ISSN 2455-5045, ISI Impact Factor: 0.763

VOLUME 02  NO. 03 JULY  2015:

Title:            A critical assessment of India’s national disaster management system: case study of Kashmir flood, 2014
Authors:      Debanjana Chatterjee, Subhomoy Halder
Abstract:  India’s geo-climatic conditions as well as its high degree of socio-economic vulnerability,makes it one of the most disaster prone country in the world. Thus disaster management occupies an important place in this country’s policy framework as it is the poor and the under-privileged who are worst affected on account of calamities.The Government of India, in recognition of the importance of Disaster Management as a national priority,enacted the Disaster Management Act, along with creation of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and State Disaster Management Authorities (SDMAs) to implement a holistic and integrated approach for Disaster Management in India.In September 2014, the Kashmir region of India and the adjoining areas of Pakistan witnessed disastrous floods caused by torrential rainfall and this flood was recognized as the worst in 50 years. In this paper attempts has been made to understand the structure and framework of Disaster Management system in India and to identify its strength and weakness through the case study of Kashmir Flood, 2014 for assessing the performance of the system while dealing with disasters in India.

Keywords:   Vulnerability; Disaster management; Disaster management authority; Integrated approach;Disastrous floods.
Pages:            87-92

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