The study on the existing mechanisms of ensuring accountability to the affected populations (AAP) in India was conducted to identify good practices, gaps and lessons to strengthen AAP during disaster response activities of humanitarian agencies. The study was conducted by the All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI), which has a vast experience of conducting large-scale community feedback studies in the aftermath of 2001 Gujarat Earthquake and 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami for Disaster Emergency Committee as well as for the Tsunami Evaluation Coalition (TEC) of ALNAP in India, Indonesia and Sri Lanka.

This study covered six locations from three hazard-prone Indian states that are vulnerable to annual flooding, viz. Assam (Dhemaji and Lakhimpur District), Kerala (Wayanad and Alappuzha) and Odisha (Bhramgiri and Puri). The consortium of humanitarian agencies whose response mechanisms were analysed for the purposes of this study included four INGOs namely Caritas India, Save the Children, Christian Aid and Islamic Relief and their nine partners.