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Keyword: Livelihoods, innovation, waste pickers, solid waste
Over
past few decades of growth in population and economy has led to rise of
middle-class consumer culture in Gujarat and have also brought increasing
amounts of solid waste to its urban areas. Though innovations in consumer
products have brought great convenience and sanitation in people’s lives but on
other hand it has increased the amount of trash to many folds. Increase in the
waste pile at dump-site is going to continue further and major part of it will
come from the urban users. This paper discusses the socio and economic
contribution of informal waste pickers of Ahmedabad. This paper also states the
solid waste management done by the waste pickers and their livelihood pattern.
The study is conducted at Ahmedabad as it has been one of the leading growing
urban areas of Gujarat and it is becoming more integrated into global
economy. Such rapid growth demands more
concerns about balanced development integrating economy, environment and
people.
Keyword: Vulnerability Assessment, Climate Change Vulnerability
Index, Coastal Management Policy
Climate change is a very big term which has been
there since the earth was evolved. Climate change occurs naturally but has
increased after the interference of anthropogenic activities. The impacts of
climate change can be observed all over the world. The impacts are observed in
agriculture, transport, forestry, coastal etc. Majorly the impacts of climate
change are on the agricultural sector and on coastal sector. Coastal life is
very important as one third population resides near the coast. Most of the
people residing nearby the coast are directly or indirectly relying on coast
for their livelihood which also has direct as well as indirect impacts on the
marine life. Coastal area is one of the key systems for global sustainability.
Coastal regions gained importance because of multiple uses, like high
productivity of the ecosystem, highly concentrated population, industry
friendly, waste disposal, tourism, transportation, strategic planning in
military and many more. These coasts are always in a dynamic state trying to
change, and nature always work for maintaining the equilibrium. Despite all
that Indian coasts are under threat due to multiple stresses like global
climate change and human intervention. These stresses are driving
vulnerabilities like sea-level rise, coastal erosion, frequent extreme events,
and saltwater encroachment. In this scenario, coastal management has become one
of the very important issues in last two decades. Thus, coastal vulnerability
assessment methods have been developed to identify and manage vulnerable areas
over the coast. Proper planning and protection strategies for Indian coast must
be taken swiftly by the coastal management and policy makers to safeguard
coastal ecosystem and livelihoods. In recent years, there has been much focus
on the coastal vulnerability assessments using various kinds of data.
Keyword: Corona Virus, Social distancing, Latent
functions, Social Impact
The novel
Corona Virus (COVID-19) pandemic has been considered the greatest public health
threat at all over the world since December-2019. In the absence of vaccines
and particular medicine, countries around the world are implementing various
forms of 'Social Distancing' as a policy to slow down the virus spread. Social
distancing has multiple perspectives. This study shows it as a physical
distance but in sociology, it shows a different perspective. This is normative
social distance. In the crisis of COVID-19 in India, the Government has ordered
a nationwide lockdown. Lockdown is a forced situation. The citizens cannot move
to another place without permission and its violation is punishable. On the
other side it is functional to society at personal, family, and wider levels.
During this unlimited time people have a golden chance for mental and physical
comfort. There is some latent function due to lockdown. This is very important
as said by sociologist Merton and other functionalists.
Methodology
This is an
online survey of the people. The main objectives of this paper are …
To know the
impact of lockdown at Personal level
To know the
changing division of labour during the lockdown
To know the
latent function of lockdown
The sample
consists of 200 respondents living in India.
The
sociological term of functional analysis and social distance is included in
this paper.
The paper is organized as follows. Part-I is on the introduction which
includes basic concepts about COVID-19. The second part is on the methodology.
The third part shows personal profile of the respondents. The forth part is on
data analysis and discussion and the final part shows some important
suggestions and conclusions
Keyword: Indian Philosophy; Western Poetry;
Socio-cultural influences; Vedanta
Indian Philosophy is a vast ocean of knowledge.
