scholarly journals The Problems with Troubled Families: Rethinking the Analysis Behind the 120,000 Troubled Families Statistic

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Matt Barnes ◽  
Andy Ross
Keyword(s):  
Prime Minister ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Economic Disadvantage ◽  
David Cameron ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Initial Identification ◽  
The Government ◽  
Set Up

In the aftermath of the 2011 England riots, the then Prime Minister David Cameron referred to a ‘small number of families as the source of a large number of problems in society’ (Cameron, 2011). Soon after, the Troubled Families Programme was set up by the government to ‘turn around’ 120,000 troubled families. Despite government rhetoric focusing on ‘neighbours from hell’ (ibid.) the initial estimate of the number of troubled families did not include any indicators of problematic behaviours, such as crime or anti-social behaviour. Instead, a measure previously used by government to classify families with multiple social and economic disadvantages was used (Social Exclusion Task Force, 2007a). This article revisits the research behind the initial identification of the 120,000 troubled families and explores more widely the overlap between families with multiple social and economic disadvantage and their engagement in problematic behaviours. Our reanalysis of the original research data reveals that although families experiencing multiple social and economic disadvantage were at an increased risk of displaying problematic behaviour, only a small minority did so.

scholarly journals Urban Poverty and Vulnerability: Literature and Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 12-18
Author(s):  
Shilpa Deo*
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Urban Poverty ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Poverty Elimination ◽  
The Government ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Needy ◽  
Measurement Of Poverty

The Government of India has been taking various steps towards identification of the poor (and vulnerable through the Socio Economic Caste Census) and measurement of poverty with the help of various Expert Groups right from the Task Force that was set up in 1962 to the Task Force on Poverty Elimination of the NITI Aayog. There have been many researchers as well who have been suggesting the ways in which the poor and vulnerable can be identified and poverty can be measured besides the suggestions given by the Expert Groups. However, it may be considered as a ‘national shame’ if we are unable to identify the needy even after 75 years of independence. Through the review of around 100 books, research papers and articles, an attempt has been to understand the strengths and shortcomings of suggested ways to identify the poor and vulnerable and suggest a comprehensive methodology to identify the needy. Unless we are able to identify the poor and vulnerable sections of society correctly, planning and implementing poverty alleviation programmes for “ending poverty in all its forms everywhere”1 would be a futile exercise!

scholarly journals A SUSTAINABLE GROWTH OF CLEAN ENERGY IN INDIA: A TARGET 2022

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1069-1076
Author(s):  
Ashish Singhal, Et. al.
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
State Government ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Energy Demands ◽  
The People ◽  
The Government ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Energy Aspects

The extenuation of non-conventional global energy demands and changing environments is one of the most important ingredients in recent days. A case is about the study of sun energy acquired as clean energy by the government of India (GOI). GOI announced the various schemes for solar energy (SE) in the last decades because of the tremendous growth of solar energy aspects for the non-conventional sources with the support of central and state government. This article covered the progress of solar energy in India with major achievements. In this review article, the authors are trying to show the targets of the government of India (GOI) by 2022 and his vintage battle to set up a plant of solar or clean energy in India. This paper also emphasizes the different policies of GOI to schooling the people for creating the jobs in different projects like “Make in India”. This paper projected the work of the dynamic Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi and his bravura performance to increase the targets 100 GW solar energy by 2022.

Reform Impulses in a Bipolar Government

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.V. Vaidyanatha Ayyar
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Indian Education ◽  
National Commission ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Reform Agenda ◽  
Catch Up ◽  
The Government ◽  
Set Up ◽  
A Minor

This chapter describes the far reaching changes as a result of which the Indian education system ceased to be almost exclusively public funded and closed system, how these far reaching changes were not steered by any policy of the Government, and how the policy has to catch up to do. It describes how the early initiatives of the Manmohan Government aroused great hopes that higher education was poised for remarkable transformation, and how these hopes were dashed as the Prime Minister was only a minor centre of power and could not prevail upon Arjun Singh to accept the ambitious reform agenda drawn up by the National Knowledge Commission (NKC) he set up. It also describes the special focus on skill development and the new initiatives launched during the Eleventh Five Year Plan such as the expansion of Central Universities, IITs, IIMs and NITs, and the launch of Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA). It compares and contrasts the philosophical underpinnings and recommendations of the NKC and Yash Pal Committee on the rejuvenation of Higher Education, and critques the recommendations of that Committee’s idea of university, and its proposal to constitute a National Commission on Higher Education and Research as an imperium imperio.

