Drawbacks of the Disaster Management Act
- It has been accused of fostering an hierarchical, bureaucratic, command-and-control, top-down approach that gives the center, states and district authorities of sweeping powers.
- The act has been criticized for marginalizing NGOs, elected local representatives (PRIs), local communities and civil society.
- Issues in implementation – According to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report, 2015 on “Disaster Preparedness in India”
- The implementation of the Disaster Management Act has been slow and slack. For instance, there was a seven year delay from 2006-2013 in finalizing the National Disaster Management Plan (NDMP) which was finally released in 2016.
- The center, states and districts did not constitute the mitigation funds which could be used for disaster preparedness, restoration, etc.
- Many mitigation projects taken up by the NDMA were incomplete.
- Several critical posts in the NDMA were lying vacant.
Disaster Management in India
Disaster management has been a tedious task in India keeping in view the aspects related to it. Although, definite steps have been taken in this direction still it lacks in some respects. This article deals with disaster management in India from the time of India’s independence, and what changes have been done in each successive phase.
Disasters can be caused due to many factors such as natural, human-induced, biological, etc. Since Biological disasters have a composite nature incorporating both natural and human-related phenomena, this has been discussed in greater detail. Further, it being a continuous process involving the political, environmental, social, and economic angles minimizing has been an impressive area of research all over the world so that lives can be enhanced and disasters can be minimized. As is usually understood by many individuals, disaster management involves reducing the occurrence of disasters but disaster being an unavoidable circumstance, disaster management deals with minimizing the effects of disaster.
Table of Content
- What is Disaster?
- Agencies involved in the management of disasters in India
- Financial arrangements under the Disaster Management Act
- Drawbacks of the Disaster Management Act
- Biological Disasters
- Legislations for prevention of biohazards in India
- Legal Framework for Biological Disasters
- Prevention of Biological Disasters
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