The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has reported Government measures to manage heat-wave impacts and to reduce heat stress in cities through urban greening and passive cooling. The Government’s approach connects disaster management planning (through the National Disaster Management Authority and the National Disaster Management Plan) with urban climate actions under central schemes. This matters for UPSC because heat-waves require both short-term preparedness for high-risk groups and long-term heat mitigation in the built environment.
What happened (announced measures reported by PIB)
PIB reports a multi-institution and multi-scheme strategy covering heat-wave prevention to recovery, plus urban cooling and tree cover actions.
The Government’s disaster management backbone includes the National Disaster Management Plan (NDMP) and NDMA heat-wave planning guidelines.
On urban greening and cooling, the Government reports implementation through AMRUT, AMRUT 2.0, AMRUT Mitra, the Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment (SSASCI) scheme, and Nagar Van Yojana (NVY), alongside passive cooling promotion under the India Cooling Action Plan (ICAP).
Background and earlier position (planning framework for heat-waves)
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