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• The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), headed by India, is readying a global database Global Infrastructure Risk Model and Resilience Index to track the risk to infrastructure at the national level.

About Global Infrastructure Risk Model and Resilience Index

• The report will be the first of its kind to have been developed globally and is expected to be released at one of the G20 events being hosted by India in September.
• The biennial report will deal with five different aspects analysing global risk and resilience assessment of infrastructure systems to develop the Global Infrastructure Risk Model and Resilience Index (GIRI).
• The report will provide a framework, methodology, and a global perspective on how much risk are we carrying today.
• It is to be noted that 3-10 per cent of the GDP is lost due to losses to infrastructure from disasters that include disruptions caused to the power sector, damage to airports that affect supply chains, or highways that block the networks, having a larger impact on services.

Source: India Today

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