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The State of Kerala experienced devastating floods in the month of August 2018. The quantum of rainfall in the single month of August was of an unprecedented scale, which has been recorded only once before in the State during the floods of 1924. This unprecedented calamity necessitated the state to rethink about the developmental model and disaster readiness. The succeeding year of 2019 also experienced floods of a higher magnitude but lesser spread, in comparison with the floods of August 2018. The two successive floods caused widespread damage to the physical infrastructure of the State and also led to large scale loss of livelihood opportunities. Both public and private infrastructure suffered irreversible damage.
Without viewing it as an isolated case of natural calamity, the Government of Kerala (GoK) decided to seize the opportunity to transform the State’s infrastructure, rather than a temporary fix through the conventional method of recovery and reconstruction. From this thought process, emerged the inclusive and comprehensive roadmap for development of a green and resilient Kerala. To implement this ambitious development objective, the Government established the Rebuild Kerala Initiative (RKI) to “bring about a perceptible change in the lives and livelihoods of its citizens by adopting higher standards of infrastructure for recovery and reconstruction, and to build ecological and technical safeguards so that the restructured assets could better withstand floods in the future”.
The government have approved the comprehensive guidelines for operational strategy and Institutional Framework of RKI vide G.O.(Rt) No. 16/2018/P&EA dated 09/11/2018.
The RKI is the dedicated State-level institution mandated with the responsibility of formulating and coordinating the implementation of a resilient Kerala. By establishing the RKI, the GoK has put in place a streamlined and transparent process of decision making for the comprehensive and sustainable rebuilding from the 2018 floods. With support from UN and World Bank Agencies, RKI has developed a holistic plan to rebuild Kerala through the Rebuild Kerala Development Programme (RKDP). The RKI mandate is to develop, coordinate, facilitate and monitor the RKDP through a participatory and inclusive process, with extensive consultation with all stakeholders.
The following principles will be the basis of planning and implementing the various packages under RKI.
Under the Council of Minister an Advisory Council is constituted with not exceeding 20 members under the chairmanship of Hon. Chief Minister. The Advisory Council members include, nominated Ministers of the State and Union Government, Hon. Leader of the Opposition, two Prominent persons from the field of Administration, one young entrepreneur, eminent persons from each of the field like, Engineering (specialized in any infrastructure area), Environment/Disaster Management, Social Work Business/Industry, Economics/Finance) etc.
The Rebuild Kerala Initiative (RKI) is a multi-sector, collaborative programme involving several government departments and agencies. Hence, appropriate institutional framework and decision-making structure are crucial for the success of RKI. Given the multi-disciplinary and often complex nature of the packages that must be bundled into RKI, it is essential that the stakeholders’ perspectives are brought into these institutional arrangements at all levels.
The scale of the disaster, planning required, implementation complexities, financial management and service delivery calls for a dedicated institutional framework. The outline of the proposed institutional framework decision-making structure is shown below.
Sl. No. | Members | Role |
1 | Chief Secretary | Chairman |
2 | Chairman (RKI Implementation Committee) | Member |
3 | Additional Chief Secretary (Planning) | Member |
4 | Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue) | Member |
5 | Additional Chief Secretary (LSG) | Member |
6 | Law Secretary | Member |
7 | Principal Secretary (Finance) | Member |
8 | Principal Secretary (PWD) | Member |
9 | Principal Secretary (Agriculture) | Member |
10 | Secretary (Water Resources) | Member |
11 | Secretary to the Chief Minister Member | Member |
12 | Shri K.M. Chandrasekhar, Former Cabinet Secretary | Member |
13 | Shri TKA Nair, Former Principal Secretary to Prime Minister | Member |
14 | Chief Executive Officer for RKI | Member Secretary |
SL No. | Members | Role |
1 | Dr. K. M. Abraham, Principal Chief Secretary to Chief Minister and Former Chief Secretary | Chairman |
2 | Secretary to the Chief Minister | Member |
3 | Chief Executive Officer of RKI | Convener |
The Rebuilding Kerala Initiative have a Secretariat consisting of a team of professionals and a team of officers. The CEO is the Administrative Head of the RKI Secretariat. It is working as a section under Planning and Economic Affairs Department consisting of one Additional Secretary and a Section consisting of one Section Officer, three Assistants and Office Attendant which reports directly to the Additional Chief Secretary & CEO, RKI and Deputy CEO, RKI. The Program is being implemented through the GoK’s existing institutional modalities and systems. At the apex level, RKI will serve as the Program Management Unit (PMU), responsible for management, coordination, and monitoring and evaluation of the Program. The RKI is supported by a Program Management Team (PMT) providing Program Management Support Services (PMSS).
Please refer to the GO.(P) No. 16/2018/P&EA dated 9/11/2018 for more details.
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