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Kyun aa rahi hai ye nayi policy?
Dekho, Economic Affairs Secretary Anuradha Thakur ne kaha hai ki ab infrastructure develop karte waqt disaster resilience ko shuruat se hi add karna hoga, baad mein nahi. Yeh baat Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) ki reports se bhi match karti hai, jisme kaha gaya hai ki resilience ko ek cost nahi, balki ek investment hai jo productivity badhata hai aur growth ko support karta hai. Sochne wali baat hai, pichle 50 saal mein disasters ke risks 5 guna badh gaye hain aur har saal hundreds of billions dollars ka nuksaan ho raha hai. Agar infrastructure damage hota hai, toh seedha economic output kam hota hai, budget par pressure aata hai aur logo ki zindagi bhi mushkil ho jaati hai. Mazedaar baat yeh hai ki CDRI ke pilot projects mein resilience investment par 12:1 tak ka return dikha hai!
India ke bade plans par risk?
India ka jo $4.51 Trillion ka infrastructure target hai, jo $5 Trillion ki economy banane mein help karega, woh climate aur disaster risks se kaafi exposed hai. Global level par climate events se saalana $845 billion ka nuksaan ho sakta hai. Apne Nifty Infrastructure Index ka Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio abhi lagbhag 21.5 hai. Government ne toh infra par spending badha di hai, jo FY14 ke 1% se badhkar ab GDP ka 3.5% ho gaya hai, phir bhi floods aur storms ka khatra bana hua hai. Studies bata rahi hain ki India ka lagbhag half public infrastructure disasters ke liye taiyar hi nahi hai. Ye ek bada financial threat hai, kyunki insurers bhi ye badhte risks ko price karne mein struggle kar rahe hain.
Resilience banane mein kya challenges hain?
India ke itne bade infrastructure pipeline mein disaster resilience dalna bilkul bhi aasan nahi hai. CDRI ki ek recent report mein India ke road, railway aur power sectors ke liye policies aur contracts mein badi kamiyaan mili hain. Jaise ki, disaster plans theek nahi hain, projects mein resilience par focus kam hai, data aur risk assessment systems weak hain, aur maintenance agreements mein resilience funding nahi hai. Aur toh aur, duniya bhar mein, low- to middle-income countries mein resilient infrastructure ke liye financing gap saal 2050 tak $2.84 Trillion se $2.90 Trillion tak ho sakta hai. Governance theek na hona aur rules clear na hona bhi bade obstacles hain. Projects ab aise areas mein ban rahe hain jahan climate events ka zyada risk hai, jisse long-term mein nuksaan badh sakta hai. Floods aur cyclones jaise events se seedha damage toh hota hi hai, insurance premiums bhi badh jaate hain, jo public finances par bojh daal sakte hain.
Aage kya karna hoga?
CDRI report ne pura plan bataya hai resilience ko embed karne ke liye. Isme contracts mein resilience clauses add karna, projects ke dauran disaster risk assessments karna, hazard data systems ko improve karna, institutions ko mazboot karna aur funding ke naye tareeke dhoondhna shamil hai. Ye sab basic problems solve karna India ke economic goals ke liye bahut zaroori hai. Disaster risk financing frameworks ko strong banana national budgets ko protect karne, economy ko stable rakhne aur growth ko support karne ke liye vital hai. Jab India $5 Trillion ya $7 Trillion ki economy banne ka plan kar raha hai, toh climate aur disaster resilience ko infrastructure development mein properly integrate karna uski long-term success aur stability ke liye ek key factor hoga.