Disaster warning systems are not luxuries: Principal Secy to Prime Minister

Mishra outlined India’s multi-agency architecture integrating meteorological, hydrological, seismic and oceanographic institutions through an Integrated Alert System, which had already issued over 109 billion alerts.

India, he said, viewed early warning as a global public good; inclusive, multilingual, and anticipatory. He urged the G20 to strengthen interoperable regional platforms, shared data protocols, and joint capacity-building initiatives under the global Early Warnings for All framework.

Mishra described India’s constitutionally anchored model under the Finance Commission, which ensured a multi-year, rules-based DRR allocations, decentralized funding to the states and local bodies, and evidence-based prioritization through a national Disaster Risk Index.

On the sidelines, Mishra engaged in bilateral meetings with South Africa, Brazil, Australia and Netherlands.