Highlight the key provisions of the Disaster Management (Amendment) Act, 2025. How would the amendment help strengthen the disaster management framework in the country?

The Government of India recently passed the Disaster Management DM Amendment Act 2025 in a bid to strengthen disaster resilience & preparedness. Key Basics: (1) Maintain disaster database at national & State level (2) State Governments can create state disaster response force SDRF (3) Urban disaster planning bodies for State Capital & Metro cities (4) Revision & revision of DM/DMS Act (5) Focus on prevention, mitigation & livelihood bridge EVIs

Significance of DM/ILS Act: i Achievement of international objectives i.e SENDAI framework - inclusion of all stakeholders ii Increase participation of local govt & community in line with NDMA guidelines iii Improve disaster response & recovery through SDRF iv Improve disaster preparedness & forecasting through inter-EWS & database v Collaborative federalism in disaster insurance through best practice sharing Thus the DM/ILS Act, helps shift from R3 (Recovery, Rehabilitation, Rebuilding) to P3 (Preparedness, Prevention, livelihood of resilience)