Overview

• He said the response model now rests on capacity building, speed, efficiency and accuracy.
• Allocations have nearly tripled since the previous decade, with Rs 1,28,122 crore for SDRF and Rs 54,770 crore for NDRF in 2021–26, plus Rs 13,693 crore for NDMF and Rs 32,031 crore for SDMF and Rs 8,072 crore of mitigation projects approved.
• He reported that the average time to send Inter-Ministerial Central Teams to affected states fell from 96 days to eight days, with 83 teams deployed in the last ten years.
• Officials highlighted seven-day cyclone and flood forecasts from IMD and CWC and last-mile alerts through the Common Alerting Protocol and the SACHET app.
• A strategy is being formulated to tackle cloudbursts and landslides following recent events in several states.