Disaster Management Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam
Flood Management and Border Areas Programme (FMBAP)
Context: The Union Cabinet has approved the “Flood Management and Border Areas Programme (FMBAP)” for Flood Management Works in entire country and ...
Odisha launches disaster alert system for its coast
Context Recently the Odisha government has launched the Early Warning Dissemination System, the first-of-its-kind technology in India, to simultaneously warn ...
Amritsar disaster: avoidable tragedy
Context: The ghastly Dasara disaster at Amritsar that has left 59 people dead is a harsh reminder, if any were ...
Global Risk Financing Facility
The World Bank launched a new $150 million fund intended to help insure vulnerable countries against natural disasters and the ...
Economic Losses, Poverty and Disasters 1998-2017
Context: India suffered a whopping USD 79.5 billion economic loss due to climate-related disasters in the last 20 years, according ...
Pride and foreign aid
Context: India’s refusal to take help in times of natural disasters is self-defeating and against the federal spirit. The Central government’s ...
O-SMART scheme
Context: The Cabinet approved a scheme aimed at stepping up ocean research and setting up early warning weather systems. About'Ocean ...
How dams can control floods
Context: There should be space for greater storage of water in reservoirs before the onset of monsoon. In the aftermath ...
Trouble in the hills
Context: The catastrophic monsoon floods in Kerala and parts of Karnataka have revived the debate on whether political profitability outshined ...
Dam Safety Bill
Context: Central Water Commission (CWC) maintains the National Register of Large Dams (NRLD) based on information received from the State ...
Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction 2018
Context: A high level Ministerial delegation from India headed by Minister of State for Home Affairs will be participating in ...
Dam Safety Bill, 2018
Context: The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister has approved the proposal for introduction of Dam Safety Bill, 2018 ...
NIDM Centre to help Southern States
Context: The Vice President of India, has said that Southern parts of the country are prone to multiple disaster challenges ...
BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise – 2017
The first Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation, Disaster Management Exercise (BIMSTEC DMEx-2017) concluded here today ...
A waste management model for small towns
Introduction: India faces major environmental challenges associated with waste generation and inadequate waste collection, transport, treatment and disposal. Current systems ...
