Rice is one of the most important food crops of India. It feeds more than 50 per cent of the world’s population. It is the staple food of most of the people in South-East Asia. This study has analysedthe trends in area, production and yield of rice. The study based on secondary data pertaining to the period 1970-71 to 2010-11. As a result of varied farming situations, there is a large variations in the area, production and productivity levels of rice around the India. West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh ,Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Orissa, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Haryana are the major rice growing states in the country. Productivity of rice in India is low due to unscientific use of fertilizers, soil moisture stress, incidence of insect pests and diseases, low inputs and cultivation of the crop on marginal and sub marginal lands etc.

Electrochemical preparation of binary alloy of Cu-Ni from acid sulphate bath containing citric acid using potentiostatic method. The effects of alloy composition were monitored. Copper is widely used in industry, because of its good thermal conductivity and mechanical properties. The addition of Nickel and Manganese to Copper improves its strength and durability and also the resistance to corrosion and erosion. Corrosion controls of metal have technical environmental and economical importance. The Cu-Ni-Mn alloy used commercially for decorative and protective purpose and also in marine applications. The thin film coating characterized by SEM, EDAX and XRD shows morphological, compositional and structural properties of alloys respectively.

In the present study, effect of body fat percent and tribal, non-tribal belongingness was observed on ball controlling ability of male hockey players of Chhattisgarh. To conduct the study 50 tribal male hockey players (Average age 21.67 years) and 50 non-tribal male hockey players (Average age 23.12 years) from Chhattisgarh were selected as sample. The criterion of selection of sample was participation in inter collegiate hockey tournaments. SAI Hockey Skill Test was used to ascertain ball controlling ability of the selected subjects while selected anthropometric measurements were taken to assess percent body fat. 2x2 ANOVA technique was used in the present study. Results reveal that ball controlling ability of male hockey players with lower level percent body fat was significantly higher as compared to that of male hockey players with higher levels of body fat percentage. It was also observed that ball controlling ability of tribal male players was far superior as compared to non tribal male hockey players.

Proper conduction of any institution depends exclusively on the art of leadership. Good and expertise leadership can lead nation towards the ultimate success. Simply, Leadership is a key factor for the success of an organization. A good leader must have some managerial quality. In fact, good managerial forte make one a successful leader.The study will endeavor to explore the modern context of educational management and specially Kautilya’s theory of leadership.The study will also open the wide horizon of anew knowledgeofdecision making, problem solving, and communicating skills of a good leader as stated by Kautilya in Arthashastra and what a leader should avoid for controlling his institution as stated by Kautilya in Arthashastra.

The Micro, small and medium enterprise (MSMEs) is one of the most vital sectors of any economy in general and India in particular in ensuring equitable, inclusive and employment friendly economic growth. MSMEs have been playing a momentous role in overall economic development of a country like India where millions of people are unemployed or underemployed. This sector solves the many problems viz. Poverty and unemployment through providing immediate large-scale employment, with lower investment and proves to be a second largest manpower employer, after agriculture. By contributing to more than 50% percent of industrial production in value accumulation terms, this sector occupies a position of prominence in Indian economy. In this regard Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan singh stated, “The key to our success in employment lies in the success of manufacturing in the small scale sector”.The Micro, Small and Medium enterprise (MSME) sector in India significantly contributes the 8% of GDP; 26.10 million of units provide the 59.46 million of employment, 45% (Rs. 7.09 lakh crores) of total industrial production and 40% of (Rs. 1.83 lakh crore) of total exports. This sector has consistently registered a higher growth rate than the rest of the industrial sector. There are over 6000 products ranging from traditional to high-tech items which are being manufactured by the MSMEs in India. It is well known that the MSME sector provides the maximum opportunities for both self employment and jobs after agriculture sector. This paper attempts to analyse the growth of MSMEs in India before and after enactment MSMED Act 2006, to analyse the employment, investment, production in Indian MSME sector and as well as analyse the export performance of Indian MSME sector.

