District-level Early Warning Systems for Floods and Cyclones Operational Across Vulnerable Districts: Dr. Jitendra Singh in Lok Sabha
- District-level Early Warning Systems (EWS) for floods and cyclones are now operational across India's vulnerable districts, anchored by the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) in partnership with CWC, IMD, INCOIS and NDMA.
- Delivery backbone combines the Flood Watch India app (CWC) and the SACHET CAP-based integrated alert system (NDMA/C-DOT) for geo-targeted, multilingual SMS/cell-broadcast alerts.
- UPSC relevance: GS-III (Disaster Management), GS-II (governance/federalism in DM), and Prelims facts on agencies, apps and statutory architecture.