Owing to India’s colonial history, many scholars from across the globe have
come to witness the grandeur of its literature including the Vedas and other
ancient scriptures. W.B. Yeats is a name that every literature scholar calls
out with utmost respect as he has contributed immensely to the literary
discourse. He openly accepted the great influence of Indian Philosophy on his
enormous collection of poetry. His later work, shows greater depth and
spiritual growth, which undeniably reflects his vast reading of Indian
scriptures (some of which he translated into English). In the present paper,
the researcher ventures through his spiritual journey and analyzes his poetry
from the lenses of Indian philosophy. The present research contains the
critical re-assessment of Yeats’s celebrated poems and their uncanny
resemblance with many aspects and contexts of Indian Philosophy.
Keyword: Plumeria alba L., Agar Well Diffusion Method,
E-coli, Fusarium oxysporum.
The study was focused on the antimicrobial
activity of leaves of Plumeria alba L. In this research, antibacterial and
antifungal activities of the plant material was assessed. Plumeria alba L.
belongs to Apocynaceae family. Apocynaceae family members have maximum number
of alkaloids, which are highly toxic in nature. For antimicrobial activity Agar
Well Diffusion method was used. E-coli culture was selected to assess
antibacterial activity and Fusarium oxysporum fungus was selected to assess
antifungal activity. Different concentrations of methanolic and ethanolic
leaves extracts were used for the activities. Both the plant extracts showed
positive results against E-coli and Fusarium oxysporum. Ethanolic extracts
showed better positive results as compare to methanolic extracts. So, it can be
concluded that Plumeria alba L. leaves has antibacterial and antifungal
activities, which can be used in different pesticide preparation or else for
preparation in different medicines.
Keyword: medicinal plants, traditional, health, herbal,
phytochemicals.
Medicinal Plants play an important role in the
development of potent therapeutic agents. About 80% of people in developing
countries rely on traditional medicine based largely on various species of
plants for their primary health care. Herbal medicines are currently in demand
and their popularity is increasing day by day. Hence, keeping the present need
in mind, the present study was undertaken to assess the presence of
phytochemicals in the crude powdered sample of Centella asiatica (L.) Urb.
leaves.
Keyword: domestic workers, domestic
help services agencies, professionalization of domestic work
For every
working men and women, managing domestic work is as crucial as managing
careers. Domestic work takes up significant part of one’s time and is crucial
to leading a comfortable and healthy life.
In the
Indian cultural context, domestic work is the responsibility of women. With
increasing workforce participation of women in urban areas role of domestic
workers assumes added significance.
Research
objectives – The objective of this paper is to provide an insight into
‘Domestic Help Sector Professional Agencies’ working to provide manpower for
cleaning, caretaking, cooking and other household work, and their initiatives
in formalizing the sector.
Methodology
– The paper is based on an on-going Doctoral Research study. This
exploratory study is based on mixed methods of data collection, with use of a
structured questionnaire, as well as personal interviews.
Relevance
to the field of social work and law - The National Commission for Enterprises
in the Unorganised Sector (NCEUS) under the chairmanship of Arjun Sengupta
studied the Condition of Work and Promotion of Livelihoods in Unorganized
Sector. Domestic Workers, as part of the unorganized workforce, were studied
under the category of ‘wage workers’. The study showed that more than 80% of
domestic workers were paid less than minimum wages, both in urban and rural
areas. They have no rights to workers' compensation, weekly holidays and
minimum wages. Various Bills for domestic workers were introduced in 1990,
1996, and 2010.
However
still there is no Act enacted for them. The NCEUS recommended system for
registration of domestic workers, to fix a minimum wage, and to legislate on to
regulate conditions of employment, social security and security of employment.
The Unorganised Workers Social Security Act was enacted in 2008; however, it
was not implemented in its true sense. A draft on National Policy on Domestic
Workers is published in Jan 19, and the draft proposed mechanism for regulation
of placement agencies handling domestic workers, right to enhance their
professional skills and have access to courts and tribunals.
Major
results - One of the key expected outcome of this paper is analysing the
services provided by the existing ‘Domestic Help Services Agencies’, in
Ahmedabad city.
Implications
- To address various issues of Domestic workers the Domestic Help Sector need
to organise themselves and have more professional approach towards their work.
