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March 2012 Vol 56 Chief Editor : Rina Sonowal Kouli Editor : Manogyan R. Pal Joint Director (Production) : V.K. Meena Cover Design : Bimal Mohan Thakur E-mail (Editorial)  : [email protected] (Circulation)  : pdjucir_ [email protected] Website : www.yojana.gov.in Let noble thoughts come to us from every side Rig Veda CONTENTS Managing Disasters in India Natural Disaster Management in India T Nanda Kumar.................................................................................5 . Vinod K Sharma, Ashutosh D Kaushik...........................................30 . Best practices Geospatial Techniques and Methods Traditional Values that helped S Sreekesh........................................................................................37 Ladakhis rebuild their Lives Chetna Verma...................................................................................11 Hazard profile of India G Padmanabhan...............................................................................39 challenges in disaster management N Vinod Chandra Menon.................................................................13 North east diary . ..............................................................17 Post Disaster Impact Assessment and Saving the girl child Santosh Kumar Mohapatra..............................................................44 Disaster Risk Reduction Techniques for Funding Mechanism Effective Poverty Eradication Santosh Kumar.................................................................................18 L Mohamed Mansoor.......................................................................46 do you know? Climate change and Disaster Management in Earth System Science Organization...........................23 Coastal Areas ShodhYatra Modified Wood Stove...........................................................25 V Selvam. ........................................................................................51 . J&K Window . ..........................................................................56 Our Representatives : Ahmedabad: Amita Maru, Bangalore: B.S. Meenakshi, Chennai: I. Vijayan, Guwahati: Anupoma Das, Hyderabad: V. Balakrishna, Kolkata: Antara Ghosh, Mumbai: Minakshi Banerjee, Thiruvananthapuram: VM Ahmad. YOJANA seeks to carry the message of the Plan to all sections of the people and promote a more earnest discussion on problems of social and economic development. Although published by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Yojana is not restricted to expressing the official point of view. Yojana is published in Assamese, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. EDITORIAL OFFICE : Yojana Bhavan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi-110001 Tel.: [phone]. Tlgm.: Yojana. Business Manager (Hqs.) : Ph :24367260, 24365609, 24365610 For new subscriptions, renewals, enquiries please contact : Business Manager (Circulation & Advt.), Publications Division, Min. of I&B, East Block-IV, Level-VII, R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110066, Tel.: [phone], Telegram : Soochprakasan and Sales Emporia : Publications Division: *Soochna Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi -110003 (Ph 24365610) *Hall No.196, Old Secretariat, Delhi 110054(Ph 23890205) * 701, B Wing, 7th Floor, Kendriya Sadan, Belapur, Navi Mumbai 400614 (Ph 27570686)*8, Esplanade East, Kolkata-700069 (Ph 22488030) *’A’ Wing, Rajaji Bhawan, Basant Nagar, Chennai-600090 (Ph 24917673) *Press road, Near Govt. Press, Thiruvananthapuram-695001 (Ph 2330650) *Block No.4, 1st Floor, Gruhakalpa Complex, M G Road, Nampally, Hyderabad-500001 (Ph 24605383) *1st Floor, ‘F’ Wing, Kendriya Sadan, Koramangala, Bangalore-560034 (Ph 25537244) *Bihar State Co-operative Bank Building, Ashoka Rajpath, Patna-800004 (Ph 2683407) *Hall No 1, 2nd floor, Kendriya Bhawan, Sector-H, Aliganj, Lucknow-226024(Ph 2225455) *Ambica Complex, 1st Floor, above UCO Bank, Paldi, Ahmedabad-380007 (Ph 26588669) *KKB Road, New Colony, House No.7, Chenikuthi, Guwahati 781003 (Ph 2665090) SUBSCRIPTION : 1 year Rs. 100, 2 years Rs. 180, 3 years Rs. 250. For neighbouring countries by Air Mail Rs. 530 yearly; for European and other countries Rs. 730 yearly. No. of Pages : 60 Disclaimer : l The views expressed in various articles are those of the authors’ and not necessarily of the government. l The readers are requested to verify the claims made in the advertisements regarding career guidance books/institutions. Yojana does not own responsibility regarding the contents of the advertisements. YOJANA March 2012 1