Question Q8GS3GS3

Disasters cannot be managed by a single agency, department, or ministry on its own. It requires a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach. Elucidate.

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Disasters are phenomena of natural or man-made induced loss of lives, infra etc due to sudden or silent onset of calamities E Drought, flood etc Ministry of Home Affairs → Disaster → Ministry diagram showing: Floods, Drought, Earthquakes a) NDMA → for central level b) SDMA + DDMA c) Agencies: food stock management etc. Need for whole of govt approach: 1) To tackle 'silos approach' → coordinate between various ministries 2) MOHUA, MHA etc for urban floods 3) Better integration and planning → Better preparedness → response E OMSG Model 4) Moch drills for earthquakes 5) Reduce disaster risk as an Sendai targets by 2030.

Various depts can coordinate: 3) Ensure collective accountability of govt to manage risks + vulnerabilities 4) Reduce disaster risk as an Sendai transport by active collabs among agencies 5) Disaster mitigation & adoption can be effective if depts, agencies pool in resources + expertise Role of society: a) 4) Bottom-up E Water management tech. to prevent drought b) Community engagement → as 1st line of defense E ONGC Model c) Better preparedness → response - Moch drills for earthquakes - Traditional knowledge use → for local mitigation of disasters. We need to ensure resilience of Sendai targets by 2030.

— ASTHA JAIN · AIR 9

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We need to ensure resilience of Sendai targets by 2030.

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Dr. X is a leading medical practitioner in the city. He has set up a charitable trust through which he plans to establish a super-specialty hospital in the city to cater to the medical needs of all sections of society. Incidentally, that part of the State had been neglected over the years. The proposed hospital would be a boon for the region. You are heading the tax investigation agency of that region. During an inspection of the doctor’s clinic, your officers have found out some major irregularities. A few of them are substantial which had resulted in considerable withholding of tax that should be paid by him now. The doctor is cooperative. He undertakes to pay the tax immediately. However, there are certain other deficiencies in his tax compliance which are purely technical in nature. If these technical defaults are pursued by the agency, considerable time and energy of the doctor will be diverted to issues that are not so serious, urgent, or even helpful to the tax collection process. Further, in all probability, it will hamper the prospects of the hospital coming up. There are two options before you: 1) Taking a broader view, ensure substantial tax compliance and ignore defaults that are merely technical in nature. 2) Pursue the matter strictly and proceed on all fronts, whether substantial or merely technical. As the head of the tax agency, which course of action will you opt for and why?

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