15th FC's disaster risk index to address deficiency in state-level funding

The DRI has been developed through a quantitative exercise assigning scores to the probability of hazards and the extent of vulnerability of a state

To address the political slugfest that follows each time the Centre allocates money for disaster relief, the 15th Finance Commission has attempted a transparent methodology for disaster management.

A Disaster Risk Index (DRI) has been prepared that assigns scores to each state based on probability and vulnerability.

“It is the first attempt to include state-level disaster risk scores in resource allocation and address a serious deficiency in the previous state-level allocations for disaster management,” the commission said in its report tabled in Parliament on Saturday.

The DRI has been developed through a quantitative exercise assigning scores to the probability of