Reassessing India’s Disaster Management Preparedness and the Role of the Indian Armed Forces

  • P. K. Gautam
    He worked at Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses from 2005 to 2018 & 2018 to 2019. read more
    Shivananda H
    Volume:6
    Issue:1
    Focus

    In recent years, the intensity of the occurrence of natural disasters has increased manifold. Responding to this, the Government of India has undertaken various measures to mitigate the impact of disasters. Even so, the response of the civil authorities is often found inadequate and the armed forces are called out to assist the civil administration. The armed forces never fail to respond in a prompt manner, but without proper data on various local resources, skills, essential services and equipment. Hence, there is a dire need of the armed forces to be trained in the field of disaster management to deal with disasters of various types.

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    Posted on: January 12, 2012

    Keywords: Disaster Management, India, Indian Army January 2012 | Journal of Defence Studies