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P.G. Dhar Chakrabarti

The author is a retired IAS officer. He served as Executive Director of National Institute of Disaster Management and Secretary of National Disaster Management Authority.

Articles Written By P.G. Dhar Chakrabarti
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How India Quietly Rolled Back the Legal Right to Disaster Relief

The deletion of key provisions from the Disaster Management Act, 2005 undermines humanitarian principles and decades of institutional progress, yet it has gone almost unnoticed.
Jan 07 2026
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