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by | May 21, 2013

A Case Study on Evaluation of SGSY In Selected Blocks of Madhya Pradesh

A Study about Evaluation of SGSY In Selected Blocks of Madhya Pradesh

The SGSY, a centrally sponsored Scheme of the Ministry of Rural Development, is the largest credit-based poverty alleviation programme in the world. Addressing removal of poverty has been a cornerstone of the planning process in India since the beginning of development planning in the fifties. However, a direct programme of attacking poverty and unemployment was introduced only with the Fourth Five Year Plan. Learning from gaps and shortcomings in implementation of the preceding programmes, the SGSY in its design encompasses many factors to make it comprehensive and holistic.

Case Study on Evaluation of SGSY

Underlying the conception is the objective of bringing the poor above the poverty line by make them self employed through promotion of economic activities facilitated by the availability of credit. Formation of homogenous groups of the poor into SHGs of 10-15 persons, identification of a few key economic activities which they can start, availability of credit and subsidy, provision of appropriate training, establishment of marketing linkages and infrastructure are the key elements of the programme. Keep reading…

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by | May 21, 2013

A Case Studies on Multiple Impacts of Droughts and Assessment of Drought Policy in Major Drought Prone States in India

A Studies about Multiple Impacts of Droughts and Assessment of Drought Policy in Major Drought Prone States in India

Introduction: Drought is one of the most frequently occurring national disasters in India. With its increased frequency and expanded coverage in the recent years, about one third of the country is either drought prone or under desert areas. These areas are lagging behind in agriculture and also in overall economic growth. They experience wide year-to-year fluctuations in agricultural production and incomes and have a relatively high incidence of poverty. The poor in these regions are highly vulnerable to a variety of risks due to their low and fluctuating incomes, high indebtedness and low human development.

Case Study on Droughts and Assessment

Helping the poor to come out of vulnerability and poverty and integrating the drought prone areas into the mainstream of development is a serious challenge faced by policy makers at present. Droughts and famines have received attention of rulers in India right from the 13th and 14th century. Muhammad Tughlakh was perhaps the first Sultan to take systematic steps to alleviate efforts of droughts by distributing grains to drought affected people in Delhi in 1343 AD (Loveday 1985). This approach was followed and improved upon by Mughals and many other kings and rulers later on. During the British period also efforts were made to provide relief to droughts / famine affected people by organizing relief works and food distribution, distribution of fodder, loans to farmers to start cultivation in the next season etc. Keep reading..

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by | May 21, 2013

A Case Studies for Livelihood Options Assets Creation out of Special Component Plan (SCP)

A Studies about Livelihood Options Assets Creation out of Special Component Plan (SCP)

Executive Summary: Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are the disadvantaged sections of the society due to socio-economic exploitation and isolation since a long time. Scheduled Castes (SCs) constitute about 166.6 million representing 16.23% of the total population of India (2001 Census). Scheduled Castes (SCs), since long, have been relegated to low income generating occupations, inferior trades, unhygienic environment and menial occupations. Though un-touchability has been abolished by the Constitution, caste rigidities continues to confine many SC workers in low occupations. The main concentration in Uttar Pradesh (35.1 million), West Bengal (18.4 million), Tamil Nadu (11.8 million), Andhra Pradesh (12.3 million) and Bihar (11.3 million). SCs are rural in their habitation (78%) and majority of them are agricultural labourers (46%) with only 20% of them are cultivators. The important development indicators of literacy (54.7%), IMR (83%), rural poverty (36%), urban poverty (38%) show large disparity with the general population

Case Study on Special Component Plan

The population of Scheduled Tribes (STs) is 84.3 million (2001 Census) constituting 8.2% of the total population of the country. STs have their own distinctive culture and are geographically isolated with low socio-economic conditions. More than half of the ST population is concentrated in the five States of Madhya Pradesh (14.51%), Maharashtra (10.2%), Orissa (9.7%), Gujarat (8.9%), and Rajasthan (8.4%). Among them 91.7% of STs live in rural areas and only 8.3% live in urban areas. About 45% of STs are cultivators and 40% are engaged as agricultural labourers. The socio-economic indicators of literacy (47%), IMR (84%), rural poverty (46%), urban poverty (35%) show the disparity and low level of development among them. Keep reading…

