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The National Disaster **Response Fund **is primarily associated with meeting expenditure for emergency response, relief and rehabilitation after or during disasters.
The National Disaster Mitigation Fund, by contrast, supports measures intended to reduce disaster risk before catastrophe occurs.
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Paper: GS-2
Theme: Polity & Governance
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Thus, financing flood-resilience infrastructure through the NDMF represents the transition from a relief-centric model towards risk reduction and mitigation.
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