{"id":68822,"date":"2025-10-14T12:21:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T06:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=68822"},"modified":"2025-10-14T14:51:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T09:21:13","slug":"integrated-alert-system-sachet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/integrated-alert-system-sachet\/","title":{"rendered":"Integrated Alert System (SACHET)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Integrated Alert System (SACHET) Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a session on disaster risk reduction (DRR) at the ongoing G20 ministerial meeting in Durban, India\u2019s Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister outlined India\u2019s multi-agency architecture integrating meteorological, hydrological, seismic, and oceanographic institutions through a Common Alert Protocol\u2013compliant Integrated Alert System.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Integrated Alert System (SACHET)<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>disaster early warning platform envisioned by<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to provide <\/span><b>real-time geo-targeted alerts to citizens.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>developed by the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT),<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the premier R&amp;D center of the Department of Telecom.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is<\/span><b> based on the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) recommended<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the <\/span><b>International Telecommunication Union (ITU).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It integrates multiple stakeholders to bridge communication gaps and <\/span><b>employs multiple technologies, including SMS, Cell Broadcast, Mobile App, TV, Radio,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Social Media, RSS Feed, Browser Notification, and Satellite, for enabling effective communication and ensuring last-mile reachability.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This system is already operational in all States and Union Territories (UTs) of India and <\/span><b>sends various disaster- or emergency- related alerts through SMS to mobiles of citizens<\/b> <b>affected in a particular geo-targeted area.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Users can receive alerts for their current location or subscribe to any state\/district<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in India to receive alert notifications.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The SACHET mobile app <\/span><b>provides warnings from authorized Government source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s and authorities to warn the public of a possible disaster situation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">Furthermore, the <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">app provides weather reports and forecasts from the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for day-to-day weather updates.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/india-early-warning-systems-are-not-luxury-but-strategic-investments-g20-meet-on-disaster-risk-reduction\/article70159546.ece\/amp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Integrated Alert System (SACHET) is a disaster early warning platform envisioned by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to provide real-time geo-targeted alerts to citizens. 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