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by | May 21, 2013

A Case Study of Food Related Nutritional Deficiency in KBK Districts of Orissa

A Study about Food Related Nutritional Deficiency in KBK Districts of Orissa

Executive Summary:~ Malnutrition continues to be the wide spread problem in Orissa even though there has been significant improvements in food production and advancements in science during the last fifty years. Not only that various poverty alleviation programmes had been implemented in the past to bring in overall economic improvements of the poor but also many nutrition related programmes like the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS), including Supplementary Nutrition, Nutrition and Health Education, Health Care, Immunisation and Childhood Care and pre-School Education (ECCE), National and State Old Age Programme (NOAP and SOAP), Mid-day-Meal Programme (MDM), Emergency Feeding Programme etc have been launched in the State for past many years. This apart, other social security programmes as well as programmes exclusively benefiting women are also being launched in the state. Malnutrition is, therefore, a very serious problem and a real challenge before the administration and the society at large.

Case Study on Food Related Nutritional Deficiency

The undivided districts of Kalahandi, Balangir and Koraput of Orissa, popularly known as the KBK region is a typical region that has drawn the attention of the world because of persistent poverty and mal-nutrition as a result of multifaceted undeveloped characteristics despite quite a large number of development endeavours have been put in place by the State, Centre and various non-government organisations in this region. As it is Orissa is continuing to be poor as compared to all other states in the country as per the official estimates released by Government of India at various intervals. But the fact remains that this KBK region has specific rudimentary problems as compared to the rest of Orissa for which the region continues to remain backward. Keep reading…

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by | May 21, 2013

A Case Study on Participatory Irrigation Management in Andhra Pradesh

A Study about Participatory Irrigation Management in Andhra Pradesh

Introduction: This study gains importance, as there is change in political leadership, which led to new thinking on the PIM. Having completed minimum rehabilitation, it is time for WUAs to concentrate on water management. Others states in the country are looking closely at the experience of AP, which has made a large-scale intervention in PIM. The outcome of this experiment will determine the direction of PIM in the country. The study looked into outcome of PIM based on its current stage and tried to map future needs looking into experience so far and priorities emerging in the context of next generation reforms.

Case Study on Participatory Irrigation Management

Methodology: Participatory irrigation management is reviewed mainly with the objective of understanding in-depth, the problem, its dimensions and the actual reasons for the problems involved in getting adequate water for irrigation. Meeting with many WUA members gave a different dimensions regarding PIM. The study began with a consultation with the principal secretary and other senior officials at the state level, followed by extensive discussions with field officials, who provided insights on issues that need to be focused by the study. The fieldwork was completed between January and March 2005. The books and records were also consulted and secondary data was collected from the officials during the visit. Keep reading…

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by | May 21, 2013

A Study on Inclusive Education Reform in Bangladesh

A Study about Inclusive Education Reform in Bangladesh

Inclusive education (IE) has been recognized as a key strategy to ensure education for all in the developing world for the last two decades. As a developing country, Bangladesh is striving to address IE by undergoing various initiatives such as policy reform, awareness creation and teacher development. This paper based on a qualitative approach attempts to explore pre-service teachers’ responses to include students with special educational needs (SEN) in regular classrooms in primary schools.

