National Institute of Disaster Management
Submitted by susan on Sun, 2008-08-03 14:51
The Government of India have adopted mitigation and prevention as essential components of their development strategy. The Tenth Five Year Plan document has a detailed chapter on Disaster Management. The plan emphasizes the fact that development cannot be sustainable without mitigation being built into developmental process. Each State is supposed to prepare a plan scheme for disaster mitigation in accordance with the approach outlined in the plan. In brief, mitigation is being institutionalized into developmental planning.
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http://www.ndmindia.nic.in/Mitigation/mitigationhome.html
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Ministry of Home Affairs
MHA Control Room
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91-11-23092923, 23093054, 230928
Fax:
91-11-23093750, 23092763
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Government