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G-20 working on DRR under India's presidency

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Annesha Barua
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G-20 working on DRR under India's presidency
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New Delhi, January 12: G20 is all set in establishing a new working group on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), under the presidency of India. The rapid change in natural disasters related to cropping up from time to time which is leading to global climate. 

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The group will work towards achieving disaster risk reduction goals and further enhance global preparedness against disaster. Recently, India has raised the concern of building a resilient infrastructure for disaster risk reduction at various international forums and has also called for worldwide collaboration on the issue. In an exclusive interview with DD India, the member secretary of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Kamal Kishore, talked about the reasons behind India's achievements in disaster management.





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Kishore, further emphasised on the three elements behind India's effort to minimise disaster's effects, India has made a progress in improving forecast and warning systems, community-level preparedness and having trained volunteers at the local level, helping people know what to do during the time of a disaster warning, and the continuous improvements in the dissemination system to provide early warnings about disasters.

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G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant while addressing mediapersons said that a new work stream on Disaster Risk Reduction has been established under India's presidency to encourage collective work, multidisciplinary research and exchange of best practices on DRR.

The key priorities where India has proposed in the G20 Disaster Risk Reduction group is the issue of financing. Every year, the country allocates $1 bn for its disaster mitigation and wants to work in a direction where there is more investment in risk reduction to ensure less spending on disaster response.

India has emphasised on the importance of developing resilient infrastructure that can withstand natural disasters. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his ten-point agenda, has advocated building resilient infrastructure.

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The National Disaster Management Authority highlights six thematic areas for action in which the central and the state governments should function. These are mainstream and integrated DRR and institutional strengthening, capacity development, promoting participatory approaches, work with elected representatives, grievance redress mechanism, promoting quality standards, certifications, and awards for disaster risk management.

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Speaking on National Disaster Management Authority earlier, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, "It is the first national disaster plan prepared in the country and matches all the parameters of Sendai Disaster Risk Reduction Framework-2015 to 2030."

- ANI
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