The Indo-US Nuclear Deal is seen as a major land mark in Indo-US relations. The deal not only reverses US policy of pressurizing India to roll back its nuclear weapons programme by imposing nuclear technology trade related sanctions on her for being not a party to the NPT and other international nuclear non-proliferation related treaties as a non-nuclear weapon state but also ushered in a new era in Indo-US bilateral relations. Though full potentiality of the deal is yet to be realized, there is no denying that the deal has transformed the Indo-US relations over the last decade bringing about a genuine strategic bilateral partnership which was not possible without resolving the differences on nuclear non-proliferation between the US and India.

This is the study of a circumstantial woman entrepreneur from the city of Pune who was compelled by circumstances to take up the reins of her family business. In doing so, she became India’s most outstanding woman entrepreneur in the ‘male dominated’ business of construction!

The present study was an attempt to diagnose the usefulness of PCR in surveillance of malaria infection in Melghat (M.S.) India. The 23 complicated cases where the morphologic characteristics of malaria parasites fail were selected for the present study. The diagnostic band for P. vivax infection was represented with size of 120 bp while for P. falciparum with size of 205 bp. From study, PCR was observed to be more sensitive and specific than all other techniques for confirmation of malaria in complicated cases where morphological characteristics of malaria parasites fails due to blood film parasitaemia below the detectable level.

The Federal University of Piauí (Brazil) has been developing with the merchants and fishermen of Parnaiba/Brazil, a study that associates the participatory action research with the ethnographic approach, using participative workshops, semi-structured interviews and direct observation, with the objective of building the socioeconomic profile, understand the dynamics of the production chain of fish and propose strategies for collective solutions to the marketing of fish on the Market Caramuru. The results showed the involvement of 30 families of fishermen/peddlers, that fishing and buy fish to fish farmers and middlemen from the State of Piauí, Maranhão and Ceará. The fair Caramuru moves more than 240 tons/year of fish, with emphasis on the TambaquiColossomamacropomum (Cuvier, 1818), tilapia Oreochromisniloticus (Linnaeus, 1758), white shrimp Litopenaeusvannamei (Boone, 1931), curimatãprochilodus brevis (Steindachner, 1875) and serraScomberomorus sp., products with origin in fisheries and aquaculture. The involved point as priority to capture public policies that act in the construction of a plant structural and training in order to promote the improvement of the conditions of hygiene, health and marketing to the promotion of social welfare.

The artisanal fishing is the activity of subsistence with socio-economic role, environmental and nutritional for the inhabitants of the Guaporé’s Valley, understanding this importance the study sought to analyze current difficulties of the productive chain of artisanal fisheries in the Guaporé valley in Rondonia, fishing, fishermen, public policies and the future prospects. Within the framework of the Project Live Fish: sustainability of small-scale fishing in Rondonia (UNIR /MPA/FEPEARO ), the research used the quanti-qualitative approach, with the support of the research participatory action and analysis of indicators, using: semi-structured interviews, participatory workshops and indicantes in view of the dimensions of sustainability. The results point out the problems and conflicts in the fishing, the colonies and the fishermen, fish production 878.6 in 2012 more than 230 tons and generated more than R$ 3 million, in 2013 showed a drop of 20% had a negative influence on the economy of the region. We identified still demands regarding the sustainable management of fisheries resources, the main strategy of resistance of fishermen to face the developmental projects, with emphasis on the predatory tourism, advancement of hydro and the monocultures of soybean and livestock that has promoted the unsustainability Amazon. Finally, the work synthesizes the experiences of research and public policies focused on promotion of shared management of the fisheries resources of the Amazon Guaporé.

Education is considered as one of the basic human rights and a worldwide social goal. However millions of children are raised in an environment of poverty, neglect and overwork, and denied access to such educational facilities. A large number of children work for long hours both at home and outside the home. Many a time due to lack economics resources, slum children work full time as daily wage labourers, maid servants, hotel workers, rag-pickers etc. This has resulted in high rate of school drop outs among the slum children especially the girl. The present study has made an attempt to highlight the various socio economic factors, familial factor, psychological factors and other factors that cause school dropout among slum girls in Pune city. The study also attempted to propose possible solutions to the problems of school dropouts.

