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Trend Analysis of Disaster Management

The Civil Services (Main) Examination Syllabus is mentioned as: “Disaster and disaster management”.

The topic is divided in two parts 

•     About Disasters – Both Natural and Man-made

•     Disaster Management Scenario specifically in India.

Both of the above topics are defined broadly and students sometimes fail to understand the sub-topics need to be read while preparing for the subject. 

Hence, hereby providing the list of sub-topics:

NATURAL DISASTERS 

•     Tsunami 

•     Earthquakes 

•     Floods 

•     Cyclones 

•     Heatwaves 

•     Landslides 

•     Avalanches 

•     Droughts 

MAN-MADE DISASTERS 

•     Forest fires 

•     Oil spill 

•     Chemical disaster

•     Nuclear (Radiological) Disaster

•     Biological Disaster 

DISASTER MANAGEMENT 

•     Phases of Crisis/Disaster Management 

•     Pre-Crisis: Preparedness 

•     During Crisis: Emergency Response 

•     Post-Crisis 

•     Mitigation 

•     International Framework on Disaster Management 

A. Yokohama strategy (1994) 

B. Hyogo-framework (2005) 

C. Sendai framework (2015) 

•     Disaster Management Act 2005: Critical analysis

•     Agencies involved in Disaster Management 

•     National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) 

•     Second ARC Committee Recommendations 

Trend Analysis of Disaster Management

How to Prepare:

If you analyse the previous year papers, maximum questions have been asked from the disaster management perspective. 

Hence for preparation of this topic, rather than referring to the traditional sources, students need to refer the government reports.

Some of such reports are:

1.     Crisis Management by 2nd ARC

2.     Disaster Management Report by PRS India

3.     Disaster Management Report by Ministry of Home Affairs, etc.

Alongwith the reports, student should refer to the sources such as:

•     Editorials from Newspapers 

•     Videos of government sources as Rajya Sabha TV

•     PIB, Government institutes documents, etc.

Note: In IASHELPDESK we are providing the books, reports, videos, editorials and questions at one stop so that a student may concentrate in attainment of knowledge rather than busy in accessing the different sources.