ENABLING USE OF GEOSPATIAL TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR ASSISTING RURAL EMPLOYMENT GENERATION IN INDIA-CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Despite growing popularity of using geographical information systems and geospatial tools in public health fields, these tools are only rarely implemented in health policy management in China. This study examines the barriers that could prevent policy-makers from applying such tools to actual managerial processes related to public health problems that could be assisted by such approaches, e.g. evidence-based policy-making. A questionnaire-based survey of 127 health-related experts and other stakeholders in China revealed that there is a consensus on the needs and demands for the use of geospatial tools, which shows that there is a more unified opinion on the matter than so far reported. Respondents pointed to lack of communication and collaboration among stakeholders as the most significant barrier to the implementation of geospatial tools. Comparison of survey results to those emanating from a similar study in Bangladesh revealed different priorities concerning the use of geospatial tools between the two countries. In addition, the follow-up in-depth interviews highlighted the political culture specific to China as a critical barrier to adopting new tools in policy development. Other barriers included concerns over the limited awareness of the availability of advanced geospatial tools. Taken together, these findings can facilitate a better understanding among policy-makers and practitioners of the challenges and opportunities for widespread adoption and implementation of a geospatial approach to public health policy-making in China.

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Geospatial Tools and Techniques in Land Resource Inventory

Sustainable Management of Land Resources ◽

10.9774/gleaf.9781315365565_11 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 273-300 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Suresh Kumar

Keyword(s):

Land Resource ◽

Resource Inventory ◽

Geospatial Tools ◽

Tools And Techniques

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A Classification Framework for Data Mining Applications in Criminal Science and Investigations

Cyber Warfare and Terrorism ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-2466-4.ch018 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 277-293

Author(s):

Mahima Goyal ◽

Vishal Bhatnagar ◽

Arushi Jain

Keyword(s):

Data Mining ◽

Data Analysis ◽

Data Mining Techniques ◽

Road Map ◽

Classification Framework ◽

Challenges And Opportunities ◽

Crucial Information ◽

Tools And Techniques ◽

Day By Day ◽

Mining Tools

The importance of data analysis across different domains is growing day by day. This is evident in the fact that crucial information is retrieved through data analysis, using different available tools. The usage of data mining as a tool to uncover the nuggets of critical and crucial information is evident in modern day scenarios. This chapter presents a discussion on the usage of data mining tools and techniques in the area of criminal science and investigations. The application of data mining techniques in criminal science help in understanding the criminal psychology and consequently provides insight into effective measures to curb crime. This chapter provides a state-of-the-art report on the research conducted in this domain of interest by using a classification scheme and providing a road map on the usage of various data mining tools and techniques. Furthermore, the challenges and opportunities in the application of data mining techniques in criminal investigation is explored and detailed in this chapter.

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Rural Employment Generation In India: A Critical View From Rajasthan

South Asia Research ◽

10.1177/0262728018816404 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 39 (1) ◽

pp. 23-42 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Atrayee Saha

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Social Interactions ◽

Rural People ◽

Critical View ◽

Rural Workers ◽

Occupational Interests ◽

Rural Employment ◽

Employment Generation ◽

Employment Guarantee

Rural employment generation was initiated in India through the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in 2005 and related NREGS schemes, to provide better social and food security to socially and economically depressed rural workers. By now, the implementation of this scheme is known to be not equally satisfactory throughout India, with significant variations in different states and localities. This article, based on intensive fieldwork over 1 year in remote villages of Deogarh and Bhim blocks of Rajasamand district, explores the functioning of the scheme in rural Rajasthan. It identifies three important roadblocks to effective NREGA implementation and analyses their impact: persistence of caste-based inequalities and social interactions among different groups of rural people, differential occupational interests of potential workers and lack of initiative of the respective panchayats.

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Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA): A Tool for Employment Generation

International Journal of Social Sciences and Management ◽

10.3126/ijssm.v3i4.15974 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

pp. 281-286

Author(s):

Lamaan Sami ◽

Anas Khan

Keyword(s):

Linear Regression ◽

Empirical Study ◽

Significant Role ◽

Personal Interview ◽

Mahatma Gandhi ◽

Rural Employment ◽

Employment Generation ◽

Employment Increase ◽

Employment Guarantee ◽

The Impact

This study is an empirical study which aims to examine the impact of MGNREGA in generating employment to poor in selected districts in India. Data have been collected through personal interview and analyzed with the application of linear regression. The analysis of the data revealed that MGNREGA played a significant role in generating employment, increase in income and consumption of respondents in selected districts in India.Int. J. Soc. Sc. Manage. Vol. 3, Issue-4: 281-286

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Effectiveness of Digital Marketing in the Challenging Age: An Empirical Study

THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ◽

10.18775/ijmsba.1849-5664-5419.2014.15.1006 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 1 (5) ◽

pp. 69-80 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Afrina Yasmin ◽

Sadia Tasneem ◽

Kaniz Fatema

Keyword(s):

Empirical Study ◽

Digital Media ◽

Electronic Media ◽

Digital Marketing ◽

Statistical Tools ◽

Marketing Effectiveness ◽

Challenges And Opportunities ◽

New Challenges ◽

Tools And Techniques ◽

The Impact

Marketers are faced with new challenges and opportunities within this digital age. Digital marketing is the utilization of electronic media by the marketers to promote the products or services into the market. The main objective of digital marketing is attracting customers and allowing them to interact with the brand through digital media. This article focuses on the importance of digital marketing for both marketers and consumers. We examine the effect of digital marketing on the firms’ sales. Additionally the differences between traditional marketing and digital marketing in this paper are presented. This study has described various forms of digital marketing, effectiveness of it and the impact it has on firm’s sales. The examined sample consists of one hundred fifty firms and fifty executives which have been randomly selected to prove the effectiveness of digital marketing. Collected data has been analyzed with the help of various statistical tools and techniques.

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MGNREGS of India

Social, Health, and Environmental Infrastructures for Economic Growth - Advances in Finance, Accounting, and Economics ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-2364-2.ch004 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 57-81 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Pratip Kumar Datta ◽

Harsha Tiwary ◽

Saumya Chakrabarti

Keyword(s):

The Other ◽

Supply Side ◽

Rural Employment ◽

Rural And Urban ◽

Increase Food Production ◽

Social Insecurity ◽

Employment Generation ◽

The One ◽

Surplus Population

Controlling surplus population, on the one hand and use of underutilized resources on the other, have induced governments of the developing world to adopt measures so that, poverty, underdevelopment and social insecurity are managed outside the sphere of core sector, especially through rural employment generation. MGNREGS of India is one such programme. Many researchers suggested the need for government intervention in job creation. On the other hand, some researchers have criticized such policies on the ground that these programmes misallocate resources towards relatively less productive frontiers. We propose theoretically that, the problem is not so much with the revenue expenditure, rather the bottleneck lies on the supply-side and can be mitigated by introducing infrastructural factors. Moreover in this chapter, we have tried to criticize the quality of jobs done and types of infrastructure generated through MGNREGS as it seems that both fail to increase food production and thus create some conflicts between rural and urban sectors.

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