Disaster Management Plan of Ministry of Panchayati Raj

On 17^th March, 2022, the Disaster Management Plan of Ministry of Panchayati Raj (DMP-MoPR) was released.

• It aims to develop disaster resilience at the grassroots level among the Panchayats and establish a framework to align the disaster management measures in rural areas to that of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).

Key Highlights: Community-based Planning: It has been prepared with a larger perspective of community-based planning starting from Village to District Panchayat level.

• Village Disaster Management Plan: Under the Plan, every Indian village would have a “Village Disaster Management Plan” and every Panchayat would have their Disaster Management Plan.
• Innovations: It incorporates many innovations in addition to being in compliance with Disaster Management Act 2005, National Disaster Management Policy 2009, and guidelines issued by NDMA.
• Areas Covered: The Disaster Management Plan comprehensively covers areas such as:
  • Institutional arrangement for disaster management;
  • Hazard risk, vulnerability and capacity analysis;
  • Coherence of disaster risk management across resilient development and climate change action;
  • Disaster specific preventive and mitigation measures-responsibility framework; and
  • Mainstreaming of community based disaster management plan of villages and Panchayats.