Pakistan, Ministry of Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs. Report of Prime Minister's Task Force on Agriculture. Islamabad. December 1993. 68 pp.

1994 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ghaffar Chaudhry
Keyword(s):  
Growth Performance ◽  
Foreign Exchange ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Ministry Of Finance ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Masses

In consonance with her commitment to the enhanced welfare of the masses, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, shortly after assuming the office, set up a "Task Force on Agriculture" to look into the problems of agriculture in general and issues of agricultural taxation including Ushr in particular and to submit a report in six weeks. The task force worked day and night to comply with the Prime Minister's directive and submitted its report within the stipulated time. As must be clear from the terms of reference, the task force was to define the major problems of agriculture and to recommend solutions that are practical and acceptable to all concerned. Before going into the specific problems and justifiable recommendations, the report presents an overview of the state of the art in agriculture and pinpoints the facts that agriculture is still the major sector of the Pakistani economy in many ways, and that its growth performance, though laudable, has progressively fallen in the Eighties with signs of stagnating agricultural production in the Nineties. These trends, coupled with the rapid growth of population, have resulted in mounting import bills of basic foods against scarce foreign exchange earnings.

The Fisheries Research Board of Canada — Seventy-Five Years of Achievements

1975 ◽  
Vol 32 (8) ◽  
pp. 1465-1490 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. E. Ricker
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Fishing Industry ◽  
Government Service ◽  
Aquatic Animals ◽  
Fish Stocks ◽  
Biological Station ◽  
Aquatic Science ◽  
The Government ◽  
Set Up

The idea of having government research supervised by a group of knowledgeable individuals outside of the government service began, in Canada, in the field of aquatic science and fisheries. In 1898 an honorary Board of Management was set up to establish and manage a biological station on the Atlantic coast. As this Board’s responsibilities increased it was renamed the Biological Board of Canada, and finally the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. Starting in 1973 the Board ceased to have direct responsibility for the management of research stations, but it continues as an advisory body.During the period 1898–1972 the Board has provided facilities for original research on aquatic animals and plants and on the waters they inhabit, much of it done by scientists from universities and museums; it has solved many problems faced by governments in locating, evaluating, managing and increasing fish stocks; and it has assisted the fishing industry with improved techniques for catching, handling, processing and marketing its products. The immediately useful results of the Board’s work have been made available to the Canadian community through reports, publicity and personal contacts. Details of scientific discoveries have been published in the Board’s Journal and other outlets, while results of research done in other countries have been sifted and interpreted for their application to the Canadian scene.

scholarly journals Implications of Reforms for Erstwhile FATA: A Critical Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol VI (I) ◽  
pp. 69-76
Author(s):  
Muhammad Nasrullah ◽  
Manzoor Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Reform Process ◽  
Legal Reforms ◽  
National Implementation ◽  
Speed Up ◽  
The Government ◽  
Set Up

The FATA reform process is not a one-time exercise that could be completed through certain legal and administrative action but is a multi-dimensional process with short, medium and longer-term dimensions. The government has set up an 11-member task force to speed up the implementation process and pay special attention to the proposed legal reforms, FATA’s development and the security mainstreaming of FATA. To oversee this process, a high-powered National Implementation Committee, set up in 2017, is tasked to regularly review the progress of the FATA reform on the basis of periodical reports of the Task Force. The proposed reforms packages, besides envisaging reforms at different spheres, also aims to bring bringing about brighter socio-economic prospects to the tribal areas. It could be said that the reforms are also pivoted around boosting the socio-economic status of the tribal people. This paper presents a critical analysis of the merger plan and also critically examines the implications of reforms for FATA.

