by Admin New Vision IAS Academy | Jan 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE The PAC website says the Committee on Public Accounts was first set up in 1921 in the wake of the Montague-Chelmsford Reforms. W M Hailey was its first president, and Bhupendra Nath Mitra its first Indian president. The last president before...
by Admin New Vision IAS Academy | Jan 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
THE FOUNDATIONAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN INDIA & USA The USA enters into ‘foundational or enabling agreements’ with its defence partners. These agreements govern the nature & scope of U.S. defence partnerships. Partners enhance the capabilities of the U.S. military...
by Admin New Vision IAS Academy | Dec 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
TRIPLE TROUBLE FOR MANGROVES The study found that mangrove forests, their large biodiversity and the coastal protection they provide are under pressure from three distinct threats – sea-level rise, lack of mud and squeezed habitats. The research, conducted by an...
by Admin New Vision IAS Academy | Dec 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
GILGIT-BALTISTAN DISPUTE During the first Indo-Pak war of October 1947, Pakistan occupied 78,114 sq km of the land of Jammu and Kashmir, including the ‘Northern Areas’. The Northern Areas is the other name of Gilgit-Baltistan that Pakistan has used for administrative...
by Admin New Vision IAS Academy | Dec 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
REDACTIVE PRICING AUDIT Redaction is the selection or adaption by ‘obscuring or removing sensitive information’ from a document prior to publication. Redactive pricing is nowhere used in SAI audit reports. It does not seem to have been used in a government audit by...
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