Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh to inaugurate the two-day 2nd meeting of National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction on 15th May
MoS (Home) Shri Kiren Rijiju to address the Valedictory Session
Administrations, local self-governments and civil society organizations for Disaster Risk Reduction.
Apart from members of NPDRR, representatives from State Governments (Resident Commissioners, Relief Commissioners, SDMAs, select DDMAs, select local government representatives, heads of fire service and civil defence), representatives from Central Governments, select public sector organizations, institutions of national importance, private sector, financial institutions, professional experts, and NGOs are going to participate in the meeting. About 1,000 participants are likely to attend the meeting.
The output from the National Platform will offer a strategic direction and a roadmap for the formulation of our future national action plans on DRR. The NPDRR will help sensitize the participants about important initiatives at global and national level on DRR, including AMCDRR 2016, and the Asia Regional Plan 2016, Prime Minister’s 10 point agenda on DRR.
Key expected outcomes of the two-day Conference include:
To obtain consensus of the states/UTs for conducting Multi-hazard Risk Vulnerability Assessment within specific timeframe.
To explore how Hazard Risk Vulnerability Analysis (HRVA) outcomes can be integrated into policy formulation.
To identify constraints and find out their solutions in strengthening District Disaster Management Authorities in multi-hazard risk prone districts.
To develop a mechanism for compliance of building codes in urban areas and to develop building codes for rural areas.
To suggest various measures for promoting insurance as risk mitigation tool among the general public.
To explore possible areas/schemes for reducing risks of earthquakes, floods and landslides.
To strengthen Incident Response Forces at State/Local levels for effective response.
To have a mechanism in place for build-back-better.
To measure and monitor the performance of India on different priority areas/ targets of SFDRR
The first meeting of NPDRR was held on May 13-14, 2013 in New Delhi on the theme ‘Mainstreaming DRR in Development: From Risk to Resilience’. The proceedings of the meeting were forwarded to State Governments/UTs, nodal Ministries/ Department for appropriate action. Numbers of States and Central Ministries/organizations/department have reported action taken on the recommendations of the 1st meeting of NPDRR.
