Overview

• Representing India at the G20 disaster risk reduction ministerial in South Africa, P. K. Mishra urged shared data protocols, interoperable regional platforms, and joint capacity building under the Early Warnings for All framework.
• He said early warning systems are strategic investments in resilience and described them as a global public good that is inclusive, multilingual, and anticipatory.
• Mishra detailed India’s Common Alert Protocol–compliant Integrated Alert System that links meteorological, hydrological, seismic, and oceanographic agencies and has issued more than 109 billion alerts.
• He outlined a five‑pillar DRR financing approach aligned with G20 voluntary principles, using the constitutionally anchored Finance Commission for multi‑year, rules‑based allocations guided by a national Disaster Risk Index.
• India highlighted a shift from relief to prevention through local mitigation funds, hazard‑specific programmes, and Aapda Mitra volunteers, and pursued bilateral cooperation with South Africa, Brazil, Australia, and the Netherlands on CDRI engagement, differentiated funding windows, and stronger alert dissemination.