So today is going to be a master class. Thanks so much for all of you joining us live as well as recording. And of course, we start every episode by extending our deepest and sincerest gratitude and appreciation to each and every one of these presenting sponsors. They have been phenomenal to work with, spectacular supporters of not only the show, Julia, but wouldn't you say like I have seen each and every one of these companies and representatives step up in a big way, roll up their sleeves, get in the trenches and really lean in as we continue to navigate what COVID rebound looks like. I agree. It's remarkable. And it makes me love the sector even more. Yeah. Yeah. It's been a lot of fun. Julia Patrick is here as always looking fabulous. Julia is the CEO of the American Nonprofit Academy. And I like to say that I get to play alongside Julia each and every day. And it's just been such a pleasure. I'm Jarrett Mansome, also known as the non-profit nerd. And in fact, those glasses may just come out today. And I'm also CEO of the Raven Group. So I do my own consulting. And today's master class is really about that, Julia, because you and I often either put each other or ourselves in the hot seat to say, hey, I'm observing something that's going on in the sector. I think we should talk about it. So here we are. And I am going to share with all of you today. And Julia is going to help me as we continue through the master class. But we're going to talk about insider's tips when it comes specifically for interviewing for the job. Now, before we get started, Julia, you said, this is actually tips that are relevant in so many different areas, so many different ways. Truth be told, I am helping a client, right, hire. And I have been observing what this whole process has looked like. I've been taking some copious notes along the way. And I just wanted to share, have this recorded and to use this for so many of us that are either interviewing ourselves or interviewing someone to join the team. So that's what today is all about. And I'm super excited to unzip my brain and just pour it all out. You know what I think is, yeah. What I think is interesting about this, Jared, is that we have a confluence of very interesting inputs. We have a change in the way we are working. And a lot of that has been driven because of COVID. It was starting, work from home, work remotely. Those things were starting to move forward. But it was just amplified, we all get that. We have an aging demographic, meaning that we have a huge swath of our population that's retiring out of the sector. And this is age related. This is not a job dissatisfaction. It is an age demographic shift. We have a third piece to this where we have not as a sector really brought the people behind us because we don't really even have that much organized education. I mean, you can't in too many places in this country graduate with a higher degree in nonprofit management. It's still very limited. And then we have a really interesting wackadoo thing that's going on, partly because of COVID, partly because of a demographic shift. We have a different workforce environment. We don't have people coming in that are working in the traditional way. So it's just a fascinating time. And so what better discussion than to really lean in to this process, whether you are looking for a job, whether you are hiring, whether you have children, spouses, neighbors, even if you're trying to maybe interview or move yourself up within the career ladder. Absolutely. I mean, so, okay, sister, we don't have that much time, but we got a lot. Tip number one. Yeah, tip number one. And again, some of these might seem like common sense, but I just want to dive a little deeper, you know, as I've again observed and witnessed this myself. If you were interviewing for an opportunity, I want you to consider what your digital footprint looks like. What is out there by way of social media photos and by way of access to your social media channels. And so I'm talking about your personal ones, right? So when you are in an interview season, let's call this, I would highly recommend that you make your profile as bland as possible. Now I don't mean that you can't share your personality or you can't show photos of your family or any of that, but I would highly encourage you to really play that happy medium. You don't want to be so polarizing maybe in your post or your photos or your statements that would actually impede you from getting an interview, right? So a lot of people, whether you share it or not, they will absolutely kind of do their own due diligence, search your name, search your email, see what pulls up on your digital footprint. And so that social media photo and access, I think is pretty important. As technology advances, right? Many of us are sharing photos on many internet channels or we're being tagged by our friends. And that is something I think that you also wanna consider is when you're in this interview season, just go ahead and do an audit of your social media. What is posted? What is being seen? What is the access of others outside your close knit family and friends that you have allowed into the circle? Check those access points because there are several settings that you could share or change rather. And so that it doesn't allow anyone outside of your connection to be privy to some of your posts or some of your photos. And I think that's a great time. Tip number one, just do a quick audit of your digital footprint. I love it. And I think you shared something off camera and that was somebody and a candidate that you were looking at that had posted something that was a political in nature, I stand with X. And while you weren't getting into necessarily whether you agreed or you disagreed, it was kind of an interesting reflection or maybe a parameter that you applied to that person without ever talking with them, without ever meeting with them, it automatically shifted them to a different stack, I guess. Well, and I think what it does is it allows unconscious bias, right? It really allows us to kind of put an unconscious bias whether it's for good or I don't know, it's bias always bad, but really looking at, how do we categorize this individual, especially if this is a committee of varying opinions. Well, yeah, I thought that was fascinating. And I think it's a really smart thing. And I love that you used the word audit. And I think sometimes that's one of those things where if you could have somebody maybe look at that through a different lens because what we see ourselves and what we, we know that the story behind the image or the statement, somebody else might not. And so- And with that, I would challenge, ask people of varying generations to take a look. If it's something that triggers or makes someone pause of a certain demographic, I would certainly be mindful of that. Maybe look at your close friends and family and just ask them to, hey, would you mind taking a look at my social media? I am in an interview season. Just wanted to know if there's anything that might catch your eye that I might wanna reconsider my settings during the season of interviewing. Love it. So tip number one, social media photos and access. Take a look at it, audit yourself do internally. Okay, tip number two, update your LinkedIn and resume. So I do consider LinkedIn one of my social media channels and I will say I am very, gosh, active on LinkedIn. And so that is typically the first place I go to to find a potential candidate, a potential contact, a potential client for me, right? Like I am sourcing LinkedIn first and foremost. So I want you to make sure your LinkedIn profile is updated.  