The Price of Victory

2020 ◽  
pp. 29-57
Author(s):  
Stephen Wall
Keyword(s):  
Prime Minister ◽  
The United States ◽  
Trading Bloc ◽  
Treaty Of Rome ◽  
The Government ◽  
Post War ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Uk ◽  
European Defence Community ◽  
De Gaulle

Post-war Labour and Conservative governments saw the UK’s global interests as lying primarily with the United States and the Commonwealth. They took no part in the formation of the European Coal and Steel Community or in the proposed European Defence Community, though, when the EDC idea foundered, Prime Minister Anthony Eden played a prominent role in promoting European defence, just as Labour Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin had done in fostering the establishment of NATO. The British sent only an observer to the Messina Conference (1956) that negotiated the terms of the Treaty of Rome establishing the European Community (EEC). The UK set up its own trading bloc (EFTA) but it could not compete politically or economically with the EEC and, in 1961, the government of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan applied for EEC membership, despite the opposition of France’s President de Gaulle.

C2. JEWISH PEOPLE POLICY PLANNING INSTITUTE, ““THE JEWISH PEOPLE 2004: BETWEEN THRIVING AND DECLINE,”” JERUSALEM, JULY 2004 (EXCERPTS).

2004 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-168
Keyword(s):  
Prime Minister ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Jewish People ◽  
Policy Formation ◽  
Policy Planning ◽  
Think Tank ◽  
Systematic Assessment ◽  
Planning Institute ◽  
Set Up

The fifty-six-page report, a summary of a book by the same name, presents the findings of ““a systematic assessment of the current state of world Jewish affairs”” carried out by a team of seventeen experts headed by Professor Sergio DellaPergola of Hebrew University. The study was commissioned by the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute (JPPPI), a think tank established in February 2002 by the Jewish Agency for Israel; former U.S. Middle East envoy Dennis Ross is the chairman of the JPPPI's board. According to the Jewish weekly Forward (30 July), the report was presented to Prime Minister Sharon and his cabinet on 27 June and debated there, with the prime minister promising to set up a task force to implement its recommendations. A recurring theme throughout the report is the need for greater coordination among Diaspora groups as well as between Israel and the Diaspora, with more weight given to the latter in Israeli policy formation. The report is divided into three sections: a comprehensive evaluation of internal and external trends affecting the Jewish people in the present and near future; a survey of Jewish communities on a country-by-country basis; and ““Recommendations for a Strategic Agenda.”” The full report is available online at www.jpppi.org.il.

Boardroom in the Twenty-First Century: Issues and Challenges

1998 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
R.V. Shahi
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Board Of Directors ◽  
Task Force ◽  
First Century ◽  
New Economic Policy ◽  
License System ◽  
The Government ◽  
Set Up

The new economic policy initiated by the government in 1991 which led to liberalisation, end of license system, private sector involvement in economic development and disinvestment of public sector has given rise to increased expectations for greater accountability and effective functioning of organisations. The degree of expectation varies, depending on the nature of organisation, whether public or private sector, but nevertheless the requirement is common to all. It is in this context that corporate governance and the role of Board of Directors in the governance of organisations is receiving increased attention. The National Task Force set up by the Confedration of Indian Industry (CII) evolved in 1998, the “Desirable Corporate Governnance Code” which lays down the basic guidelines on issues concerning board of directors, desirable disclosures, capital market issues, creditors rights and financial institutions and nominee directors. In the case of public sector undertakings a novel scheme called “Navaratna” was introduced whereby the boards of nine central public sector companies were restructured with lesser number of officials from government and more professionals from outside. Reduced ownership of the government through disinvestment by more than 50 per cent seems to be the only answer to provide the PSUs with the requisite autonomy.

Turkey's election will be plebiscite on Erdogan

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rates ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Political Will ◽  
Content Type ◽  
National Assembly ◽  
The Government ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Intelligence Service ◽  
Political Figure ◽  
Constitutional Changes

Subject Early campaigning for the June 7 general election. Significance The election is turning into a plebiscite on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's highly personal style of government. At particular issue is whether he should be enabled to set up an executive presidency by winning the two-thirds majority in the next National Assembly that would allow constitutional changes. With no serious rivals inside or outside the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), Erdogan's attempts to impose his political will regardless of consequences have triggered a slide in the value of the lira and a confrontation with the head of the country's intelligence service. Impacts Relations between Erdogan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu are uneasy, but Davutoglu is unlikely to be changed before the elections. Erdogan seems to have called a truce with the Central Bank, but this appears not to extend to allowing it to raise interest rates. This reflects a certain underlying pragmatism to the president's outlook, provided he has advisers around him who dare warn him of dangers. Ocalan is now a pivotal political figure in Turkey as the government has made some sort of settlement with the Kurds a key goal.

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