https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275418 Drought was treated as a disaster within the Disaster Management Act, 2005, bringing prevention, mitigation, preparedness and coordinated response within a shared statutory framework for the Union and the States. The Court stated that the Union could not treat drought management as solely a State subject because the Act imposes planning, coordination and assistance obligations at the national level as well. On the record before it, the Court found material suggesting drought or drought-like conditions in Bihar, Gujarat and Haryana and directed reconsideration by the concerned States, together with urgent coordinated review and updating of national disaster mechanisms, the drought manual and related planning tools. en-us Wed, 11 May 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 03 Oct 2018 07:07:24 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275418 Drought was treated as a disaster within the Disaster Management Act, 2005, bringing prevention, mitigation, preparedness and coordinated response within a shared statutory framework for the Union and the States. The Court stated that the Union could not treat drought management as solely a State subject because the Act imposes planning, coordination and assistance obligations at the national level as well. On the record before it, the Court found material suggesting drought or drought-like conditions in Bihar, Gujarat and Haryana and directed reconsideration by the concerned States, together with urgent coordinated review and updating of national disaster mechanisms, the drought manual and related planning tools. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 11 May 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275418