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Current Affairs 5th July 2024
July 1 @ 12:00 am - August 10 @ 5:06 am UTC+5.5
Article: 31st July, 2024
Topic: Notified disasters
Relevance: GS Paper: 3 – Disaster Management
Source: Down to Earth
Context
Union minister informs Parliament that the centre does not intend to designate the heat wave as a “notified disaster.”
What is a Disaster?
The Disaster Management Act of 2005 defines a disaster as:
• A catastrophe, mishap, calamity, or grave occurrence in any area that results in a significant loss of life or human suffering, damage to and destruction of property, or degradation of the environment, and is of a nature or magnitude that is greater than the community’s ability to cope. It can also arise from man-made or natural causes.
• A disaster, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs, is “an extreme disruption of a society’s functioning that causes widespread losses in terms of people, property, or the