I would love to see that photo. Make sure it's a professional photo. Again, like really just your face and LinkedIn is much more professional. Instagram, our social media channels like Facebook, very different. My Facebook has a photo of my son and I, my LinkedIn, he didn't make the cut, it's just me. Sorry son, I love you, but that's not the platform for you. And so I wanna make sure your LinkedIn is updated, not only with that photo, but really, if you're not sharing with your current employer that you're searching, I don't think you have to change that kind of like bio at the top, but I would completely ensure that your responsibilities and what you're doing at your current organization and every organization before that represents accurately and truly shows some specific and measurable goals. For instance, if you are a fundraiser, I want you to share in there what your portfolio size is or what type of an ask you're making. So do you manage the constituents between $1 and $10,000? And is that, you know, is that something that you can post or do you have a portfolio of let's say 150 people, right? Like somehow make some measurable statement. So it really catapults the information. When I'm looking at your LinkedIn page, I can see what you've done, what you've been responsible for doing and how that relates to the job in which you've applied for. I love that being much more specific. And then before we move on to tip number three, pardon me, you spoke a little bit more about using the resume function that LinkedIn has. Can you expand upon that? I love it.  I don't do a resume anymore. LinkedIn has it all for you. So I personally, you know, if you go to my LinkedIn profile, which I hope you all will send me an invite, would love to connect, you will see where I've put all of these practices into place. So you will see what I've done for my clients. You will see what I've done for, you know, when I had a J-O-B, you'll see these things in there.  It is right there on LinkedIn. So when you have your LinkedIn updated with these measurable responsibilities, it makes it really simple, very simple. I think that's really good advice. I've been hearing that from other people. You know, that's being used for board recruitment. It's not just jobs. It's for, you know, awards or honor situations. Absolutely. I think that's really, really good advice. So update your LinkedIn resume and LinkedIn account in the resume. That's tip number two, get at it. And I have to say, you know, Jared, we use LinkedIn all the time on the nonprofit show and fundraising events TV to vet our guests that are coming on. Absolutely. I mean, I think it's an incredible tool. Okay, this is interesting. I wouldn't have thought of this. Tip number three, confirmations, interview and contact for tech. So what does that mean?  We've all had internet outages. We've all had Zoom go down. We've had updates on platforms. We've had computer crashes. We've had a little bit of everything, right? Because the broadband and everything that's being used technology-wise worldwide is really inundated right now. So let's start with the interview. I want you to confirm that when you received the invitation for the interview and really repeat back to them, you know, thank you so much. I look forward to the interview on X date, X time, on whatever platform, right? Whatever that might be. It could be in person, could be by telephone or it could be by a video conference. I want you to really confirm that in a reply response if it is done by email or if it is verbally done, I would like for you to take that extra step and memorialize that confirmation via email. Secondarily, in that same confirmation, I want you to ask if something were to come up and I need to reach someone right away or right before my time of joining you on the video conference to whom should I call and how should I reach them, right? So for instance, maybe they want you to text them. Maybe they want you to call them. Maybe there's a tech contact that will be filtering any of these requests or kind of last minute challenges. So I want you to consider that because anything could happen even as far as the link that is sent by way of a video conference, it could have been a wrong one, it could be missing a number, it could have transposed a number, various things. So do you ask in this confirmation email if something were to arise, how do you prefer that I contact you? You know, I like that because I think that also demonstrates like another layer of intellect, of management, of accountability. And when I'm initiative, solution-based problem solving. I mean, I kind of see some other characteristics of somebody that I won on my team when I get that. Absolutely, absolutely. So take that on, that is absolutely tip number three. When we look at the confirmation, consider, and I really hope that you will do this and I'm telling you by example, those that I received a confirmation reply from, I was like, okay, got it. One, my email went through to, they're clear and there's no questions. And then secondarily in that, if something were to come up, who should I contact? How do you prefer to be communicated with? I think that's really important because we've all been there. I've been there to myself where I'm frantic or I put in an address and my GPS took me to the wrong address, now I'm running late and there's anything that could happen. So confirmation is the tip number three and again, really looking at the platform, the time and any tech issues that may arise. Very good idea. I mean, it's a lot deeper than just that normal connectivity that we stress out about. Okay, now this is kind of an interesting thing. When we started today's episode, we talked about how so many things from the pandemics have impacted a lot of what this job interview or just interview process is. This is something we would have never really spoken about just 18 months ago. Tip number four, relocation info, work locations. So I'm sharing this transparently because I have had the privilege of working with several amazing nonprofit professionals that during COVID have realized that they want to be closer to home, closer to family or in a completely different community setting and environment. So I share this because one, I've had the honor of talking to so many individuals that have trusted me with this information. But secondarily, I've noticed during an executive search that there have been an uptick of applicants applying to a community in which they do not currently reside. So that to me was fascinating. And so looking at the relocation, a couple of things here. If you have made that decision to relocate to a different community, I would take the initiative and share that in your resume. I would share that in your cover letter and I would make it very clear that you have made the decision to relocate to this community because everything work-wise will show a different community. So again, you don't wanna have that unconscious bias of let's say I see a resume and everything is Texas. Well, I know that I'm hiring in Minnesota. So this doesn't make sense to me, right? So go ahead and address the relocation that maybe you have already made, you have committed to this and maybe even what that timeline looks like. I think that is really important. Secondarily, you wanna confirm the work location. So this means both physically, in-person, as well as remote, what does this look like? Because there are a lot of opportunities out there. I do think that staffing boutique does a phenomenal job when she posts about the openings for her clients. She will say remote for now, right? Or she will say, this is an in-office New York-based community position. And so you just wanna be very clear because a lot of places are still working remote or they have a louth, that hybrid approach and what that might look like. Now, some of them that are remote may be transitioning to physical and you wanna know that timeline. So if you've made this commitment for a relocation, I'm gonna use Texas and Minnesota again. If you've made this commitment to move to Minnesota, you currently live in Texas, let them know what that timeline looks like. Again, like be forthright in that conversation and that communication. But there could be an opportunity that, while it is a physical location and that they want you there in-person, that might not be till January 1. That might not be until October. We really don't know what that looks like. So that's why I say, I think it's really good to address your physical location as well as your desire and commitment for a relocation. Many organizations do not offer a relocation package. So that question will come up of, if I'm seeing an all Texas resume and we're hiring in Minnesota, is this person expecting a relocation package? Because perhaps we have not accounted for that in the budget. Right. Well, it's really an interesting question because this is something that we've seen with boards. The number of board members now that are coming into us from different parts of the country and are they willing to travel to remote, like say dial in, I'm thinking of, boardable