<p>The first-ever national plan for disaster management, which encompasses a blueprint for making the country disaster-resilient and significantly reducing loss of lives and livelihoods, was unveiled today by Prime Minister Narendra Modi here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The National Disaster Management Plan (NDMP) provides a framework and direction to the government agencies for all phases of disaster management cycle -- prevention, mitigation, response and recovery.<br /><br />The NDMP is a dynamic document in the sense that it will be periodically improved keeping up with the emerging global best practices and knowledge bases in disaster management, a Home Ministry statement said here.<br /><br />The vision of the plan is to make India disaster- resilient, achieve substantial disaster risk reduction, and significantly decrease the losses of life, livelihoods, and assets – economic, physical, social, cultural and environmental – by maximising the ability to cope with disasters at all levels of administration as well as among communities, the statement said.<br /><br />"It (NDMP) focuses on disaster resilience and reducing damage during disasters. The comprehensiveness of this plan is noteworthy. It covers all phases of disaster management- prevention, mitigation, response and recovery," Modi tweeted.<br /><br />The NDMP provides a generalised framework for recovery since it is not possible to anticipate all the possible elements of betterment reconstruction.<br /><br />The Prime Minister said to prepare communities to cope with disasters, the plan emphasises on a greater need for information, education and communication activities. "A regional approach has been adopted in the NDMP, which helps in disaster management and in development planning," he added.<br /><br />The Plan also highlights that the disaster risk reduction will be achieved by mainstreaming the requirements into the developmental plans.<br /><br />Globally, the approach towards post-disaster restoration and rehabilitation has shifted to one of betterment reconstruction.<br /><br />The NDMP has been aligned broadly with the goals and priorities set out in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.</p>
<p>The first-ever national plan for disaster management, which encompasses a blueprint for making the country disaster-resilient and significantly reducing loss of lives and livelihoods, was unveiled today by Prime Minister Narendra Modi here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The National Disaster Management Plan (NDMP) provides a framework and direction to the government agencies for all phases of disaster management cycle -- prevention, mitigation, response and recovery.<br /><br />The NDMP is a dynamic document in the sense that it will be periodically improved keeping up with the emerging global best practices and knowledge bases in disaster management, a Home Ministry statement said here.<br /><br />The vision of the plan is to make India disaster- resilient, achieve substantial disaster risk reduction, and significantly decrease the losses of life, livelihoods, and assets – economic, physical, social, cultural and environmental – by maximising the ability to cope with disasters at all levels of administration as well as among communities, the statement said.<br /><br />"It (NDMP) focuses on disaster resilience and reducing damage during disasters. The comprehensiveness of this plan is noteworthy. It covers all phases of disaster management- prevention, mitigation, response and recovery," Modi tweeted.<br /><br />The NDMP provides a generalised framework for recovery since it is not possible to anticipate all the possible elements of betterment reconstruction.<br /><br />The Prime Minister said to prepare communities to cope with disasters, the plan emphasises on a greater need for information, education and communication activities. "A regional approach has been adopted in the NDMP, which helps in disaster management and in development planning," he added.<br /><br />The Plan also highlights that the disaster risk reduction will be achieved by mainstreaming the requirements into the developmental plans.<br /><br />Globally, the approach towards post-disaster restoration and rehabilitation has shifted to one of betterment reconstruction.<br /><br />The NDMP has been aligned broadly with the goals and priorities set out in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.</p>