40 research outputs found
IoT and WSN applications for modern agricultural advancements: emerging research and opportunities Advances in wireless technologies and telecommunication (AWTT) book series./ Proshikshya Mukherjee, Prasant Kumar Pattnaik, and Surya Narayan Panda, editors.
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index."This book explores the development of effective data computing operations on agricultural advancement that are fully supported by the Internet of Things, cloud computing, and wireless sensor network systems"--Chapter 1. IoT-based precision agriculture system: a review -- Chapter 2. Applications of wireless sensor networks in healthcare -- Chapter 3. Strengthening agriculture through energy-efficient routing in wireless sensor networks using sink mobility -- Chapter 4. A novel power-monitoring strategy for localization in wireless sensor networks using antithetic sampling method -- Chapter 5. LEACH-VD: a hybrid and energy-saving approach for wireless cooperative sensor networks -- Chapter 6. An integrated GIS and knowledge-based automated decision support system for precision agriculture using IoT -- Chapter 7. Selecting location for agro-based industry using electre III method.1 online resource (xv, 145 pages
Budgetary Impacts of Central Fiscal Transfers in India: Evidence from State Level Data
No full textThe paper empirically examines the impacts of federal transfers on State tax efforts and expenditure taking into consideration a panel data set of 22 Indian States for the time-period 1980-81 to 2007-08. Dynamic panel equations are specified and system GMM estimation techniques are adopted to obtain the regression coefficients. The results suggest that federal transfers have adverse incentives on budgetary initiatives of States in mobilizing their own tax resources and regulating expenditure. Federal transfers as a whole adversely affect states Tax-GSDP ratio and per capita own tax revenues. Similarly, federal transfers have important influence on the size and pattern of States spending. All categories of States expenditure like revenue expenditure, capital disbursements and aggregate expenditure are stimulated by the large availability of Central transfers. Expenditure impact of transfers is more realised on revenue expenditure than capital disbursements. The author calls for review of existing design of transfers and criteria, proper assessment of non-plan revenue deficit grants, review of ratio of specific transfers to lump-sum transfers and increasing the scope of formula based transfers to handle adverse budgetary incentives of federal transfers.</jats:p
COVID 19 fatalities burden in Asian countries: An analysis of pattern and determinants
No full textCovid 19 pandemic has severe implications on health and life of people. Asia being the most populous region has higher fatalities burden. Health infrastructure, stringent preventive measures by the government and public participation through adhering to social distancing have influence to check on fatalities' burden. The level of Social capital as well as voters' participation in a particular country can have influence on containment of COVID cases and fatalities. In this context, the main objectives of this study are to analyse pattern and trend of death burden for 45 Asian countries and impact of stringency measures by government, and voters’ turnout ratio on death burden. However, for regression analysis only 32 countries are taken into account considering the availability of data for all variables. Multiple linear regression analysis is employed in a cross-sectional framework and Ordinary least square estimation technique with heteroscedastic adjusted standard errors have been used for estimation of coefficients. The results show that southern Asia contributes the highest share of fatality cases in total fatality cases of Asia with 71.43% share. It also has the highest share of confirmed cases in total confirmed cases of Asia with 71.72%. However, when we take the population into account, Western Asia leads in the share of confirmed COVID-19 cases and its associated fatality cases per million populations in Asia as compared to other Asian regions. The factors like health infrastructure and voters’ turnover ratio are found to be significant and potential in reducing the new deaths per million populations. Though the coefficient of Stringency index has been negative and it did not emerge to be significant in Asian countries. The COVID related fatalities in Asian region are urban centric and urbanization proxy is found to be positive and significant. Diabetes prevalence rate has some heterogeneous result and in the present study its coefficient is not in the hypothesized direction. . The Countries should ramp up health infrastructure and necessary preparedness to deal with the subsequent waves and COVID related fatalities. Importance need to be given people's participation and their shared responsibilities in dealing with COVID cases and checking on fatalities. The realisation of social responsibility among the masses can lead to community participation and adhering to the protocols imposed by the government and helps in checking on spread of virus and associated death
Health, Social Security and Earnings of Labourers in Informal Sector: Primary Data Evidence from Textile Firms of Tirupur, Tamil Nadu
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The Study Of Physico- Chemical And Bacteriological Parameters Of River Salandi And Assessment Of Water Quality Index From Hadagada Dam To Akhandalmani, Bhadrak, Odisha, India
No full textGENDER AND DEVELOPMENT: DIMENSIONS AND STRATEGIES – INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
No full textAchieving Gender parity has become a great concern for the world today. It is considered as a part of development strategy in many countries. When all people- both men and women have equal access to services and resources, enjoy equal rights, and get equal opportunity to develop capabilities without any bias or preferences , then the development of the country would be faster. It strengthens countries' abilities to grow, to reduce poverty, and to govern effectively. Despite considerable efforts in advocacy, creation of awareness, different strategies and programmes, Gender discrimination remains pervasive in many dimensions of life-worldwide. Though the nature and magnitude of the discrimination vary from country to country, in no part of the world gender parity is completely achieved in legal, social and economic fronts. Gender gaps are widespread in access to and control of resources, in economic opportunities, in power, and political voice. Women are still exploited, discriminated, and subject to harassment and violence. Again in the current years the focus has been changed from women empowerment to gender development. The former is a mean but not all for gender parity. In this perspective an edited volume covering the various dimensions and strategies of gender development is highly imperative.
Rural women are mainly employed in agriculture-its allied activities and agro-based enterprises. There exists a glaring gender bias in terms of ownership , nature of works assigned, wages payment ,freedom in choice of work. Though the women contribute a significant proportion of agricultural production, they are discriminated, ill-paid and their role is largely neglected. There is a need for an appropriate legal-institutional frame work, change of societal attitude, and supported mechanization of agriculture on the need of lessening drudgery activities and work-stress for women, in reducing gender disparity in agriculture sector and sustainable development. Similarly the women, nearly half of the total population, are lagging behind in access to the existing health care and educational opportunities in the country. A proper level of awareness and conducive environment need to be developed for this. Promotion of health, education and an appropriate level of awareness will largely contribute to women development and facilitate them to enjoy their right. More over provision of employment and economic empowerment of women can be considered as one of the important dimensions of gender development. Formation of Self Help Group among poor women those are unable to access market individually, on their own capacity and provision of micro credit financing to them are great support and help them to start income generating micro enterprises and get rid of poverty. This not only helps to empower women but also provides them economic and social justice. This is an initiative to address these issues and draw the attention of the policy makers and planners
