SOUTH INDIA JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
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School Teachers' Perceptions of the Effectiveness of ICT-based Professional Development Programs
Get PDFAs new technologies and scientific advances have taken place, the present era appears to be completely incommensurable with the past. The rate of change has accelerated dramatically since the advent of information and communication technologies (ICT). All aspects of our lives have been affected by these changes, from science and technology to culture, politics, and education. The paradigm shift sparked by the advent of information and communication technology (ICT) is profound. The present era appears to be a new world in which previous fictions seem to come true. Adoption of these changes is seemingly essential for the survival of all humans living on this planet. Recently, the world witnessed the terrible COVID-19 pandemic attack. The pandemic, as a change, had an impact on all aspects of people's lives. Everyone realised the importance of ICT at a time when they were helpless. ICT, like other fields, aids teachers and students in the teaching-learning process. People recognised ICT's potential in the form of e-learning, mobile learning, online learning, digital learning, and mobile app usability, among other things. In a nutshell, one should keep up with changes and need to adopt them critically. Professionals should stay up-to-date on new knowledge and skills in their field. To put it another way, they need to be a part of a programme that helps them grow as professionals
Impact of Uranium Mining on Women's Health in Tribal Belt
Get PDFOver the past 200 years, industrialization has been responsible for increasing pollution and leading to increased degradation of air, water and land resources. Exploitation of natural resources has devastating effects upon environment, people's health, quality of life; particularly for women and children. They are exposed to toxic substances present in the environment which make them susceptible to various and serious health problems. Women have always been passive participants in development yet they are the key agents of sustainable and health development strategies. Women have actively played a significant role in protecting the environment. They have contributed actively in identifying the environmental problems and planning activities to gear up the sustainable development of their communities. Women from the rural area and marginalized communities are always socially excluded and have suffered the ill-effects of development, pollution and environmental destruction
Dynamic relationship between commodities and Indian Stock Market
Get PDFoai:ojs2.journal.sijss.com:article/3Now-a-days, the interconnectedness between the economies of the world is enhancing significantly. All the markets around the globe are interlinked with each other especially after the globalization. The relationship among all the asset classes has gradually deepened.Any fluctuations in the price of an asset class have a direct or indirect impact on other asset classes like the prices of commodities trade over the world have an impact on all the asset classes around the world. As far as a country like India is concerned, the country isthe largest importer of all the major commodities like gold, crude oil, copper, etc. So, when there are any fluctuations arising in the prices of these commodities, it leads to the fluctuations in the stock market which is also known as "Spillover Effect". Commodities and Stock Market are showing significant linkage over the number of years as the prices of the commodities have dual impact on the stock market
Performance of West Bengal State Bus Transport Corporations: A Scale and Cost Analysis
Get PDFThe road transport corporations act, 1950 was enacted to offer an efficient and economical system of road transport service in the country1. Road transportation has appeared as the leading part in India's transport sector with a share of 4.7 percent in India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2009-10 which is higher than Railways by 1 percent share2. India is the second most populous nation in the world and the seventh largest country in South Asia by geographically extending over an area of 32.9 Lakh square kilometres. To improve the living standard of the people road transport can adequately meet the growth of economic, social, health and cultural needs. Bus road transport is a cost-effective choice for the public for its efficient mobility in urban and rural areas. There are altogether 54 State Road Transport Undertakings (SRTUs) comprising 1,74,000 buses and carry about 7 crores of passengers per day. Over the years, these Public transport undertakings face severe problems and become loss-making. The accumulated deficits incurred by the reporting SRTUs from Rs.1,470 crore in 2003-045 to Rs.11,350 crore in 2015-166. The distress situation of the finances of SRTUs is reflected in the outcome of several factors which are overstaffing, fuel inefficiency, cost structure rigidity, high debt burden, and constrained autonomy in fare revision
Media and Hegemonic Masculinity: (De) Construction and Representation
Get PDFModern civilization enables men to prepare themselves actively and construct their masculinities within explicit social and historical settings. Diverse cultures determine what it means to be a man about "the others," such as racial minorities, sexual minorities, or women. On the other hand, each culture has a predominant paradigm, "hegemonic," while distinct characters are subordinated. Therefore "gender is invariably relational, and designs of masculinity are socially determined in contradistinction from some designs (whether actual or hypothetical) of femininity''. Masculine domination can be seen through performance, status, outlook, representation, sexuality, profession, or behavior and should be examined in three proportions: local, regional, and global
Consumer preference towards Geographical Indication (G) Products - A Conjoint Analysis
