.
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