In competitive global economy, the job of human resource management has become confined where the focus is not only on retaining highly performing employees, but also directing their performance towards business goals. As such companies need to create a professional environment and move the organization towards better performance management practices. Like many other organized sectors banking requires a multi – layer manpower for its various requirements of professionals and support staff. The human resource management practices like recruitment, selection, training and development, performance appraisal, compensation, grievance redressal and so on in a haphazard arbitrary fashion. A sample of 432 respondents were collected for the study and the results were discussed. This paper suggest professional approach to various dimensions of human resource management in the light of various constraints the private sector bank employees in Erode District of Tamilnadu.

Every year, for the last decade or so, around this time, noises are made on the issue of women’s representation in Parliament. Some shout, some request, some reason, some argue, all hope that somehow this year the vexed issue of whether there should be reservation of seats for women in Parliament is finally resolved. Predictably, the day, the month, the year passes, Parliament convenes and reconvenes, and nothing much happens. The debate continues, inconclusive for all time it would seem.

A cultural revolution like Dalit movement has immense impact on literature. In turn, literature has kept on reckoning the events of the revolution from time to time. Because, both the literature and history are interwoven, they influence each other. Autobiographies, in particular, have successfully registered the events of the Dalit movement with factual substance. The paper makes an attempt to investigate Ooru Keri, an autobiography by Kannada Dalit poet Siddalingaiah, in order to find how the movement is reflected in it. The autobiography has proved its presence in the mainstream literature due to its objective analysis of the movement from a downtrodden perspective. The narrator of the text hails the triumph the Dalit movement as well cautions the readers about the possible threats to the course of the movement by referring to minute details carefully.

The existence of Microorganism in nature and their damaging effect like deterioration and odor are some of the challenging situations for the woven, nonwoven, knitted and composite fabric industries. For the human being to work at their maximum level health and hygiene is the basic thing. Mostly chemicals are being used to make the fabric antifungal which is very harmful to the human body and environment. In order to give antifungal finish to the textiles an eco-friendly natural antifungal finish has been prepared from the plant extract for textile application. Neem leaves extract have been applied to the cotton knitted fabric by the padding mangle so that even application of the finish can be applied. In the present study Neem leaves extract coated on cotton knitted fabric was found to be effective as antifungal finishing for textiles. The Neem leaves extract efficiently used as antifungal agent for the preparation of antifungal textile finish particularly for medical textiles. This study investigated that antifungal functionality of cotton knitted fabric coated with Neem leaves extract as value added textiles product.

Computer Assisted Instruction or Computer-aided instruction (CAI) includes the use of computers to teach academic skills and to promote communication and language development. It includes computer modeling and computer tutorials.CAI uses a combination of text, graphics, sound and video in enhancing the learning process. The sample size in this study comprised of 107 students pursuing B.Ed course studying in two sections of 60 students each at School of Education, D.A.V.V., Indore during the 2011-12 academic session. The reaction of students was obtained on a reaction scale comprising of ten questions. The findings of this study suggested that students had an positive reaction towards CBCRI (Computer based Classroom Instruction).

Purpose the present study was to investigate the moral, social self concept and anxiety among senior arts and science college students. Hypothesis of the study was there will be significantly difference between senior arts and science college students’ dimension of moral, social self concept and anxiety. Sample: Total 100 senior arts and Science College students were selected study among them 50 subjects were senior arts college students and 50 subject’s senior science college students belonging to Jalna city. The age range of players were 18 to 22 years (M =20.78, SD = 2.81). Non-probability purposive sampling was used. Tools 1. Self-Concept Scale (SCQ): was constructed and standardize by Dr. Raj Kumar Saraswat. 2. Anxiety test by A.K.P. Sinha and L.N.K. Sinha was constructed and standardize. Conclusions: 1. senior science college students had significantly high moral self concept than the senior arts college students. 2. Senior arts college students had significantly high moral self concept than the senior science college students. 3. Senior science college students had significantly high moral self concept than the senior arts college students.

