The debate over including heatwaves as a notified disaster under India’s Disaster Management Act, 2005, underscores the urgent need for formal recognition to improve preparedness and mitigate the growing impacts of extreme heat events. Examine.

Topic: Disaster and disaster management.

Topic: Disaster and disaster management.

5. The debate over including heatwaves as a notified disaster under India’s Disaster Management Act, 2005, underscores the urgent need for formal recognition to improve preparedness and mitigate the growing impacts of extreme heat events. Examine. (250 words)

Difficulty level: Tough

Reference: Indian Express , Insights on India

Why the question: The ongoing spell of extreme heat in many parts of the country has once again reopened discussions on the inclusion of heatwaves as one of the notified disasters under the Disaster Management (DM) Act, 2005. Key Demand of the question: To write about heat waves and their increasing incidence and the need to include them in DM act, 2005. Directive word: Examine – When asked to ‘Examine’, we must investigate the topic (content words) in detail, inspect it, investigate it and establish the key facts and issues related to the topic in question. While doing so we should explain why these facts and issues are important and their implications. Structure of the answer: Introduction: Start by defining a heat wave. Body: In the first part of the body, mention the causes behind increasing incidence heat waves in India. Write about the climatic factors and anthropogenic factors. Next, write about the need to include heatwaves under DM act, 2005 – formal recognition would lead to better preparedness, resource allocation, and coordinated response efforts, ultimately reducing the health, economic, and social burdens of heatwaves etc. Next, write about the bottlenecks to include heatwaves under DM act, 2005 etc. Conclusion: Conclude by writing about measures that must be taken to tackle heatwaves in India.

Why the question:

The ongoing spell of extreme heat in many parts of the country has once again reopened discussions on the inclusion of heatwaves as one of the notified disasters under the Disaster Management (DM) Act, 2005.

Key Demand of the question:

To write about heat waves and their increasing incidence and the need to include them in DM act, 2005.

Directive word:

Examine – When asked to ‘Examine’, we must investigate the topic (content words) in detail, inspect it, investigate it and establish the key facts and issues related to the topic in question. While doing so we should explain why these facts and issues are important and their implications.

Structure of the answer:

Introduction:

Start by defining a heat wave.

In the first part of the body, mention the causes behind increasing incidence heat waves in India. Write about the climatic factors and anthropogenic factors.

Next, write about the need to include heatwaves under DM act, 2005 – formal recognition would lead to better preparedness, resource allocation, and coordinated response efforts, ultimately reducing the health, economic, and social burdens of heatwaves etc.

Next, write about the bottlenecks to include heatwaves under DM act, 2005 etc.

Conclusion:

Conclude by writing about measures that must be taken to tackle heatwaves in India.