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ARISE INDIA INITIATIVE IN DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AT CIDM – NEW DELHI

ON 09 JULY 2019

Brig (Dr) BK Khanna, SM, VSM**CEO, ARISE INDIA NETWORK

Lead Senior Consultant (DM), FICCI and Former Founder Senior Specialist (Training , Capacity Development and Mock Exercises) , National Disaster Management Authority, Govt of India

Email bkkhanna2@gmail.com Mobile +91-9911297972

DISASTER RISKS WORLD OVER

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GLOBALLY PERIODICITY & FEROCITY OF DISASTERS IS INCREASING

Dramatic Rise of 151% in direct economic losses from climate related disasters -

-- Report of UNISDR 10 Oct 2018

.1. During period 1998-2017, direct economic losses were US $ 2908billion, 77% of which were due to climate related disasters.

2. During same period 7255 major disaster events were recorded, outof which 91% were due to climate related.

3. During the period 1.3 million people lost their lives and 4.4 billionpeople were injured, rendered homeless, displaced or in need foremergency assistance.

4. 563 earthquakes, including related tsunami accounted for 56% oftotal deaths ( 747,234).

DISASTER RISKS IN INDIA

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WHILE ASIA AND THE PACIFIC – GLOBAL EPICENTRE OF DISASTERS

� Between 2000 and 2017 India faced more than 300 natural

disasters like earthquakes, floods, landslides, drought, extreme

weather and storms.

� More than 76,031 deaths took place.

� Cumulatively more than one billion people have suffered due to

natural disasters.

� The estimated damage sustained by India in these 19years due to these disasters amounts to US$ 79.5 billion(INR 54,81,54,88,50,000.00) – UNISDRR Report 10 Oct 18.

India ranks among the first five countries which have been hit by most

number of natural disasters.

DISASTER RISKS FOR INVESTMENT IN BUSINESS IN INDIA

AS PER FICCI- PINKERTON ANNUAL SURVEY FOR 2018, THE 12 IDENTIFIED RISKS FROM BUSINESS INVESTMENT POINT OF VIEW ARE AS FOLLOWS

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1. Information and Cyber Insecurity.

2. Natural Hazards.

3. Fire

4. Terrorism and Insurgency.

5. Political & Governance Instability

6. Strikes, Closures and Unrest.

7. Crime

8. Corruption, Bribery and Corporate Frauds

9. Business Espionage

10. Threats to Woman Safety

11. Accidents

12. Intellectual Property Theft .

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ORIGIN OF ARISE UNDRR

�Sendai Framework - 24 pages – 33 times.

�UNISDR (UNDRR) charged with its implementationrecognized importance of private sector, integratedall its private sector initiatives, like Pvt SectAdvisory Group, Private Sector Partnership andRISE under one umbrella – ARISE.

� ARISE stands for UNISDR (UNDRR) Private SectorAlliance for Disaster Resilient Societies.

ARISE MISSION

ARISE Mission is to create risk resilientsocieties by energizing the private sectorin collaboration with the public sectorand other stake-holders, to achieve theoutcome and goal of the SendaiFramework.

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ARISE MEMBERSHIP: FOR FICCI

� FICCI is involved in DRR since 2003 - has conducted 36 industrialand environmental safety and DM Conferences and mock exercises inMAH industries, all over India and sensitized over 10000 seniorexecutives from 8600 big and mid sized industries. On-site plans of allMAH industries have been facilitated

� FICCI has the expertise and experience of managing internationalprojects and funds, one such example is Millennium Alliance, whichFICCI is partnering with GoI, USAID, UKAID, World Bank ICCOFoundation, WASH & Face book.

� Due to multiple initiatives by FICCI on DRR, UNISDR recognized itspotential & made it ARISE Member on 04 August 2017.

CONTROLLING BODY ARISE INDIA

� After becoming Member of ARISE, a High Powered ARISE FICCIDM Committee was set up which is chaired by Gen Vij, FormerFounder Vice Chairperson, NDMA & include, Co-Chairs, Mr AnilSinha, Fmr VC, Bihar State DM Authority & Prof VK Sharma, VC,Sikkim State DM Authority

� Pvt Sector key players like TATA Sons, ADPC, ADANI, HCL, JyothiFabrics, Jyothi Labs to be on DM Committee of ARISE INDIA

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VISION OF ARISE INDIA

� To Build the Capacity of Private Sector in India by reducingrisks on perceived disasters, in collaboration and in syncwith policies and plans of the Govt of India.

� On request, spread general awareness on disaster riskmanagement in the private sector in the neighboring SAARCand some ASEAN countries.

STRATEGY OF ARISE INDIA FOUR PILLARS

Use of Technology, AI & Robotics

Innovationsand

Research

Tapping Traditional Practices

Capacity Development

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MEMBERSHIP

Presently we have a Membership of over 250 industrial

units. With the formation of ARISE INDIA network, this

number is likely to increase to 2500 by the end of the year.