BSTRACT The rural women though constitute almost half of the population; their participation in the labour force is only 34 per cent, while 56 per cent of their counterparts (males) are in the labour force. Thus 66 per cent of the female population is not gainfully employed. The DWACRA programme objective of the programme initially was to provide all the support for a collective action by the women groups towards achieving sustainable livelihood. The rural women with extremely poor economic background and mostly illiterate cannot be expected to possess the modern characteristics of an entrepreneur. The overall objectives of the present study are to study the income, expenditure and savings of the members before and after joining SHGs. To develop women empowerment index at the SHG level. To examine whether the principles of management of micro enterprises started by women are followed and suggest appropriate measures for improving the performance of these units. The study was conducted in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. First of all collect the secondary data on the micro enterprises including petty business. In district, we select the best performing units, based on the following criteria: Year of establishment, Capital investment, number of workers employed, gross value of output, nature of product and input markets and the qualifications of the manager of the enterprise.Some of the strategies for bringing more and more women into the entrepreneurial arena and providing them with organizational support. Explore new avenues for self-enterprise, upgrade their knowledge, skills and provide them with suitable technical guidance financial and marketing support and infrastructural facilities.

Health economics is the study of how scarce resources are allocated among alternative uses for the treatment of sick people and the promotion, maintenance and improvement of health standards in the economy, including the study of how healthcare and health-related services, their costs and benefits, and health itself are distributed among the various segments of a society. It can, broadly, be defined as ‘the application of the theories, concepts and techniques of economics to the health sector’. It is, thus, concerned with such matters as the allocation of resources between various health promoting activities, the quantity of resources used in health services delivery; the organization and funding of health service institutions, the efficiency with which resources are allocated and used for health purposes, and the effects of preventive, curative and rehabilitative health services on individuals and society.1 Thus, health economics is the application of the principles of economics to healthcare sector.

The aim of ship’s officers and crew members on board should be to prevent damage or deterioration whilst the cargo is under their care and to deliver it, as far as possible, in as good condition and order as it was when received aboard. If unacquainted with a certain type of cargo they should ascertain as to its nature and any necessary precautions. Therefore, the Master and officers of all vessels require a good working knowledge of the various kinds of cargo they are likely to carry: their peculiar characteristics, liability to damage, decay, or deterioration, their measurement, and the usual methods of packing, loading and discharging, stowage, dunging, etc., as the Master is responsible for the safe loading of his vessel and the proper stowage of the cargo.

Parents play a crucial role in providing the right kind of education, training, and culture, and socializing their younger generations. The proper level of parental aspirations, care, positive attitudes mental as well emotional support and help the young boys and girls to grow into successful personality with much efficiency. Their decisions affect and make young persons’ future life. Again the negative attitudes and apathy of parents make the children’s life spoiled. The study is contemplated to present a complete picture of the parent’s attitudes towards education of their children. For this purpose 82 (N=82) parents of different strata were selected for the interview technique to study their attitudes towards the education of their children. It was found in all academic matters, the male child were got better and first preferences by their parents.

Ione of the demographic characteristics, the sex composition of a population is the most basic. Since it influences of the brith, death and marriage. Some other important population characteristics like migration, occupation structure also influenced by sex ratio. “Sex ratio is an index of socio-economic conditions, revealing in an area and is useful tool for regional analysis”. The Sex ratio consists of three facorers, namliy Sex ratio at birth, difference in motrtslity in two sexes and sex selectivity among migrationts.It plays a roal in religions, national income, education, houshing etc.

MGNREGA: The Indian Parliament passed the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in August 2005, which provides for a minimum of 100 days of guaranteed employment to every rural household. The Act came into force in 200 of the country’s poorest districts and has later been expanded to another 130 districts. Presently, it has been extended to cover the whole country.

This articleexamines the relationship of leader perception of business entrepreneurship in their organizations and important change and performance outcomes. A model is presented in which business entrepreneurship and reengineering predicts business organizational performance. Results from this studies (N = 110) confirm that a model linking intrapreneurship and business process reengineering to organizational performance was supported. Findings are discussed in light of travel business attempts to maximizing benefits of intrapreneurship and financial management.

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the “A Interval training program and its effect on Recreational Athletes, sedentary, and Highly Trained individuals”. In this competitive world of Sports the benefits of interval training program, especially Training High Intensity Interval (THII), have aroused the interest of professionals and researchers in the area of health, since it has been shown effective in health promotion. The aim of this brief review is to exhibit physiological adaptations arising from the THII in individuals who are highly trained and sedentary individuals and recreational. The investigator confirmed as per the various researches and the literature available, indicates clear benefits of THII practice both for athletes already highly trained, with comparison to the people Sedentary and moderately active.

