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Public Relations Failure : Exxon

maddy — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:40:02 +0000

Many companies and organizations have had to deal with a crisis during their history. Only a very
few, however, come to represent corporate incompetence and irresponsibility through one critical event. Oil company Exxon is among them…click here to read the case

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

Bhumik — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:50:08 +0000

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.

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

Bhumik — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:45:20 +0000

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.

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

Bhumik — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:40:40 +0000

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

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

Bhumik — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:35:57 +0000

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.

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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A Case Study on Participatory Irrigation Management in Andhra Pradesh

Bhumik — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:30:33 +0000

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.

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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A Case Study on Impact of the Provisions of the Panchayat

Bhumik — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:25:04 +0000

A Study about Impact of the Provisions of the Panchayats

Dindori district is situated at the eastern part of Madhya Pradesh touching Chhattisgarh state. It touches Shahdol in east, Mandla in west, Umaria in north, and Bilaspur district of Chattisgarh State in south.The District Headquarter is located at a distance of 144 Kms. from Jabalpur on State Highways – 21, 104 Kms. from Mandla District Headquarter Whereas 88 Kms. from holy place Amarkantak, boardering to Chattishgarh state. It is located at 81.34 degree longitude and 21.16 degree latitude.The holy river Narmada passes through the district at its initial stage. It is situated at a height of 1100 meters above sea level, covering herbal-rich forest base through out Maikal mountain ranges. Administratively, the district is comprises of 7 Janpad Panchayats wherein 349 Gram Panchayats having population of 6,11,996 with tribal dominance.

Mandla district falls in the North Hills Zone (Zone 9) of the Agroclimatic Regions which is characterized by comparatively poor soil, high slopes and medium rainfall. Mandla district is Surounded by Jabalpur and Shahdol districts in the North, Bilaspur and Rajnandgaon districts in the East, Seoni district in the West and Balaghat district in the South.Administratively, Mandla district comprises of 9 Janpad Panchayats wherein 475 Gram panchayats having population of 8,93,908 with tribal dominance. Keep reading…

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A Case Study on Evaluation of Post Matric Scholarships (PMS)

Bhumik — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:20:29 +0000

A Case Study about Evaluation of Post Matric Scholarships (PMS)

Executive Summary:~ Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are the most disadvantaged groups of the Indian society. Due to socio-historical and geographical isolation socio-economic development has bypassed them so Central and State Governments have adopted many affirmative actions and strategies for their protection, welfare and development. The Constitutional safeguards in the form of reservations in legislature, Parliament, admissions in educational institutions, and jobs in government and Public enterprises establishing National Commission for SCs, STs and Safai Karmacharis, Protection of Civil Rights (PCR) Act, 1955 & Prevention of Atrocities (POA) Act, 1989 are some of the important measures.

The socioeconomic up-liftment had been undertaken through various economic and social empowerment programmes of provision of livelihoods, amenities, infrastructure facilities and educational development programmes through Finance Corporations, skill development, training and educational development programmes. The Central and State governments are adopting special strategies of Scheduled Caste Sub Plan and Tribal Sub Plan as a comprehensive strategies for the overall development of SCs and STs in the country with outlays specifying for their targeted development to minimise the socio-economic gaps between these disadvantaged groups and the rest of the population for an egalitarian society. Keep reading…

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A Case Study on Socio-economic Improvement of Scavengers in Rajasthan

Bhumik — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:15:43 +0000

A Case Study about Socio-economic Improvement of Scavengers in Rajasthan

Introduction: An important feature of the Indian caste system is that a particular occupation is associated with each caste. While higher castes enjoy wide range of choices in occupations, the unclean jobs got associated with lower castes which include sweeping streets, cleaning drains and sewers, removal of human and animal waste, leather processing, raising of pigs and the like. As most towns and villages did not have flush latrines, sweepers were manually handling human excreta and carry it on their heads. Leather work includes handling of dead animals and removal of their skin and hence, it is also viewed unclean. Such jobs are considered not only polluting but are also of low paid which included payment in the form of left –over from kitchen as well.

The group of scavengers is placed lowest in caste-based hierarchy. Its members are bound not only by traditional obligations and customary rules to practice this ubiquitous occupation but mythological sanctions also oblige them to carry night soil physically for disposal. Everyone borne in the sub-caste of scavengers is destined to take up this subhuman profession (Phatak, 1991). Stephen Fuchs (1998) placed them at the bottom of Indian society i.e. lowest of all low castes. Despite, they are not without some social gradation: some are considered superior to others, their rank being determined by the respective origin, and the type of work they perform. The lowest place is occupied by those who manually clean latrines where scavengers come in direct contact with human excreta. The scavengers cleaning latrines are grossly underpaid, quite often abused and living a life of degradation. Keep reading..

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Case Study on Transformation of Rural Economy

Bhumik — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:10:41 +0000

Case Study about Transformation of Rural Economy

The major objectives and hypotheses of the study are : impact of transformation on rural women workers and entrepreneurs in un-organized sector; migration, skill development, level of income and standard of living, women empowerment, etc. The following methodology is followed: Two backward and two developed districts from out of 35 districts in the state have been selected to make a comparative analysis. From each of the 4 districts, 2 blocks each (i.e. 8 blocks) were selected. Again from each block 10 villages (or total 80 villages) were selected. Finally, from each village 10 women workers/entrepreneurs, ere selected or 80 X 10 = 800 total sample. Keep reading…

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