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Disasters have become a serious threat to life on earth and with the rapidly growing population, humanity becomes ever more vulnerable. Disasters are not limited to a nation's geographical territory; they have the ability to cause distress to millions of people across the world. India with its eco-geologically, socio-economic and culturally diverse settings is a country which is also prone to multiple hazards. Disaster governance in India was primarily about contingency management plans as witnessed by historical time disasters and their management. But with growing realisation and global policy shifts on disaster management playing its part, the country's disaster management systems saw exceptional changes in terms of plans, policies and governance over the past few decades. This study proposes to present an analysis on the paradigm shifts in India’s disaster management system along with global policy shifts using a timeline representation. It also aims to use policy regime lens to analyse the strength of the existing policies on disaster management with the help of the three components of policy regime- ideas, institutional arrangement and interest support. Apart from this, it provides an overview of the possible implementation issues and failures that might arise even after the existence of a strong national policy through a case study- The Uttarakhand Floods, 2013.
Keywords: Disaster Management in India, Disaster Risk Reduction, Policy Regime Perspective, Global Disaster Management Scenario, Resilience, Vulnerability, Uttarakhand Disaster, 2013
