Crisis Prevention & Recovery

UNDP has been supporting various social and economic development goals of the Central and State Government in India over a decade enabling them to minimize losses due to development gains and reduce vulnerabilities to natural disasters. The coverage of the programme includes more than 30% of the population in India. UNDP works with the Government in nearly 200 of the most hazard-prone districts of the country through a multi stakeholder approach. It provides training, expertise and knowledge to help state and district institutions and community members, especially women, prepare for disasters building their resilience against risk bridging the gap between emergency relief and long-term development.

The programme so far focused on preparedness and on building the capacity of people to respond to emergencies. Gender sensitive disaster management plans were drawn up and in around 140,000 villages local volunteers were trained on skills required to perform various response functions. The culture of preparedness was enhanced among members of youth organizations such as National Service Scheme (NSS) and Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS). A web-enabled database called India Disaster Resource Network (IDRN) established under the project helps the district authorities identifying availability and location of resources such as equipments and skilled human resources, which are required in emergency activities. The India Knowledge Network (IDKN), another web-based portal, is developed to share information and knowledge and to promote networking among various institutions and departments involved in Disaster Management

Facts on Crisis and Recovery

• 27 states in India are prone to natural disasters
• 59 percent of the country’s area is in high-risk zones for earthquakes; 38 cities with populations of at least 500,000 are at high to medium risk for earthquakes
• 40 million hectares of river basins are prone to floods
• Nearly 12 percent of Government revenue from 1996 to 2001 was spent for relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction activities

Sources:
Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2012), Volume I- Inclusive Growth, Planning Commission, Government of India, 2008; Report on Workshop on Risk Financing/Risk Transfer in Disaster Management, National Institute of Disaster Management, 2005

Project Documentation

• Programme Brief
  

S.No	Project Title	Cycle	Status	Contact	Documents
1	GoI-UNDP Disaster Risk Reduction Project	2009 -2012	Ongoing	G. Padmanabhan	Project Document (Annual Work Plan 2010)
					Project Document (Annual Work Plan 2009)
2	Kosi Flood Recovery and Reconstruction Project	2009 - 2011	Ongoing	G. Padmanabhan	Project Document (Annual Work Plan 2010)
3	GoI-UNDP Urban Risk Reduction Project	2009 -2012	Ongoing	G. Padmanabhan	Annual Work Plan 2010