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ON INDIA’S ‘HEAT ACTION PLANS’

Relevance: GS 3 – Disaster and disaster management. Why in the News? The India Meteorological Department (IMD) typically issues heat alerts during the summer months, but this year alerts began in February. Parts of northeast and western India have already experienced significantly warmer temperatures, 1-5 degrees Celsius above normal. The IMD predicts an increase in …