who has so many options for remote board work but are board members going to be asked to fly into a different city or, Right. Or events. Central one, or events, yeah. And so- But the commitment for those physical locations. And that's really, that's the same discussion for the job market. I mean, it's- Absolutely. Fascinating, fascinating. So really a great thing to look at. And I also liked the gem that you threw in there. It might not be now, but it might be later. The fall, January 1st, whatever. So tip number four, get the dates on relocation information and work locations. Very, very important. Okay, drum roll please because tip number five, video conferences and the professional presentation. Yes. Now we have harped on this for a really long time and you would think by now that everyone is really dialed in and has got this figured out. Backdrops are amazing. There are so many great backdrops out there that you can use certainly on Zoom and many other video conference platforms. If you do not have the capability for that backdrop, then I want you to be very intentional with what is behind you. And there's so many conversations I know that we have provided along the way 312 plus episodes of how to present yourself in a very professional presentation on a video conference. Again, like really looking at, okay, where is my camera? Is my system, is it level? Is it sitting still? Is there anything shaking? I would highly encourage you to use a laptop, a tablet, even your phone, but make sure that it is completely stationary.  It could be an iPad, it could be any of these, right? Or it could be me walking around with a laptop, which Julia, you've been privy to having a tour of my home before because I'll say, oh, I've gotta grab something. You don't wanna do that in an interview. You want to be set in a primary location. You wanna make sure you know what's behind you. Do what you can to enable that professional setting and make sure your audio is working well. Again, kind of with that social media audit, do a test run with a friend or a family member. Go ahead and set that up. Maybe do some mock questions. Test your lighting, test your internet connectivity. Test when the mail is delivered and when your dog typically barks. All of that is pretty important. But really, again, you want to have something stationary because you don't wanna have this like a FaceTime scenario where you're walking around or you're kind of moving your handheld device in a way that is distracting. We don't wanna distract anything from you because you are an amazing professional nonprofit rock star. So we want that to come across in a very professional presentation manner. You know, one of the things that we do with all of our guests for the nonprofit show is we have them come on 15 minutes early. And during that time, we make sure that the bathroom door is shut or we can't see their bed. I mean, you would like. Lights are turned on or off depending. Yeah, you would not believe what Jared and I have seen, which is, it's just shocking. You remember that? Oh, wait, no, I won't show that one. We'll talk later. No, but you know, it's fascinating. But I would say one of the things that our executive producer, Kevin Pace, is always on. And he's the one that kind of guides this conversation. He's with us every day. You don't see him. You can't hear him. We can see him as we're recording. But anyway, long story short, one of the things that Kevin Pace is always doing for our guests is saying, we want your head at the top end of the frame as opposed to down here or where they're up here. Oh, or yeah. So for me to be thinking about where you are and positions. Yeah, it shouldn't be something that we're even talking about. But even when you see people that are zooming in off for interviews with major media outlets, we're always amazed at how somebody didn't say, put your laptop on some books and get it elevated or move the camera down so it comes down. You had test run. Even this morning as I was writing, my camera was shaking, right? And what did Kevin do? Why is your camera shaking? Well, I'm writing at the moment. But if that's going to happen during an interview process, that will be very distracting. So you wanna make sure that you have your setup in a manner that is not distracting and will eliminate any of anything that could take them away from focusing on you and your professional expertise and what you're bringing to the table. Absolutely. Well, Jared, as always, I think that this masterclass, it even confirms even more like I really needed it, but it's truly, it confirms that you are my nonprofit nerd. Look at the glasses. That's the glasses on. You are all of our nonprofit nerds. You are our nonprofit nerd, I should say. I'm here to stay. There's so much to go around, but yes, I would love it. And do you connect with me on LinkedIn? I would love, even if you send me an email and say, hey, do you mind taking a look at my LinkedIn? I would love to be of service for you in that way. So take advantage of that, I would love it. And Julia, it's always a pleasure to be here with you, so thank you. Well, it's been amazing. Again, I'm Julia Patrick, CEO of the American Nonprofit Academy, been joined by the nonprofit nerd herself, Jared Ransom. We were able to put her in the hot seat today and just get this information that is so critical to what we are doing, whether you are looking for a job or you are hiring for positions within your organization, trying to get on boards, trying to collaborate. This is the world that we live in and I think- Or if you're mentoring a colleague or a family member, it's really, really important. It really, really is. Again, we wanna thank all of our presenting sponsors who've been on this journey with us and who continue to really support us. We're very excited, we just signed. I think we can share this yesterday, staffing boutique for the next year. That means they're gonna be with us until 2022. She's awesome, in New York. In New York, amazing. Anyway, we also wanna let everyone know, fundraising events TV is really kicking into gear, so check us out with that. Okay, I have to witness to you. I'm kinda glad I'm not having to look for a job, but I feel better that if I had to. I don't, do I? Would you tell me so I could get my LinkedIn updated? I could do that social media audit that I referenced. All those pictures? No, no, really, I shouldn't tease, but I am grateful because this is a lot of work, but if you do work up front, I think you're gonna have better success. And it's always about meeting expectations between two parties. Everybody wants to win, everybody wants to do it. Absolutely, we're looking for win-win. Yeah, it's so important. Well, wow, another great episode. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and I am so honored that we could spend this time together. As we like to end every episode of the nonprofit show, we wanna remind you to stay well so you can do well. See you back here tomorrow.


Mwa kwa mda hwa wilumu uiwa. Ya kwa hwia kiyama na uiwa na majuera, na majuera sti na wikidzatia. Sama mwa- Airlsa- Wikida- Mwa hwa mwa- Tia uiwa. Tia kwa wikidzatia. Kajinu mwa hwa kwa mwa roboti. Shuja wikiwa mwa mwa kwa mwa mwa mwa mwa miwa. Ndrivem wa na majuera Tia uiwa miwa mwa mwa mwa mwa mwa. knu-mina wa kwaimu htani wazinu, wazina wazi kwaimu, wazi kwaimu vizibu lont Dubai kwaimu kwame hjimu wazi kwaimu Kwaimu kwaimu kwaimu kwaimu nkutuhu kwaimu kwaimu binu kuwilzina kwaimu kwaimu kwaimu kabilingu kwaimu kwaimu So, this morning, as we get into our concluding remarks in this series of 40 Days of Prayer, I want to let you know that I'm so much excited. Many of you have been speaking to me and telling me your experiences and what God has done for you. We are just here this morning to praise the Lord. And I want just to pray that your heart will find joy as you celebrate together the compression of 40 Days of Prayer. And today, we are just came to praise the Lord. And I want to begin by asking us to have a brief prayer and then we will continue. We get into our reading today. Our gracias for the heaven. Thank you so much for the precious moment that we have one more time today. As we come to the 40th day of the 40 Days of Prayer.  We are so excited. We just came to praise your name. Lord, I pray as we speak today through the scriptures. May your presence be with us. Bless us and accept our worship one more time. