India: Country disaster risk management status report
Towards identifying national and local priorities for the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 sets the outcome of “substantial reduction of disaster risk and losses”, to be measured against seven global targets that are both quantitative and qualitative, against the baseline of 2005-2015 period.
The Sendai framework also requires governments to take the primary responsibility to prevent and reduce disaster risk. At the same time however, disaster risk reduction is a shared responsibility of central government, state and local government, relevant sectors and other stakeholders.
Understanding the progress and challenges at the national and local levels will be essential for fostering international cooperation and for contributing to the regional and global monitoring of the progress. This Country Disaster Management Status Report as of 2015, therefore, is an attempt to help address the above gaps. The report mainly reflects the status of the DRM in India during the period 2005-2015.