{"id":73398,"date":"2025-11-14T13:41:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T08:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=73398"},"modified":"2025-11-14T14:22:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T08:52:00","slug":"national-database-for-emergency-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/national-database-for-emergency-management\/","title":{"rendered":"National Database for Emergency Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>National Database for Emergency Management Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Ministry of Road Transport has made it mandatory for all Detailed Project Reports of highway projects to include analysis using the National Database for Emergency Management (NDEM).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About National Database for Emergency Management<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a unique <\/span><b>Geo-portal to disseminate space-based inputs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> along with services of forecasting organizations addressing all natural disasters in India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>national repository of multi-scale geospatial databases<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> coupled with decision support system tools.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>developed by<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>Indian Space Research Organisation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (ISRO) under the guidance of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The NDEM portal is <\/span><b>maintained by the National Remote Sensing Centre<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (NRSC).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NDEM services have been <\/span><b>operationalised since 2013<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> providing timely information along with disaster specific products for effective decision making.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Key Features of National Database for Emergency Management<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It provides <\/span><b>multi-temporal satellite data<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and thematic layers that help identify areas vulnerable to floods, landslides, earthquakes, and other natural hazards.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also offers decision-support tools for <\/span><b>monitoring and managing such hazards.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a unique and homogenous database served for the entire country with essential database elements for <\/span><b>addressing emergency\/disaster management<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It assists the decision makers, disaster management officials of all States\/UTs, NDRF\/SDRF for preparedness, hazard\/risk zonation, <\/span><b>damage assessment and emergency response.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/nation\/2025\/Nov\/12\/isros-ndem-analysis-made-mandatory-in-highway-project-reports-morth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NIE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Database for Emergency Management is a unique Geo-portal to disseminate space-based inputs along with services of forecasting organizations addressing all natural disasters in India. 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