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. A song that come to my mind as you celebrate the journey for 40 Days of Prayer. It's a song that is anchored in the scripture. We just came to praise the Lord. So allow me to sing. I just came to praise the Lord. I just came to praise His holy name. I just came to praise the Lord. You just came to praise the Lord. You just came to praise the Lord. You just came to praise His holy name. You just came to praise the Lord. I just came to praise the Lord. We just came to praise the Lord. Sam's 1.36. O give thanks unto the Lord, O He is good, for His mercy is jureth forever. O give thanks unto the God of God, for His mercy is jureth forever. O give thanks to the Lord of Lords, for His mercy is jureth forever. To Him who alone doeth great wonders, for His mercy is jureth forever. To Him that by wisdom made the heavens, for His mercy is jureth forever. To Him that stretched out the earth, above the waters, for His mercy is jureth forever. To Him that made great lights, for His mercy is jureth forever. To Him that smote Egypt in their festivals, for His mercy is jureth forever. And brought out Israel from among them, for His mercy is jureth forever. To Him which divided the rain sea into parts, press Him for His mercy is jureth forever. To Him which divided to Him and made Israel to pass through the midst of it, for His mercy is jureth forever. But over three of Pharaoh and his host in the rain sea, for His mercy is jureth forever. To Him which led his people through the wilderness, for His mercy is jureth forever. Press Him, glory be to His name, to Him which smote great kings, for His mercy is jureth forever. And slew famous kings, for His mercy is jureth forever. Seal King of the Amorites, for His mercy is jureth forever. And aug the king of Bashan, for His mercy is jureth forever. And gave the land for inheritance, for His mercy is jureth forever. We just came to praise the Lord and we are saying even unheritage unto Israel is servant, for His mercy is jureth forever. Press Him who remembered us in our low estate, for His mercy is jureth forever. And hath redeemed us from our enemies, for His mercy is jureth forever. Press Him who give food to all flesh, for His mercy is jureth forever. All praise Him who give and give thanks unto the God of heaven, for His mercy is jureth forever. Yes, today as we end the 40 days of prayer, we simply just came to praise the Lord. Do you have a song in your heart to praise the Lord? Do you have a song in your heart to thank the Lord with? Do you have a song this morning or this afternoon or this evening in your heart to thank the Lord for this God who has worked with us for the 40 days in this prayer moment? This God is a good God. This God is a faithful God. This God is a gracious God. Imagine if it were none of Him where could we be today? This God who has given us the experience of the 40 days of prayer. This God who manifested Himself in the general conference session and was there and gave the church leaders. This God who has been in a situation as a person in your family, in your life, in your career. This God is a good God and we have every reason today to praise and just praise Him. I'm just saying I came just to praise His holy name. Him who has made me to be what I am today, I just came to praise His holy name. This God, He is a good God. We just came to praise Him. Did you have any reason to praise your God this morning? Right here, Devon saying in Psalms 1.28 blessed is everyone that feareth alone, that walketh in His ways. For thou shalt eat the labor of the enhanced. Api shalt thou be and it shall be well with thee. You see this Lord, this God I'm talking about. If you love Him and if you walk in a sphere, blessed are you and in fact He says thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house. Thy children like olive plants round about thy table. Behold, that thus shall be the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. Only if you would fear Him, only Him, if you would walk with Him, only Him, if you love Him and obey Him, this God is good.  I'm just excited to talk about my God this morning. You see, Devon says, this God is good and I say yes, I just came to praise His holy name. I want to invite you as we pray today just to say with David, praise ye the Lord, praise ye the name of the Lord, praise Him, O Jesus of the Lord, ye that stand in the house of the Lord in the courts of the house of our God, praise the Lord, for the Lord is good. Sing praises unto His name, for it is pleasant, for the Lord has chosen Jacob unto Himself and Israel for His peculiar treasure, for I know that the Lord is great and Thou and that our Lord is above all gods. Praise Him, I say today, we just came to praise His holy name. Soever the Lord pleased the dead, He in heaven and in earth, in the seas and all deep places, He cursed the vapors to ascend from the ends of earth. He maketh ladenings from rain. He batent the wind out of the treasuries. Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast, who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of three, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh and upon all his servants, who smote great nations and slu-mite kings. You see, this, David says, I'm reading Psalms 1.5, this praise ye the name of the Lord, and I'm just saying here today, I just came to praise His holy name. Bless the Lord, O house of living, ye that fear the Lord, bless the Lord, bless be the Lord out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord. Psalms 1.5 and verse number 21. I just came to praise the Lord this morning. I just came to praise His holy name. Do you have a song in your heart that you can praise the Lord? Do you have a reason to praise Him today, this morning or this afternoon? I have much to praise the Lord for I just came to praise His holy name. Whom to join me this morning? To praise Him for His deliverance, to praise Him for His spirit in us, to praise Him for the miracles, to praise Him for the healing power, to praise Him for the revival He is cause, to praise Him for bringing peace in our managers, to praise Him for many things that He is doing in our life. Whom to join me as we pray just to praise His holy name. I want to read Psalms 1.4 and verse number 7. O God, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in thy day of battle. Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the weekend. Father, not His weekend device, lest they exult themselves as for the head of those that can pass me about. Let the mischief of their own lips cover them. Let burning calls fall upon them. Let them be cast into the fire into deep pits that they rise not up again. Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth. Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted and the right of the poor. I love my God. I just came to praise the Lord. I don't care of my enemies. I don't mind who is against me for I declare today for myself and for you not any weapon, whether from east or from west, from north or from south that is crushed against you that is going to prosper for we are on the side of the Lord and He shall keep our enemies away. He shall maintain the cause of the afflicted and the right of the poor. He shall fight for you today, tomorrow and forevermore. Keep loving Him. He is a good God. I just came to praise His holy name. Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto the name the upright shall dwell in thy presence. Psalms 140 and verse number 12 and verse 12 and 13. I know the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted and the right of the poor. Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name. The upright shall dwell in thy presence. I seek to dwell in His presence. The familiar is, work and upright journey and you shall dwell in His presence. Whom to join with me today? Celebrate the Lord and thank Him. Let's sing one more time. I just came to praise the Lord. I just came to praise the Lord. I just came to praise His holy name. I just came to praise the Lord. You just came to praise the Lord. You just came to praise the Lord. You just came to praise His holy name. I labour kwa kleinut bwa za dire I work kwa pois podum I labour kwa blessings I labour kwa plugs I work kwa blessings His whole worm I work kwa blessings I labour kwa blessings Thank you Lord. Thank you my father and our father. If it were not of you where could we be today? Lord we just came to praise your holy name because of your mighty deeds when we remember the story of redemption. How you saved the children of Israel from the bondage of Egypt, mightily and worked with them through the difficulties of the wilderness. We are not afraid of tomorrow but we do know that you shall still work with us from every kind of Egyptian life that we are living in, from every bondage of Pharaoh of this age into the promised canon. The path may not be easy as Jesus has said in the world we shall have tribulations, but be of gunchi of what I have overcome. We know that we won't overcome because you are able to overcome, but we shall overcome because you overcame for us. Lord if only we remain focused on you, fix in our eyes unto Jesus Christ, the order and the finisher of our journey, the order and the finisher of our faith. If we shall remain focused on Him and fix our eyes unto Him, Lord we know indeed we have nothing to fear for the future unless we can forget that indeed you are the one who has been with us. And so Lord this morning we just came to praise your holy name. We just came to praise your holy name because you are God with our praises. We just came to say thank you Lord for gift of life. We just came to praise you because you did many other battles you are fighting for us. At times we do not understand how you struggle with us, how you keep our enemies away. 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Welcome to the Hindu News Analysis by Shankar Ayesakarmi. The news articles along with the page numbers are displayed here for your reference. The PDF link of the handwritten notes and the timestamping of the news articles is given in the description box as well as in the comment section. Now let us start our today's news analysis. This editorial article is a response article to the recent announcement made during the visit of US President to India. If you see the joint statement released by the Ministry of External Affairs dated 25 February 2020, it states that Prime Minister Modi and President Trump increased the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited and Westinghouse Electric Company to finalize the techno-commercial offer for the construction of six nuclear reactors in India at the earliest date. The US President has reaffirmed that US support for India's entry to the nuclear supplies group without any delay. The syllabus relevant for the analysis of this editorial is highlighted here for your reference. See the authors of this editorial are physicists who are representing the coalition for nuclear disarmament and peace. In this editorial, they argue that given the serious concerns of cost and safety of US-India nuclear deal, such a deal should not be finalized, rather it should be abandoned. So in this context, we will see in brief about the author's points and why they suggest abandoning of US-India nuclear deal. One of the main reasons is about the cost of having such nuclear reactors which are imported from a US company or constructed in our country by a US company. The six reactors to be offered by Westinghouse company is said to cost around 6 lakh crores. So if India purchases these reactors, the burden will fall heavily on the electricity consumers and the taxpayers. So the electricity from reactors built by American companies would be more expensive than competing sources of energy. Here the competing sources could be wind energy or solar energy. See the cost of wind and solar energy have declined by around 70-90% in the last ten years and may even decline further in the future. So in such a scenario, the cost of construction or import of nuclear reactors will be an economic burden. Then there is one another cost, which is cost of accident or nuclear reactor disaster. This may occur due to natural disasters like earthquakes or tsunamis or it could be manmade or it could be because of vulnerabilities in the design of the nuclear reactors that are built by a foreign company. This is because while many of us can easily say that that is in 2011, tsunami is one of the major factors for the nuclear disaster in Japan's Fukushima nuclear reactor, but the authors state that the disaster is also because of vulnerabilities in the design of the nuclear reactor. Here the damaged nuclear reactor in Fukushima was built by a US-based multinational company called as General Electric Company. For this case, the authors estimate that the cost of cleanup of mess of Fukushima nuclear disaster is around 13-40 lakh crores and after the disaster, this company has paid nothing towards cleanup costs and paid nothing for the compensation to the victims mainly because of indemnity class in the Japanese law. Even the Westinghouse Electric Company wants a similar indemnity class from India so that in case of any accident in the nuclear reactors built by the company, it cannot be held responsible for damages and cannot be held accountable for cleanup costs or for compensation costs. So what this actually means is the company will just hand over the built nuclear reactor and it is never responsible for whatever accidents that happen after. So these are indications that the companies are not at all able to assure safety in the operation and maintenance of the nuclear reactors and also at the times of trouble. So safety is also compromised here and because of serious concerns of cost and safety, it is not right to have such a nuclear deal with the US. Also know that there is a domestic policy in the US which was announced by US President so that the US nuclear developers can play a significant role in providing power to other countries and also to revive the US manufacturing of nuclear reactors. Therefore, US President will try hard to achieve this policy that is before the upcoming presidential elections. And India should be well aware of this effect of America's policy on Indian interests. He the authors call the idea of importing foreign-built nuclear reactors as a zombie idea refers to an idea which is opposed by evidence and research but still such an idea is given weighties and importance. Here in this case, even though research studies highlight that many problems lingering in the import of nuclear reactors from the US company, Indian government is still in talks with this company. He the authors mentions that the talks appear as India conceding to the demands of US company particularly in the context of indemnity class. So in the context of this discussion, the authors requesting the Indian Prime Minister to assure to Indians that there will not be any import of nuclear reactors from abroad. In this context, know that recently in 2018, the Chief Minister of Gujarat has said that the nuclear reactors will never come up in Gujarat. And the authors want such a statement for the whole of the country. With this, we have come to the end of analysis of this editorial article. Now, let us move on to the analysis of next news article. Now, let us see some news articles related to COVID-19 outbreak. The syllabus relevant to the analysis of all these news articles is highlighted here for your reference. Now, let us see about COVID-19 disease which is considered as pneumonia of unknown cause detected in Wuhan city of China. And it was first reported to WHO on 31st December 2019. It was found to be a novel coronavirus within the family of coronaviruses. See, on 30th January 2020, World Health Organization declared this novel corona disease as public health emergency of international concern. You should know that WHO gives this tag to those diseases that constitute a public health risk to other countries by spreading to those countries and such diseases require immediate international action. Thereafter, on 11th February 2020, this disease was officially named by WHO as COVID-19. And know that as of now, there are no medicines or vaccines available for treatment and prevention of COVID-19. Now, if you look at the news article that WHO has reported that in the last 24 hours, there were almost nine times more COVID-19 cases reported outside China than inside China, especially in countries like Italy, Iran and South Korea. Similarly, there is a news articles in the front page of all the editions of the Hindu, which reports that two more persons have been reported positive for COVID-19 from Delhi and Telangana. See, in the month