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29th September 2022 (8 Topics)

29th September 2022

QUIZ - 29th September 2022

5 Questions

5 Minutes

Mains Question:

“The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) is the principal military advisor to the Defence Minister”. Discuss (150 words)

Question Mapping

  • Subject: Polity & Governance (GS-II)
    • Sub-topic:  Appointment to various Constitutional Posts, Powers, Functions and Responsibilities of various Constitutional Bodies.

Approach 

  • Introduction- brief about the post of CDS
  • created in 2019 on the recommendations of Shekatkar committee
  • Discuss about the role of CDS as the Principal Military Adviser to the defence minister on all tri-services matters
  • Other major duties and functions 
    • To head the Department of Military and function as its Secretary.
    • To function as the Permanent Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee
    • To administer the Tri-Service organizations/agencies/commands.
    • To function as the Military Advisor to the Nuclear Command Authority.
    • To bring about jointness in operation, logistics, transport, training, support services, communications, repairs and maintenance, etc of the three Services.
  • Conclude accordingly 

Editorials

Context:

  • G-20 presidency is an opportunity to position India as the voice of the Global South rather than hitching its wagons to the West.

Staying South-Voice of Global South

  • Global South: The term global South generally refers to countries classified by the World Bank as low or middle-income that are located in Africa, Asia, Oceania, Latin America, and the Caribbean. It is a fashionable term of the aspirational Third World — “Global South”.
  • Change in Indian official outlook: The main factors responsible for this are: the persistent unwillingness of the Big Five (the US, Russia, China, France, and UK) to reform the UN; Western deglobalization; disinterest in the reform of multilateral financial and trade organizations; Failure on the part of the US, EU, China, and Japan to address the problem of mounting external debt burden of developing countries; the impasse on climate change.
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