Subir Ghosh
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The work focuses on the political controversy relating to mining, marketing and monetising of gas resources embedded in the ocean bed of the Bay of Bengal. It deals with the controversy, involving the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, the ministry of petroleum and natural gas and the prime minister’s office, to study the dimensions to the dispute on gas pricing. It points out that in this context, the battle between the Ambani brothers, Mukesh and ...
Low agricultural growth and increasing population pressure raise the problem of poverty of a nation. As agriculture is the only mainstay of most of the rural people of nation, there is need to transform traditional agricultural practices to more specialized production, oriented towards the market or other systems of exchange so as to ensure better standard of living.
Agricultural transformation is a process through which a single farm shifts from traditional ...
Earthquake is a major natural disaster. An earthquake is an unexpected and abrupt movement in the earth’s lithosphere that is caused by the interaction of plate movements. Sudden movement of the earth's layer occurs due to geological faults or because of volcanic activities. It is an unexpected devastating event, which causes suffering to human beings, animals and plants. The experiences of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2001 Gujarat earthquake, 1999 ...
Traditionally, the tribal people of India have been outside the purview of mainstream society. The tribal communities comprising 8.6% of the Indian population, are subject to abject poverty and social hardships. They are predominantly rural and living in forest and mountains, with no basic amenities of life with 50% of the population living below the poverty line. All these conditions prevail, despite the fact that the Constitution of India has definite ...
Throughout the world, almost all poor people live in rural areas and they depend mainly on agriculture and allied activities for their livelihood and overall well-being. So, rural development is the utmost need for improvement of their living standard. Rural development refers to the structural change in the socio-economic situation to achieve improved living standard of low income population residing in rural areas and making the process of their development ...
The decolonization of Africa was fraught with instability aggravated by cold war. Since mid-20th century cold war, increased corruption and despotism have contributed to Africa s poor economy. While China and India have grown rapidly and Latin America has experienced moderate growth, lifting millions above the subsistence level of living, Africa has stagnated and even regressed in terms of foreign trade, investment and per capita income. Poverty has widespread ...
Generally, farmers practise conventional system of farming with the help of fertilizers, pesticides and other inputs to meet increasing demand for foodgrains. But the excessive use of these agrochemicals hampers the ecological balance and causes health hazards. Therefore, conventional farming system is harmful in maintaining sustainable living and thereby creates a need of alternative farming system. Alternative farming refers to the alternative forms of farming ...
Organic farming has now become a prime topic of discussion and concern in the agricultural sector. It is a method of farming that requires farmers to operate a system based on ecological principles and which imposes strict limitations on the inputs that can be used in order to minimize damage to the environment and wildlife. So, emphasis is given on natural methods of production and pest control. Organic agriculture has developed rapidly worldwide during the last ...
All over the world, the significance of women's participation in the workforce has resulted in significant transformation in the family set up and the economy. Since 1950s, women's participation in economic activities has been increasing rapidly. Rural developmental activities are no exception to this. The main occupations of women in rural areas are agriculture and allied activities like development of fisheries, animal husbandry, dairy, rural handicrafts, food ...
Disaster is an unpredictable and sudden event in devastating nature, which causes human sufferings and loss of property, plants and animals etc. This damage is immeasurable and varies according to the geographical location and the degree of vulnerability. Therefore, disaster completely disturbs normal life. The experience of 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2001 Gujarat earthquake, 1999 earthquake in Turkey, 2001 coastal earthquake in Central America, Lopevi volcanic ...
Biofuels seems to be a very good option in the face of climate change and declining fossil fuel reserves, but it is raising environmental concerns. Far from being sustainable, the spread of what is more accurately called 'agrofuels' - liquid fuel produced from biomass grown in large-scale monocultures - is compromising biodiversity and fuelling the issue of human rights violations. As industry expands, it is encouraging intensified, industrial ...