India is known as a disaster-prone country. Justify your answer by giving examples from the current year.
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Due to location and climate, India itself is one of the most disaster-prone areas of the world. The country is exposed to many natural hazards including floods, cyclones, droughts, and earthquakes and these disasters often cause significant damage to property and loss of life. The Government of India recognizes the need to shift from a post disaster reactive approach to a pre-disaster pro-active approach which includes preparedness, mitigation, and prevention. The Government of India enacted the Disaster Management Act in 2005, adopted a National Policy on Disaster Management in 2009, and in 2015 adopted three international agreements including the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, Sustainable Development Goals 2015-2030, and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. The country has adopted a multihazard, and multi-sectoral strategy approach, which in turn will create a disaster resilient country.
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According to the statistics, 68% of India’s land is prone to drought, 60% to earthquakes, 12% to floods and 8% to cyclones, making India one of the most disaster prone countries in the world, affecting overall 85% of Indian land and more than 50 million people. There have been countless disasters both natural and man-made, where millions of lives have been lost before and since Indian Independence. There is nothing natural about the disasters, what can be considered natural is the ‘event’ not the ‘losses’. It is surprising that yet India has not formulated the national plan for disaster management till date, according to the CAG Report of 2013. The Indian administration has been a little too late in recognizing the importance of a National Disaster Management Plan (NDMP) except the State of Gujarat.