of January 2020, three students from Kerala were tested positive with COVID-19 virus, but fortunately they recovered from the symptoms of coronavirus disease. So we can see that COVID-19 has affected majority of the world's population and also the business across the world, including India. In this context, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, that is OECD, has lowered its global growth forecast from 2.9% to 2.4% for the current financial year. See, OECD was established in 1961 as per the OECD Convention, and as the name indicates, the members of OECD work in addressing the challenges facing the world economy. Know that India is not a member of OECD and also the rest of the members of BRICS Grouping are also not members of OECD. Though India, Brazil, China are not members of OECD, still they are key partners of the organization and they significantly contribute to OECD's work. See, OECD releases its own economic outlook and you should not confuse OECD's economic outlook report with IMF's World Economic Outlook. And these reports are completely different. Therefore, in its interim March 2020 projections of OECD, it has lowered its global growth forecast from 2.9% to 2.4% for the current financial year. OECD has said that there is an adverse impact on business conference, financial markets and travel sector because of COVID-19 virus. It is also reported that there are global descriptions to supply chains mainly because of fears of Chinese-bound COVID virus. And we know that China is a strong manufacturing economy and because of COVID-19 outbreak, the industrial output has drastically reduced in China. And because of this, those countries which are strongly interconnected with the industrial outputs from China are heavily affected. If you remember during our 19th February analysis, we saw that imports of active pharmaceutical ingredients from China had been affected. So we can see that majority of the economies across the world are affected due to COVID-19 outbreak, including the Indian economy. Therefore, OECD has lowered India's GDP growth forecast for the financial year 2020-2021 from its earlier projection of 6.2% to 5.1%. So we can see that COVID-19 outbreak has brought considerable human suffering and major economic descriptions across the world. Also know that due to less industrial activity, demand for oil supplies also got reduced worldwide. Therefore, due to less demand, the oil prices coming down globally. And as a consequence of this, the public oil marketing companies in India have already reduced the prices of fuel. So we can see that each economic activity across the world is affected due to COVID-19 outbreak. And this is one of the negative aspects of globalization. So in order to keep the crude oil prices stable, the organization of petroleum exporting countries, that is OPEC organization, has reduced its output. Because of this decision, the oil prices are likely to remain stable. See, OPEC is a permanent intergovernmental organization of 14 oil exporting developing nations. Other oil exporting nations can join OPEC meetings as observers. In this context, you should know that India is not a member of OPEC, and the World Oil Outlook Report is released by OPEC. This is all about the discussion of all these news articles that are related to COVID-19 outbreak. To conclude these news articles, we have seen how the disease has a potential to affect the world's economy. And also we saw organizations like OECD and OPEC. With this, we have come to the end of analysis of these news articles. Now let us move on to the next news article analysis. This news article talks about departmental standing committees. We know that in our parliamentary system, there are two kinds of parliamentary committees. These are standing committees and ad hoc or temporary committees. See, standing committees work on a continuous basis, whereas ad hoc committees cease to exist when the task assigned to them is just completed. The syllabus relevant for the analysis of this news article is highlighted here for your reference. Based on the nature of functions performed by the standing committees, these committees are classified into six categories, and the classification is given here for your reference. See, today's news article is with reference to departmentally related standing committees. And these standing committees are based on specifically mentioned in the rule books of Lok Sabha and Rajasabha. You should know that there are 24 departmentally related standing committees in the parliament. Each of the committee will have set of related ministries and departments. For example, if you take the standing committee on science and technology, environment and forests, it deals with Ministry of Science and Technology, then Department of Space, then Ministry of Earth Sciences, then Department of Atomic Energy, and then Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. If you look at the strength of each standing committee, it will have a maximum of 31 members. And out of 31 members, 10 members are nominated by the chairman of Rajasabha from the members of the Rajasabha, and remaining 21 members are nominated by the speaker of Lok Sabha from the members of Lok Sabha. And know that a member of a committee can have a term of office of maximum of one year only. See, there is one more criteria that is to become a member of a departmentally related standing committee of the parliament. A member of parliament who is serving as a minister shall not be nominated as or shall not continue as a member of any department related standing committee. This is all about composition of standing committees and its term. Now, let us see the functions of each of these standing committees. And these committees have to consider and report on the demands for grants of the concerned ministries or departments. Then, they have to examine and report on the bills pertaining to the related ministries or departments. These are the bills that are referred to the committee by the chairman or the speaker. They will also consider and report on the annual reports of the ministries or the departments. Then, the other functions include, they have to consider and report on national basic long-term policy documents that are presented to the houses of the parliament. They will perform this function if it is referred by the chairman or the speaker of the Lok Sabha. One important thing is that these standing committees shall not consider matters of day-to-day administration of the related ministries or departments. So, these are some of the important functions with reference to department related parliamentary standing committees. See, the news article presents the statements made by the chairman of Rajasabha. That is, there is a general impression that the number of sittings in parliament is steadily decreasing. That is from about 100 to 150 sittings every year in 1950s to around 60 to 70 sittings in the present times. The vice president or chairman of Rajasabha has said that, in such a scenario, the sittings of departmental standing committees compensates the fewer sittings of the parliament. See, one sitting of parliament is usually around 6 hours. The news article reports that the departmental standing committees chaired by Rajasabha members have held about 20 meetings at the beginning of the budget session. They have discussed the budgeted demands of 18 ministries for about 63 hours. This roughly adds to almost 10 sittings of parliament. So, in this way, the chairman substantiated the compensated nature of standing committees to the fewer sittings of the parliament. In the context of this news article, we have discussed about parliament and standing committees in detail. The display practice question will be discussed at the end of the session. Now, let us proceed to the next news article analysis. This is a map-based question related to Turkey. And this question is based on a news article which mentions about the migrant issue from Turkey to Greece. Now, let us understand the background of the present situation. That is, Turkey is the neighbor of war-affected Syria and Turkey is home to millions of Syrian refugees. For the last few years, Syrian refugees staying in Turkey has been entering Greece, which is a European Union member. So, in 2016, EU and Turkey signed a deal to control the irregular migration from Middle East to European Union through