Resilience Current Affairs, GK & News

World Bank inks agreement project to support smallholder farmers in Odisha

October 25, 2019

The Government of India (GoI), Government of Odisha and the World Bank have recently signed a US$165 million loan agreement to support 125,000 smallholder farmers from 15 districts of  the state. The project will strengthen the resilience of smallholder farmers against adverse climate by improving access to resilient seed varieties and production technologies, diversifying towards ..

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International Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure being set up in New Delhi

August 30, 2019

The Union Cabinet has recently given ex-post facto approval for the Establishment of an International Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) along with its supporting Secretariat Office in New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch CDRI during the UN Climate Summit in New York on September 23, 2019.The CDRI will serve as a platform ..

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First Resilient Kerala Programme

July 1, 2019

The First Resilient Kerala is an initiative to enhance the Kerala’s resilience against the impacts of natural disasters and climate change. Why the Programme has been initiated? There was a severe impact on property, infrastructure, lives and livelihoods of people aftermath of 2018 floods and landslides. Due to this large scale destruction about 5.4 million ..

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