Case Study on Inclusive Education

A one-on-one interview was conducted with 20 pre-service teachers who were enrolled in a teacher education program of one public university in Bangladesh. The findings revealed from the study indicate that majority of the preservice teachers have unfavourable attitudes to include students with SEN in regular classrooms. Misconception and lack of knowledge about disabilities are revealed from most of the pre-service teachers’ responses. Further large class size, high workloads, inflexible curriculum policy of primary education and inadequate experiential learning facilities of teacher education program are identified as barriers to IE reform. Several issues are discussed as implications in order to promote better inclusive practices in regular primary education. Keep Reading…

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by | May 20, 2013

A Case Study on Disaster Risk Reduction in School Curricula

Study about Disaster Risk Reduction in School Curricula

Executive Summary: The most frequently found approach to DRR integration is that of infusion, i.e., disaster-related themes and topics that are woven into speci!c school subjects. DRR is, for the most part, integrated into a narrow band of subjects, typically the physical and natural sciences, although there are examples of its appearance across a wider range of subjects.

Case Study on Disaster Risk Reduction

There are a limited number of examples of DRR appearing as the primary focus or key strand within a special new subject area. Moreover, there is little evidence of cross-curricular linkages being forged nor of an interdisciplinary approach being adopted. If horizontal integration is not prominent, neither is vertical integration of DRR learning at the primary and secondary grade levels. Keep reading…

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by | May 20, 2013

A Case Study in Financing and Incentive Schemes for Municipal Waste Management

A Study about Financing and Incentive Schemes for Municipal Waste Management

Introduction: Local authorities in Belgium have 2 ways of financing their municipal waste management: via the ‘household waste tax’ or ‘environmental tax’, and via payments for waste bags, or containers or the frequency of waste collection. The household waste tax and the environmental tax are fixed amounts which every household has to pay each year. The payments on the other hand, are made, for instance, each time a grey waste bag is bought. They therefore constitute a variable household levy.

case study on Municipal Waste Management

In the Province of Flemish Brabant the payments for residual waste bags (‘grey bags’) are higher than in the rest of Flanders. This has a positive influence on the amount of municipal waste set out, and on the efforts made by householders in sorting their waste. The expensive grey bag system is an example of a pay-as-you-throw scheme. Keep reading…

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by | May 20, 2013

Case Study on Arete Executive

Case Study about Arete Executive

Arete Executive is a true Executive Search specialist. A boutique “headhunter”, Arete identifies who’s who in the marketplace, engages with high-calibre candidates and connects them to their employer of choice. Working with a Performance-Based Hiring methodology, we attract highly-renowned leaders to business critical senior management and executive roles for our clients.

Case Study on Arete Executive

We pursue both active and passive candidates across Australia and the world to produce an extensive, targeted candidate list for each assignment. Simply, we listen to our clients and canvas the entire market to bring them the most skilled person for the job. Keep reading…

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by | May 20, 2013

A Case Study on Non-Government Organizations: Problems & Remedies in India

A Study about Non-Government Organizations: Problems & Remedies in India

Abstract: NGO are non-profit making agencies that are constituted with a vision by a group of like minded people, committed for the uplift of the poor, marginalized, unprivileged, underprivileged, impoverished, downtrodden and the needy and they are closer and accessible to the target groups. Фlexible in administration, quicker in decision making, timely in action and facilitating the people towards self-reliance ensuring their fullest participation in the whole process of development. The achievements and success of NGOs in various fields and the excellent work done by them in specific areas is no doubt a tremendous task that has helped to meet the changing needs of the social system. However, insprite of its achievements in various fields, NGOs are facing different problems which differ from organization to organization, region to region. In this context, an attempt is made in this paper to discuss some of the common problems faced by the NGOs and to give some remedies to overcome these problems.

Case Study on Problems & Remedies in India

Introduction: Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) have become an irresistible global force today. The non-governmental sector, also known as voluntary sector, is growing in relation to its presence in developmental activities. Its role in the sphere of human development is now widely recognized and accepted in most parts of the universe. Basically, an NGO or voluntary organisations are non-profit making agencies that are constituted with a vision by a group of like minded people, committed for the uplift of the poor, marginalized, unprivileged, underprivileged, impoverished, downtrodden and the needy and they are closer and accessible to the target groups, flexible in administration, quicker in decision making, timely in action and facilitating the people towards selfreliance ensuring their fullest participation in the whole process of development. keep reading…

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