CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The state of Western Australia and Andhra Pradesh signed a Sister State Agreement in December 2016, and since then both parties have been working together to establish public and private sector partnerships in a variety of fields.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sister-State relationships are partnerships between governments, but require active and ongoing participation by the private sector to sustain the relationship. Because the State’s capacity to manage Sister-State relationships is finite, a means of terminating moribund or defunct relationships should be provided.