India, July 22 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
The primary responsibility for disaster management rests with the State Governments concerned. The Central Government supplements the efforts of the State Governments and provides requisite logistics and financial support. There are well established institutional mechanisms at the National, State & District levels in the country for taking appropriate preparedness, mitigation and prompt response measures for effective management of natural disasters.
The Central Government has taken several initiatives to ensure effective mitigation measures in the country to reduce risks during disasters by strengthening the disaster risk reduction system in India. In this direc...