the borders of Turkey. As a part of the deal, Turkey had actually closed its borders to prevent migration to European Union. In turn, Turkey was supposed to receive huge financial aid, and it was also agreed to re-energize Turkey's bid to become a European Union member. So, in this context, know that at present Turkey is NATO member, but not European Union member. So, a few days back, Turkey has announced that it had reached its capacity to carry migrants, and it would no longer stop refugees attempting to cross its borders. As a result, there was a large-scale migration of refugees from Turkey to the islands of Greece in the Aegean Sea. So, the article says that one of such boards carrying migrants campsized off the coast of Lesbos Islands of Greece. And as a result of campsites, it was reported death of a young boy. So, let us hope that these issues will get resolved at the earliest. Now, have a look at the question, which is based on the geographical borders of Turkey, and know that Turkey has a unique geographical position as it lies partly in Asia and partly in Europe. From this map, you can say that Turkey shares its land borders with Georgia and Armenia to the northeast, then Azerbaijan and Iran to the east, then Iraq and Syria to the southeast, and also with Bulgaria to the northwest. See, Greece and Bulgaria are the members of European Union. But if you look at the third statement, it mentions that Greece is the only European Union country with which Turkey shares land border. And this statement is incorrect because both Greece and Bulgaria share border with Turkey and they also the members of European Union. Now, if you look at the first statement, it says that Turkey shares border with Aegean Sea, Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea. From this map, it is clear that Turkey has long coastline with the Black Sea, Aegean Sea, and then Mediterranean Sea. And Turkey is far away from the Red Sea, which lies between Africa and the Middle East. Therefore, the first statement is also incorrect statement. Look at the second statement, it says that the state of Ketch separates the Asian Turkey from European Turkey. From this map, it is clear that the Sea of Marmara and the Bosporus State separates Asian Turkey from European Turkey. And know that the state of Ketch connects Sea of Azov with the Black Sea. Therefore, the given second statement is also incorrect statement. For this question, you have to choose incorrect statement. So, option D, 1, 2 and 3 is the correct answer for this question. Now, let us proceed to the next news article analysis. This question is based on Swathi weapon locating radar. And this question is framed based on the news article, which mentions about defense deal to supply Swathi weapon locating radar system. In this context, you should know about weapon locating radar, mainly for your prelims examination. See, Swathi weapon locating radar is an indigenous weapon locating radar system. And it has been designed and developed by Defense Research and Development Organization. Know that it is produced for Indian Army by Bharat Electronics Limited. And it has been handed over to Army in 2017. See, the radar automatically locates hostile artillery, then motors and also rocket launches. It can also track friendly fire to locate the impact point of friendly artillery fire to issue necessary corrections. It means that it can identify the impact of our own artillery on enemy vessels and guides us with precise location to target enemy vessels. See, the radar is designed for high mobility and then for quick deployment. The radar consists of radar shelter, then antenna and also necessary cooling mechanisms. See, the system is designed to survive odd situations and terrains of battlefield and also soft hostile electronic warfare. See, in 2017, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha, the then defense minister stated that after the requirements of Indian Army is fulfilled, the government may consider to export the same facility to friendly countries. So, in this direction, Bharat Electronics Limited got a defense deal from Armenia of worth 40 million dollars to supply Swathi Weapon Locating Radar System. Now, with this information, let's take up the question based on Swathi Weapon Locating Radar. For this question, two statements are given and you have to choose correct statements. First statement says it is an electronically scanned phased array radar. Then the second statement says it has been designed and developed by DRDO for Indian Army. So, the given two statements are correct statements. Therefore, for this question, option C, that is both 1 and 2, is the correct answer. This question is based on national pension system. See, this question was asked in 2017 UPSI prelims examination and they have given four options and you have to choose correct option for this question. So, in this contest, you should know about national pension scheme which was launched in 2004 with the objective of providing retirement income to all the citizens. And this scheme is applicable to all citizens of India between the age group of 18 to 65 years. But the option B says persons of age from 21 to 55 only. Therefore, option B is incorrect. See, NPS is available to all new employees of central government except armed forces but joining government service on or after 1st January 2004. But if you look at option D, it mentions that all central government employees including those of armed forces. So, we can say that option D is incorrect option. Know that national pension scheme also covers private employees and unorganized sector workers and non-resident Indians with bank accounts in India. Now, it is also extended to overseas citizens of India. So, we can say that NPS covers private employees, unorganized sector workers, non-resident Indians and also overseas citizens of India. But if you look at the option A, it mentions only resident Indian citizens. So, this option is also incorrect option. Now, if you look at the applicability of NPS, NPS is also applicable for all state government employees joining the service after the date of notification by the respective state governments. So, for this question, option C is the correct option. In this context, know that NPS is administered by Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority, which comes under the Ministry of Finance. The National Securities Depository Limited, that is NSDL handles the record keeping, then administration and also customer service functions. These are the important aspects of national pension scheme administered by the PFRDA under the Ministry of Finance. Now, if you look at the news article, it mentions the important scheme that is the national pension scheme for traders, shopkeepers and self-employed persons. So, in this context, we have given one practice question based on national pension scheme for traders, shopkeepers and self-employed persons. Here, two statements are given and you have to choose correct statements. Statement one says it is regulated by the same authorities regulating the national pension scheme. Then, second statement says a self-employed person with an annual turnover of not exceeding 1.5 crores is eligible under the scheme. See, this scheme was launched in 2019 by the Ministry of Labor and Employment. And for this scheme, retail traders or shopkeepers or self-employed persons who are in the age group of 18 to 40 years and having an annual turnover not exceeding 1.5 crores can join this scheme. Therefore, we can say that national pension scheme is implemented by Ministry of Finance whereas national pension scheme for traders, shopkeepers and self-employed persons is regulated by the Ministry of Labor So, for this question, first statement is incorrect and the second statement is correct statement. So, option B, two only is correct answer for this question. Now, if you look at the other eligibility for this scheme, they should not be engaged in organized sector having membership of NPS or EPF or ESIC and they should not be beneficiaries under Pradhanamantri Shamyogi Mandan. Then, another condition is that they should not be an income tax payer. So, these are certain eligibility criteria for the national pension scheme for traders, shopkeepers and self-employed persons. For this scheme, they should possess Aadhar card and a saving bank account or Jendan account with valid IFSC