Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar

The Centre has announced the annual Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2023 for disaster management.

• The Centre instituted the annual award, Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar on the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
• The Puraskar recognises and honours the contribution and service rendered by individuals and organisations in India in the field of disaster management.
• The award is announced every year on 23rd January, the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
• The award carries a cash prize and a certificate.

• The Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2023 for their work in disaster management is awarded to

• The Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA).
• The Lunglei Fire Station (LFS), Mizoram.

• Lunglei Fire Station responded efficiently and effectively to a massive forest fire which was reported on 24 April 2021 in the uninhabited forest areas.

Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA)

• ODSMA was established in 1999 in the aftermath of the Super Cyclone.

Initiatives of OSDMA

• Odisha Disaster Response Action Force (ODRAF).
• Multi-hazard Early Warning Service (MHEWS) framework.
• SATARK platform (System for Assessing, Tracking, and Alerting Disaster Risk Information based on Dynamic Risk Knowledge)