Get PDFA GI is a symbol that "identifies a good as coming from the territory of a member, or a regional locality in that territory, where a given quality, reputation, or other characteristics of the good is essentially attributable to its geographical origin" (WTO) Geographical Indicator (GI) tagged products are highly unique and reputational products with immense traditional benefits linked to the place of origin. India is the treasure of GI, with 470 products ranging from agricultural handicrafts to natural products. These regional products act as an identifier to indicate goods originating from a specific place of origin and their manufacturing technique passed from generation to generation. GI are distinctive intellectual property rights and offers community rights for the producers of specific geographically area. The first product to be tagged as GI is "Darjeeling tea" in the year 2003. The label typically designates well-known locations that have distinct with irreplaceable characteristics because of their origin 
The String of Pearls: China's Maritime Policy to Encircle India
Get PDFIt is avaricious to expect that the diplomatic relations between nations always remain the same. Many factors affect the general relationship between individuals and nations to become friendly and rival nation-states. In 21st century states are maintaining diplomatic, trade and agreements with their allies. For example, India-Russia friendly relations since independence kept in the interest of India. In UNO Security Council 17 times Pakistan has raised questions about the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK). But every time Russia has refused the POK issue through its Veto power and supported to India. 2013 India has signed Iran's Railway Project to construct a rail line an approximately 628 km from Chabahar port to Zahedan along the border with Afghanistan. But, after 13 years of the agreement, Iran has terminated the contract due to delay in starting the project and also cancelled $ 1.78 billion worth the Persian Strait "Farzad-B gas field which was discovered by Indian "Oil National Gas Corporation (ONGC)". National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) had informed to ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) that, rejection of companies bid and same project was tendered to Petroparsnatural gas field. It shows that the every State trade and diplomatic relations are based on its own interests
Recovery performance of Housing Finance Companies in Karnataka – A Comparative Study
Get PDFThe Profitability and financial viability of banking and non-banking financial institutions are directly related to the quality of loans and advances and the recovery performance of the institution. Multiple factors determine the performance of the financial institutions, visà- vis capital structure, type of borrowings, quality and quantity of information systems, nature of the investment, asset and liability management practices, skills and commitment of officials, nature of rules and regulations governing the operations of business enterprises and so on. Despite of various regulatory mechanisms by the Reserve Bank of India, a range of direct and indirect factors leads to abnormalities in working of the financial institutions. One such anomaly arises due to inadequate credit risk evaluation and management practices of FIs. The negative consequences of it have a strong bearing on the financial health of the business. Loans and advances constitute more than 80 percent of the asset size of the FIs. Early detection and containment of non-performing assets at its initial stage are the critical components of rigorous/sound NPA management system
Institutional Framework for Anti-corruption in India
Get PDFCorruption is a global phenomenon and its severity varies in Country to another Country. Corruption is symptom of weakness in political, social, legal and economic systems. Even where corruption is wide spread, its practitioners strive to keep it hidden from public life. Corruption is not a new nor is it confined to any particular part of the world. It has serious implications and consequences for the growth of democracy, promotion and protection of fundamental rights. There is a wide spread perception that the level and pervasiveness of corruption gains significance Corruption has become a major challenge to governance and society. It is undesirable in any society, its effect on the developing economy is more debilitating as it hampers socio-economic development of the nation. Corruption has been considered one of greatest challenges impeding the growth of contemporary India. Though India's economy stands tall and firm, it has not realized its true potential as corruption has, in the present scenario, inhibits and undermines not only the economic growth, but also the effective functioning of democracy. Corruption, a social menace, has made our country susceptible to and defenceless against the oncoming forces of anti-social elements. Corruption in India is a consequence of the nexus between bureaucracy, politics and criminals. India is now no longer considered a soft State. It has now become consideration State where everything can be had for a consideration. Corruption has a corrosive impact on economy. It worsens our image in the international market and leads to loss of overseas opportunities
Performance of Agricultural Sector through International Trade in India
Get PDFThe purchasing and selling of goods generated by the farming and forestry industries is referred to as agricultural trade. It can increase customer access to a wider range of agricultural products, frequently at cheaper rates. International Agricultural trade is the exchange or import and export of goods and services of agriculture and allied products between countries. Agricultural exporting is the sale of goods and services of agri-allied products from one's own country to another. On the other hand, Agricultural Importing refers to the Purchase of goods and services of agri-allied foreign product and their transportation into one's native nation. The term "agricultural trade" refers to the commercial activities associated with moving agricultural products (goods and services) such as farm, horticulture, and other allied products from one country to another. Agricultural marketing refers to all actions taken to move agricultural products from producers to consumers through several levels of marketing channels, including time (storage), location (transportation), form (processing), and ownership transfer. The foundation of the Indian economy is agriculture. 170 million out of 320 million workers are employed in agriculture.