code and as per the scheme 50% of monthly contribution is payable by the beneficiary and equal matching contribution is paid by the central government. Therefore, as per the scheme after attending the age of 60 years the subscribers are eligible for a monthly minimum assured pension of 3,000 rupees. Here, the news article says that the Labour Ministry had set a target of 25 lakh enrolments for the current financial year. However, at present only 34,000 people have registered for the scheme. Therefore, in the context of this news article we have discussed about national pension scheme which is implemented by Ministry of Finance and also national pension scheme for traders, shopkeepers and self-employed persons which was launched in 2019 by the Ministry of Labour and Employment. With this, let us proceed to the next news article analysis. This question is based on long-term repo operations which is mentioned in this news article. Here, the news article says that RBI receives about 1.71 lakh crore in long-term repo operations. In this context, let us discuss about LTRO which is a tool used by the RBI to ensure that commercial banks are getting cash at the repo rate for long-term. See, repo rate is the rate at which RBI gives loans to the commercial banks by accepting the securities. So, it aims to ensure sufficient liquidity in the economy. Here, the operation is that RBI will purchase or buy government securities from the commercial banks and in turn provide them money for long-term needs that is for one year or for three years. And we know that there is already mechanism called liquidity adjustment facility that is LAF which allows banks to avail liquidity in case of requirement or parking excess funds with RBI in case of excess liquidity. In this case also, liquidity is provided against government securities. But this facility is usually available for a very limited period that is for seven days or for 14 days. Now, we'll see about Marginal Standing Facility which is a new liquidity adjustment facility launched by RBI in 2011. See, Marginal Standing Facility offers money to banks at a higher rate than the repo rate. Whereas long-term repo operations provide long-term loans at the prevailing repo rate. Know that recently, RBI has decided to conduct long-term repo operations for one year and three year terms for a total amount of 1 lakh crores at the policy repo rate level. Therefore, as per the news article, RBI has conducted two LTROs in the month of February. And this article is about the third LTRO conducted by Reserve Bank of India which is also for 25,000 crore rupees. But it has received bids for more than 1,71,000 crore from the commercial banks. So it has been over-subscribed. In addition, RBI will also conduct another LTRO worth of about 25,000 crores in the coming days. With this information, now let's take up the question. For this question, they have given two statements and you have to choose correct statement. Statement one says, RBI uses LTRO to provide loans to the needy banks at the prevailing repo rate for long-term up to 10 years. And second statement says, LTRO will be an addition to the existing marginal-standing facility. In the given statements, the first statement is incorrect because it is a tool used by RBI to ensure that commercial banks are getting cash at the repo rate for long-term basis. That is for one year or for three years. But the statement mentions up to 10 years. So the given first statement is incorrect statement. And the second statement is correct because RBI conducts long-term operations in addition to the existing marginal-standing facility operations. Know that LTROs will be conducted on the E-Kuber platform of the RBI. It is the core banking solutions of the RBI, which gives high degree of access to commercial banks and other institutions to their current account with the RBI. So for this question option B, that is two only is the correct option. Let's start our practice question session. Now let's take up this question, which is based on OECD. They have given three statements and you have to choose incorrect statements. First statement says, it is a permanent intergovernmental organization of oil-exporting developing nations that works towards the economic and social development of the world. Then second statement says, India is a member of OECD. Then the third statement says, it releases world economic outlook. So to answer this question, you should know about OECD, that is the organization for economic cooperation and development. It was established in 1961 as a forum for governments to share experiences and seek solutions to common economic and social problems. It was established as per the OECD convention, which was signed in 1960. The OECD acts in collaboration with its member governments to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world. Therefore, in practice, the OECD promotes free market policies and trade. Now, if you look at the first statement, it is mentioned as a permanent intergovernmental organization of oil-exporting developing nations. In fact, this statement is valid for OPEC nations, but not for OECD. Therefore, the first statement is incorrect statement. And if you look at the membership of OECD, at present it consists of 36 members and India is not a member of OECD. But India is the key partner of organization for economic cooperation and development. See, OECD also releases an economic outlook, but it is not the world economic outlook which is released by IMF. Therefore, all the given statements are incorrect statement. So for this question, the correct answer is option D, 1, 2 and 3 only. Now let's take up this question which is based on department-related parliamentary standing committees. They have given two statements and you have to choose correct statements. Statement 1 says, at the maximum strength of a committee, most of the members are from the house of the people. Then the second statement says, chairpersons of most of the committees are appointed by the chairman of Rajasabha. See, the maximum strength of a department-related standing committee is 31 and out of these 31 members, 10 members are to be nominated by the chairman of Rajasabha from the members of Rajasabha and the remaining 21 members are nominated by the speaker of Lok Sabha from the members of Lok Sabha. So in such case of maximum strength, most of the members are from house of the people which is also known as Lok Sabha. Therefore, the first statement is correct statement. Know that a member of a committee can have a term of office of maximum of one year only. And a member of parliament who is serving as a minister shall not be nominated as the member or shall not continue as a member of any department-related standing committees. Now look at the second statement. It says that chairpersons of most of the committees are appointed by the chairman of Rajasabha. See at present there are 24 department-related standing committees and these are grouped into two parts. The first part has eight committees and the second part has 16 committees. For the eight committees in the first part, the chairperson of the committees is appointed by the chairman of Rajasabha from the members of the committee. And for the remaining 16 committees in the second part, the chairperson of the committee is appointed by the speaker of Lok Sabha from the members of the committee. So this means that chairpersons of most of the department-related standing committees are appointed by the speaker of Lok Sabha but not by the chairperson of the Rajasabha. So the given second statement is incorrect statement. Therefore, for this question, option A, one only is the correct answer. Now let's take up one practice main's question which was asked in 2018 UPS main's examination in GS2 paper. Here the question is why do you think the committees are considered to be useful for parliamentary work? Discuss in this context the role of the Estimates Committee. This is a 10 marks question and you can write in 150 words. For this question, you can post your written answers in the comment section and your posted answers will be evaluated and suitable feedback will be given in the reasonable timeframe. With this, we have come to the end of analysis of today's Indian News Analysis. If you like the video, please do like, share, comment and subscribe Shankar Ayesh Akalmi YouTube channel for more updates. Thank you.