The present study empirically investigates the dynamic linkages between American Depository Receipts (ADRs) and their respective underlying stock returns of Indian stock market. Study analyzes daily data from April 1st 2010 to 31 March 2014 by applying a vector error correction model, impulse response function and variance decomposition. The empirical result shows that both underlying stocks and ADRs are level stationary and long-run equilibrium relationship exists between them. The study looks into the price interdependence of 10 Indian companies, which have floated American Depository Receipts (ADRs). The strong correlation between the prices of the dually listed stocks is corroborated by the finding of bidirectional causality in a vector auto regression model. The competing domestic stock exchange, viz, National Stock Exchange (NSE) too is found to share the same bidirectional relation scrip wise with the Nasdaq/New York Stock Exchange.

Insurance offers protection from financial crisis. The insurance industry in India was estimated to touch a figure of Rs. 3.8 lakh crores in the year 2014. In the life insurance business, India ranked 11th among the 53 countries. India stood at 11th rank in global nonlife premium income.There are fifty-three insurance companies operating in India. The life insurance companies settled 8.57 lakh claims on individual policies, with a total payment of Rs.10860.59 crores and life insurers issued 408.72 lakh new policies during 2013-14. SBI Life Insurance is a joint venture between State Bank of India and BNP Paribas Cardif. When compared to the other private insurance companies the best services with least premium was available in SBI Life Insurance. With a large network it has the capability to cover crores of insurance holders’ needs in India and abroad.

Ted Hughes is a mythic poet, who, through the use of myth, brings to light the inadequacies of two dominant explanations of the origin of life—evolutionism and creationism. Hughes implies that excessive dependence on science and logic, and the denial of the powers of myths and rituals has resulted in the alienation of modern man from his self. Through his Crow poems, Ted Hughes explores the deep recesses of man’s collective unconscious to once again unite man with his lost self. Ted Hughes’ Crow makes journeys to the mysterious world of man’s human psyche but does not undergo any transformation and remains an existential figure lost in existence whereas Tulsidasa’s Kakabhusandi, after passing through many lives and deaths, emerges as an enlightened crow, who goes beyond time and space and reaches the grey zone, which is otherwise not accessible

In this paper an attempt has been made to analyse the agricultural efficiency at district level in Solapur District of Maharashtra. This study is based on secondary data collected from secondary records. Agriculture efficiency is a function of various factors including the physical, socio-economic and technical organization. The efficiency of agriculture obviously implies that maximum return is return is obtained from land under a prevailing physio-cultural environment with the application of human effort at existing level of development. For measuring the levels of agriculture efficiency simple statistical equation have been employed. The study covers 11 tahsils of Solapur District of Maharashtra which come under the variation in spatial variation of landuse efficiency is examined for the year of 2010. On the basis of level of agriculture productivity of the area the remedies now to increase agriculture land use efficiency or to achieve sustainable industrial develop have faun act.

The term stress has accompanied human beings right from the time they have evolved. Although in the earlier times also it was part and parcel of their lives, with the changing era stress has empowered their whole being and has started hampering their personality and capabilities. Stress is one of those peculiar terms which when used in a general context can be understood by everyone as a synonym for tension, anxiety, conflict, ego involvement, frustration, threat worry, withdrawal etc.

The present study empirically investigates the dynamic linkages between American Depository Receipts (ADRs) and their respective underlying stock returns of Indian stock market. Study analyzes daily data from April 1st 2010 to 31 March 2014 by applying a vector error correction model, impulse response function and variance decomposition. The empirical result shows that both underlying stocks and ADRs are level stationary and long-run equilibrium relationship exists between them. The study looks into the price interdependence of 10 Indian companies, which have floated American Depository Receipts (ADRs). The strong correlation between the prices of the dually listed stocks is corroborated by the finding of bidirectional causality in a vector auto regression model. The competing domestic stock exchange, viz, National Stock Exchange (NSE) too is found to share the same bidirectional relation scrip wise with the Nasdaq/New York Stock Exchange.

