Disaster Management Concepts and Practices

Disaster Management Concepts and Practices

This comprehensive note covers disaster management definitions, types of disasters, vulnerability, risk, capacity, and crisis management. It explains natural hazards like earthquakes, floods, cyclones, droughts, and tsunamis, their impacts, and mitigation strategies. It also discusses national frameworks, institutional structures, disaster risk reduction frameworks such as the Sendai Framework, and recent developments in India’s disaster preparedness policies.

Internal Security Challenges and Management

Internal Security Challenges and Management

This document covers the critical aspects of internal security in India, focusing on left-wing extremism (Naxalism), insurgency in the North East and Kashmir, border management, terrorism, cyber security, money laundering, and the roles of various security forces and intelligence agencies. It discusses causes, challenges, government strategies including AFSPA, counter-insurgency operations, development plans, and technological and policy initiatives to strengthen internal security.