COLLABORATIONS/PARTNERSHIPS

1. Govt of India – MHA, NDMA, DST, MoEF and Climate Change and NIDM.

2. ADPC, Bangkok.

3. Japan Bosai Platform.

4. Deywoss One LLC

5. Nagrik Foundation.

6. Action Aid India

7. IIRD, Shimla

8. RIKA India

9. Partners for Resilience

10. Wetlands International South Asia

11. VERVE Volunteers Program

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POTENTIAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

� ARISE INDIA Members will get following opportunities:

a) There is no Membership fee for becoming Member of Arise India.

b) Attend 5-7 DRR programs organized by ARISE INDIA every year.

c) Members will be able to share info, experience, activities andprojects, not only among ARISE INDIA network but with ARISEworldwide.

d) Business opportunities to scale innovations which come out ofInnovation Challenge being thrown every year , shall be first offeredto ARISE INDIA Members.

POTENTIAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

e) Members will be able to represent ARISE INDIA at the internationalseminars/ conferences/ DRR/RRM organized by ARISE UNISDR andARISE Members worldwide.

f) Members will be able to join mainstream of pvt sector in makingIndia disaster resilient through their efforts before, during and after adisaster.

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COLLABORATIONS/PARTNERSHIPS

1. Govt of India – MHA, NDMA, DST, MoEF and Climate Change and NIDM.

2. ADPC, Bangkok.

3. Japan Bosai Platform.

4. Deywoss One LLC

5. Nagrik Foundation.

6. Action Aid India

7. IIRD, Shimla

8. RIKA India

9. Partners for Resilience

10. Wetlands International South Asia

11. VERVE Volunteers Program

EXPECTATIONS FROM CORPORATE MEMBERS

� Corporate/industrial units becoming Member may sponsor initiativesby ARISE INDIA through their CSR funds.

� Corporate Member of ARISE will be eligible to become UNDRRARISE Board Member.

� Status of the Corporate would get enhanced by their associationwith UN entity.

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CSR FUNDING FOR DRR ACTIVITIES

WORK UNDERTAKEN/IN PROCESS

1. Conducted special DRM

Programs for Industries to hone

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organized, next in Delhi in April.

2. In Cooperation with VIF,

conducted workshop on

Earthquake Preparedness

in India on 25-26 Oct 2018.

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WORK UNDERTAKEN/IN PROCESS

3. In Partnership with United Hetzallah, Israel, conducted pre

hospital preparedness programs in Haryana, Gujarat, Maharashtra

and Srilanka from 24 Dec to 03 Jan 2019.

WORK UNDERTAKEN/IN PROCESS

4. In Partnership with IIRD, Shimla, to make villages SMART(including DRR aspects)

& opening business opportunities for Pvt Sector in Rural Areas, Pilot Project

(RIEV) launched in 3226 Panchyats of HP. Its Version 2 initiated with advanced

IT platform.

a) 10 Thematic segments set up including DRR.

b) Giving employment to 15000 locals for providing services.

c) Membership likely to go upto 50000 in next 3 months

d) IIRD has won following awards so far:

i) Best Livelihood Initiative Award by CSR Times 2018

ii) Best org for Women at Workplace by UN Global Impact Network India 2019

in 2nd Gender Equality Summit 01 Mar.

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WORK UNDERTAKEN/IN PROCESS

5. In partnership with “Operation Resilience”, A national-

level ‘Disaster Relief Portal’ set up that reaches out to

150+ Million people online via popular outreach partners,

to crowd-source aid for response agencies, after a

disaster. During Kerala Floods, helped in evacuating 216

victims and provided relief to the tune of $150 million.

6. National level competition on Innovations in DRR being

conducted in April 2019.

WORK UNDERTAKEN/IN PROCESS

7. In partnership with ADPC, Bangkok formulating Business Continuity

Plans of all PSUs in Bihar.

8. Workshop on Policy Advocacy and Capacity Building Strategies for

Managing Complex Disasters in the face of Climate Change being

planned in last week of May/first week Jun 2019 in Gangtok, Sikkim.

9. Use of Technology for finding solutions to DRR (Robotic, Virtual

Intelligence), being planned in New Delhi in Sep 2019..

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WORKS UNDERTAKEN/PLANNED

10. Have plans to create business opportunities in private sector in

DRR in collaboration with Govt initiatives within India and

neighbouring countries

11.Noida and Greater Noida twin cities in NCR selected as one of 25

cities in University category for compliance of Sustainable

Development Goals. We are in touch with district authorities to

prepare the twin cities for SDG compliance.

12. Ganga River Institute - Path breaking Plasma Technology.

CONCLUSION

1. With Launch of ARISE INDIA, a platform has been created for DRR

in the Private Sector with international reach.

2. The Private Sector companies, universities, educational

institutions and organizations dealing with DRR should take

advantage of potential opportunities made available to them by

becoming its Member.

3. ARISE INDIA would go shoulder with shoulder with Govt of India

to make India disaster resilient.

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Let’s make India Safe…

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