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Approaches To Disaster Risk Reductions

–2/”>a >DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd”> Disaster Management meant different for different players. For many decades prior to Major catastrophes like Orissa Super Cyclone (1999), Gujarat Earth quake & West Bengal Floods (2000) disaster management for respective state governments was to emphasis on early warning, evacuation, post disaster compensation, rehabilitation, shelter construction, … Read more

Concept of Social Audit and its importance

Social Audit “Social Auditing is defined as a systematic attempt to identify, analyse, measure (if possible), evaluate, and monitor the effect of an organisation’s operations on Society (that is, specific social groups) and on the public well-being.” Social audit as a term was used as far back as the 1950s. In a nutshell, it refers … Read more

Mercury Toxicology Effects

Mercury: A Silent Threat to Human Health Mercury, a naturally occurring heavy metal, has long been recognized for its unique properties and diverse applications. However, its widespread use and environmental persistence have also made it a significant threat to human health. Mercury’s toxicity, particularly its ability to accumulate in the body and disrupt vital biological … Read more

Strategic Disinvestment

Here is a list of subtopics without any description for Strategic DisinvestmentDisinvestment: Objectives of strategic disinvestment Process of strategic disinvestment Methods of strategic disinvestment Benefits of strategic disinvestment Challenges of strategic disinvestment Case studies of strategic disinvestment Future of strategic disinvestment I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions. Strategic … Read more

Administration and management: Meaning, nature and significance

Administration and management: Meaning, nature and significance The English word ‗administer‘ is derived from a combination of two Latin words and ‗ministrate‘ meaning ‗to serve or manage‘. Literally, the term means management the affairs of public or private. Administration refers to mobilisation of Resources – human and material- to achieve pre-set of objectives. Administration is … Read more

Hazard Vulnerability and Risk Profile of Himachal Pradesh

Hazard Vulnerability and Risk Profile of Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh is highly vulnerable State to a large number of natural as well as man- made disasters. Earthquake and floods has jolted this hilly State many times and caused great losses to the State. Flood, cloudburst, landslide and cloud burst are other common natural calamities of … Read more

Famous Sayings

        I wish for a peaceful term of India. I cannot forget that in the sky of India ,   Lord Canning serene as it is, a small cloud may arise ………..threaten to burst & overwhelm.     ‘a battle of blacks against the whites’ (on 1857 revolt)   J.W. Kaye The … Read more

Quick points: Accounting and auditing; Budgetary Control

Part C Accounting and Auditing; Budgetary Control: Definition: Budgetary control is the process by which budgets are prepared for the future period and are compared with the actual performance for finding out Variance.   Obj. of BC: Define the objectives of the organisation Providing plans to achieve the objectives Coordinating the activities of various departments … Read more

Basics of cyber security

Cyber security is a process, technique or procedure to ensure information security goals. Aim of Information Security is to provide CIA i.e. Confidentiality of information Integrity of information Availability of information   These 3 parameters (CIA) are called security goals/security Services. The other security objectives also include such other parameters as authenticity, authorisation, accounting and … Read more

Hazard/Disaster Management

Disaster Management History shows that India is exposed to national disasters. INFRASTRUCTURE; and other efforts to make the community more resilient to a catastrophic event. Preparedness Preparedness focuses on understanding how a disaster might impact the community and how education, outreach and training can build capacity to respond to and recover from a disaster. This … Read more