Prime Minister’s Ten-Point Agenda for Disaster Risk Reduction

Prime Minister’s Ten-Point Agenda for Disaster Risk Reduction Based on the priorities of Sendai declaration, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his address at the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held in November 2016, outlined a 10-point agenda for renewing efforts towards Disaster Risk Reduction S. No. Agenda Point Explanation 1 All development sectors must imbibe the principles of disaster risk management Development and Disasters are two sides of a coin. While a planned development can reduce the risks of disasters, the absence of proper planning can aggravate them. It is, therefore, essential to imbibe the disaster risk reduction approach in all development schemes. Development should focus on reducing disaster risks and not create them. 2 Risk coverage must include all, starting from poor households to SMEs to multi-national corporations to nation states Disasters result