Disaster management

Current affairs on this topic 7

• Karnataka seeks ₹7,142.64 crore in Central drought aid for 177 taluks 4 October 2026

  Karnataka puts its drought loss at ₹46,324 crore. How much can the Centre's disaster fund actually pay?

• El Niño, heat deaths and why parched Maharashtra cannot declare drought yet 24 September 2026

  Crops are wilting, but the drought manual says wait. Why?

• Bihar floods despite a 27% rain deficit, and the Ganga, not Nepal, is behind it 11 September 2026

  How can a State short of rain be under water? Look downstream at the Ganga and Farakka, not north at Nepal.

• After a deadly glacier collapse, Nepal seeks climate compensation, not aid 9 September 2026

  Nepal emits almost nothing, yet a warming world just buried its valleys. Who should pay?

• GSLV-F17 launches EOS-05, India's first imaging satellite for geosynchronous orbit 5 September 2026

  A camera 36,000 km up sees less detail but looks every five minutes. Why does India want that?

• Centre asks Himalayan States to step up monitoring of glacial lakes and avalanche zones 4 September 2026

  Can a warning reach a mountain village before a glacial lake empties into the valley below?

• India records its hottest August since 1901; IMD forecasts below-normal September rain 1 September 2026

  A record-hot August, a 14% rain deficit and a strong El Niño: how bad can September get?

Previous-year questions 6

1. 2026 · GS3 · 10 marks Discuss how the contradiction between 'rapid infrastructure development' and 'disaster-risk reduction' in ecologically-sensitive areas of India can be managed, with suitable examples.
2. 2023 · GS3 · 10 marks Dam failures are always catastrophic, especially on the downstream side, resulting in a colossal loss of life and property. Analyze the various causes of dam failures. Give two examples of large dam…
3. 2017 · GS3 · 15 marks 'Climate Change' is a global problem. How India will be affected by climate change? How Himalayan and coastal states of India will be affected by climate change?
4. 2017 · GS3 · 10 marks India has achieved remarkable successes in unmanned space missions including the Chandrayaan and Mars Orbiter Mission, but has not ventured into manned space mission, both in terms of technology and…
5. 2016 · GS3 · 12.5 marks Discuss India's achievements in the field of Space Science and Technology. How the application of this technology has helped India in its socio-economic development?
6. 2014 · GS3 · 12.5 marks Drought has been recognised as a disaster in view of its spatial expanse, temporal duration, slow onset and lasting effect on various vulnerable sections. With a focus on the September 2010…