UPSC - CSE · General Studies III
Disaster Management
Disaster Management covers hazards, vulnerability and risk, and India's system for disaster risk reduction, in General Studies Paper III. The subject examines the Disaster Management Act 2005, its institutions and plans, the Sendai Framework, and the management of natural and man-made disasters.
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Cyclones Cyclone Forecasting and Disaster Management
Cyclone forecasting and disaster management in India for UPSC: IMD as RSMC, satellites and Doppler radar, the four-stage warning, NDMA, NDRF and the NCRMP.
Cyclones List of Cyclones in Odisha from 1999 to 2024 and Major Cyclones in India
List of cyclones in Odisha from 1999 to 2024 with wind speed and deaths, and major cyclones in India, from the 1999 super cyclone to Fani…
Cyclones Cyclone Impacts on India: Storm Surge and Coastal Vulnerability
Cyclone impacts for UPSC: storm surge, coastal erosion, mangrove loss, agriculture and livelihood damage, and India's coastal-state vulnerability profile.
Earthquakes Earthquake Disaster Management in India, NDMA Guidelines and Earthquake-Resistant Construction
Earthquake disaster management in India: Seismic zones, the DM Act and its 2025 amendment, NDMA guidelines, safe construction, early warning and Sendai.
Earthquakes Seismic Zones of India: BIS IS 1893, Hazard Mapping and the Himalayan Gaps
India's seismic zones explained: the BIS IS 1893 four-zone map, which regions fall in Zone V, the Himalayan seismic gaps, and how microzonation refines earthquake hazard…
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