Many Domestic help sector agencies are now operating in urban areas and through
Digital online platforms. These agencies are catalysts for giving recognition
to the Domestic workers and deliver professional services for household
work.
Domestic
work and workers continue to remain ‘invisible’ in national statistics, mostly
due to low social status attached to the type of work. Moreover, the domestic
workers are prey to all forms of abuse, harassment, ill-treatment and
exploitation.
So far
only as the Domestic workers have no coverage under any present Labour Laws,
their inclusion in mainstream workforce is a challenge, which can be
effectively handled by having such professional agencies working for their
development and recognition.
Keyword: Gender, Sex-Ratio, Sex-Selection, Patriarchy,
gender discrimination.
The
composition of population by gender is one of the primary demographic
characteristics of human population. Gender composition reflects fertility,
mortality and migration character of a given population. There are different
indicator, but sex-ratio is one of the best indictors to measure gender balance
in urban and rural life.
The
overall sex-ratio (OSR) nationwide (the number of females per 1000 males) in
2011 census has improved by seven percent to 940 against 933 in census of 2001.
The provisional data in 2011 census shows that the child sex-ratio (0 to 6)
comes down to 914 female per 1000 males against 927 in 2001. This trend creates
issues and challenges before urban and rural Indian population. This is an
issue of great concern.
Aims
/ Objectives
The
present paper aims at studying the trends and patterns of child sex-ratio in
India.
The
main objectives are to examine the causes for declining ratio of girl-children
and its challenges.
Methodology
The
study is based on secondary data such as census of India. It is also confined
to various previous empirical researcher and our own observations.
Discussion
The gender
composition in population focuses the trends and issues of status of girl
child. Why millions of female-foetuses in India are killed before they are born
way many of girl children do not reach the age of six ? What are the causes of
such discrimination? What are our challenges? Is that due to gender bias? These
are some of the points of concern & discussion.
Conclusion
This paper
examines the spatial as temporal analysis on trends as well as patterns of
sex-ratio. There are many causes, but preference for male-child and
socio-cultural values are still the major cause for gender inequality. Declined
child sex-ratio leads to future challenges. Therefore rigorous efforts are need
to solve the issues of gender balance so far as Indian population is concerned.
Keyword: Women, Disasters, Crisis, Vulnerability, Laws,
Policies, India
Disasters
have had an impact on the lives of women all around the world. Generally women
are looked at in disasters only as victims despite of the fact that the
majority of victims in disasters are women and children. The central role of
women in facing the aftermath of disasters is totally neglected. Disasters have
continued to exact a heavy toll and, as a result, the well-being and safety of
persons, communities and countries as a whole have been affected. Over 700
thousand people have lost their lives, over 1.4 million have been injured and
approximately 23 million have been made homeless as a result of disasters.
Overall, more than 1.5 billion people have been affected by disasters in
various ways, with women, children and people in vulnerable situations
disproportionately affected. The total economic loss was more than $1.3
trillion.i It has been observed that more than half of the victims in past
disasters were women and they are not having any technical knowledge about
disaster occurrence in general.ii Empowering women in planning, and decision
making related to strategies for the Disaster Management is still needed.
This Paper suggests social inclusion of women by way of increasing
capacity building and reducing vulnerability level for the better recovery,
relief and rehabilitation aftermath of disasters.
Keyword: Antioxidants;
Antimicrobial, Flavonoid; Medicinal plants; Phenol
There are worries
about utilizing manufactured phenolic cancer prevention agents, for example,
butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) and butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) as food added
substances in light of the announced negative impacts on human wellbeing. In
this way, a substitution of these synthetics by cancer prevention agent
extractions from different nourishments has been proposed. In excess of 8000
diverse phenolic mixes have been described; foods grown from the ground are the
prime wellsprings of normal cell reinforcements. So as to concentrate, measure,
and distinguish bioactive mixes from a wide assortment of foods grown from the
ground, scientists utilize various procedures and strategies. This survey
incorporates a short depiction of a wide scope of various measures. The cancer
prevention agent, antimicrobial, and anticancer properties of phenolic normal
items from leafy foods are additionally talked about.