Soil is a vital natural resource that constitutes the environment together with air and water, and plays a significant role as the basis of survival of organisms including human beings on the earth. It plays a key role in regulating the concentration of nutrient in flora (Plants). In Satara District, soil fertility is high in the valleys of the rivers Krishna, Venna, Kudali, Koyna and low soil fertility in Khandala and Phaltan tahsils and is rocky except for the area along the Nira river and its tributaries. The present paper deals with the study of spatio-temporal changes in chemical parameters of soil like Nitrate (N), Phosphate (P) and Potassium (K) during the years of 2000-01 to 2011-12. The data of chemical parameters of soil have been collected from the Soil Laboratory are showed in the form of tables and thematic maps. Investigated results showed that, the maximum change is counted in the Potassium content and minimum variation is exhibited in the Nitrogen content. The productivity of agriculture depends on the quality of soil. Some parameters were above permissible limit and some below permissible limit which affect the quality and productivity of agricultural soil in Satara District.

Insurance being an integral part of the financial sector, plays a significant role in India’s Economy. Apart from protecting against mortality, property and causuality risks and providing a safety net for individuals and ; agriculture and enterprises in urban and rural areas. The insurance sector encourages saving and provides long term funds for infrastructure development and other long qeastation project of the nation. The development and of the insurance sector in India is necessary to support its continued economic transformation.

When the pages of grand Indian history are turned it is realized that inequality pervaded in the Indian society. In order to construct a strong society in the nation and strengthen the status of the nation in future the rights and duties has to be strictly followed. Apart from adopting the strict rules and regulations social harmony should be cultured amongst all the communities and all the people of various communities should believe and lead the life as the Sanskrit saying “Vasudaiva Kutumbakam”. Human rights can only make sense in the society only gender discrimination is completely stopped. The evil observances like female infanticide and detection of sex of child during pregnancy and especially female infanticide in India has to be completely brought to end. The Human Rights has a provision to stop female infanticide.

More than 50 forts are located in Hyderabad-Karnataka region as many of the rulers and dynasties were ruled this region since thousands of years. It is observed that the socio-economic life and religious life was rich during those days as revealed by these monuments. When these forts are visited, they were under ruins and remains. It is essential to regain these forts and monuments, so as to regain past heritage of the region. It is also useful to popularize the region by renovating forts and making them as tourist destinations. For this purpose, brief profiles and conditions of different forts located at six districts of Hyderabad-Karnataka region were discussed. Further, it is essential to conserve and preserve these forts and as such, a few of the suggestions and conservation and preservation actions are also suggested to renovate these forts and monuments.

Aim was to study the emotional maturity of differently abled (Physical) and Physical abled adolescents. The major objective of the study was the examine the extent of emotionally maturity of male and female differently abled and physically abled adolescents. A between group design with purposive sampling was opted for the study. The sample consisted of 100 high school students of which 50 students being differently abled (physical) and 50 students being physical abled. The scores were analyzed using ‘t’ test. The result indicated that the physical abled students had more emotional maturity than differently abled students.

Iin present paper attempt to Terrain characteristic of Venna River Basin using Geographical Information SystemTechniques. Terrain analysis are important in geomorphology. The Venna basin is located in the Western Ghats and is a part of the Deccan traps. The river Venna which is located at 1411 m. above the sea level (ASL) is a major tributary on the right bank of Krishna River. The total area of the basin is 334.65 sq. km, and it falls in the Survey of India (SOI) Toposheet No 47G/2, 47 G/9, 47G/13, 47G/14, 47K/2 for watershed boundary. Delineation base map preparation is on 1:50000 scales and its perimeter is 125.7489 km. The total length of the river channel is 60.133 km from its origin at Venna Lake to confluence of Krishna river.

During the last few centuries women writers have considerably widened and deepened the areas of human experience with their sharp, feminine perception of life successfully transmuted into verbal artifact. The world body of literature in English would have been much power today but for the contribution of women writers, the new series studies in women writers in English is a grateful acknowledge of that contribution and public recognition of their voice.