Disaster Recovery and the Road Ahead - IGNOU

Administrative Training Institutes. The
Central Board of Secondary
Education (CBSE) in New Delhi has
introduced disaster management as
a separate subject in standards VIII
and IX in schools. The National
Council for Educational Research
and Training (NCERT) books now
include lessons on disaster
management for school children.
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xii)
On the pattern of India Disaster
Resource Network (IDRN) in the
Source: NDMA Photo Gallery
Government domain, a Corporate
Disaster Resource Network (CDRN) has been planned to be built up in the public domain. It
would be an information platform where details of all such products would be available, which
are required in emergency response of various types. This would greatly help in the procurement
of items required in times of need and would help in showcasing the products of the corporate
sector. It would also help the corporate world in knowing what is required when and where,
and accordingly as a part of Corporate Social Responsibility donate such products.
While the NDRF is being trained, re-trained and equipped as a specialist force for highly
devastating disasters, it is equally important to ensure capacity building of state police personnel
who are the first responders in any natural or man-made disasters. To ensure this, a twopronged
strategy is being suggested to the states: firstly, to train state police personnel in the
basics of disaster management and secondly, to train at least one equivalent battalion out of their
state armed police units as State Disaster
Response Force (SDRF) on lines of the
NDRF. In addition to police personnel,
the SDRFs may be constituted from
existing resources of the Fire Services,
Home Guards and Civil Defence. NDRF
Battalions and their training institutions will
assist the States/UTs in this effort. The
State/ UTs will also be encouraged to set
up DM training facilities in their respective
Police Training Colleges, and include the
subject in their basic and in-service
courses.
xiii) NDMA has taken the following initiatives
for disaster resilience:
Source: Tsunami 2004/Google Images
(a)
(b)
(c)
Policy, Plans and Guidelines
Mainstreaming and Mitigation Projects
Scientific and Technological Initiatives
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