Building Better India

2021 ◽  
pp. 149-167
Author(s):  
Swarup Roy Chowdhury ◽  
Suman Saha
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Smart Contracts ◽  
Public Infrastructure ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Working Practices ◽  
The Government ◽  
Time Update

We can name many industries that are still based on the same working practices and business models that they have had for a long time – maybe since they started. Despite the wealth of modern technology now available, public infrastructure, a critical component for the well-being of the society, is still an industry based on the paperwork, letters, emails, manual approvals, and a large amount of guess work. It involves a lot of manual effort and is also error prone. It is really very hard for the stakeholders and end users to get an update on the progress of the project, which impacts them directly or indirectly. The authors intend to develop a groundbreaking blockchain platform that can meet the needs of all the different stakeholders involved in creating and providing a better infrastructure. They plan to automate the entire process by using smart contracts to minimize paperwork for the government officials. This will not only eliminate the errors that can happen during manual execution but will also provide a real-time update to all the stakeholders in making the process more transparent.

scholarly journals CHARACTER EDUCATION DESIGNED BY KI HADJAR DEWANTARA

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Dwi Wijayanti
Keyword(s):  
Character Education ◽  
Life Style ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
International Scope ◽  
Foreign Culture ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Moral Crisis ◽  
The Government

Abstract:. Modern technology makes human life style also changesduring the development of the era. The exchange of information from one place to another becomes easier not only for national scoped but also the international scope. Moreover, it makes the foreign culture can easily enter Indonesia, imitated by society and then give impact to the life style of the society including human’s behaviour. It can be said that there is a moral swing in Indonesia nowadays. Many young people are not really enthusiastic in keeping their own culture. They tend to imitate other cultures, behave inappropriately, use illegal drugs, do free sex, bully each other, make genk, scuffle, and even kill people. One of the reasons of this morality crisis is the exemplary crisis. Adults who are supposed to be role models for the younger generation even provide bad examples such as doing corruption, being selfish and do individualist practices of corruption, collusion and nepotism, mutual checks, doing violence such as grabbing, punching and other crimes.Therefore, the government makes effort to overcome the moral crisis through character education or Budi pekerti education. Basically character education is not new concept, Ki Hajdar Dewantara has designed character education since a long time through its principles, foundations, concepts and teachings about Tamansiswa. The principles and teaching can be implemented to toddlers, children, and adolescents until adults. Through the method of literature analysis, this paper seeks to examine and explore more deeply about the character education which designed according to the teaching of Ki HadjarDewantara. Character education designed according to Ki Hadjar Dewantara applied through basic and teaching of Tamansiswa. Basic Tamansiswa includes Panca Dharma that is Nature of universe, Independence, Culture, Nationality and Humanity. While Tamansiswa teaching includes Tri Ngo (ngerti, ngroso, lan nglakoni), Tri N (niteni, niroke, nambahi), Tri Hayu) and most importantly the Trilogi Kepemimpinan (ing ngarso sung tulodho, ing madyo mangun karso, tutwuri handayani), all of them are implemented in Tri Pusat Pendidikan  (family, school and community). Abstrak: Teknologi modern membuat gaya hidup manusia juga berubah selama perkembangan zaman. Pertukaran informasi dari satu tempat ke tempat lain menjadi lebih mudah tidak hanya untuk lingkup nasional tetapi juga ruang lingkup internasional. Selain itu, membuat budaya asing dapat dengan mudah masuk ke Indonesia, ditiru oleh masyarakat dan kemudian memberi dampak pada gaya hidup masyarakat termasuk perilaku manusia. Dapat dikatakan bahwa ada ayunan moral di Indonesia saat ini. Banyak anak muda tidak benar-benar antusias dalam menjaga budaya mereka sendiri. Mereka cenderung meniru budaya lain, berperilaku tidak semestinya, menggunakan obat-obatan terlarang, melakukan seks bebas, saling menggertak, membuat genk, perkelahian, dan bahkan membunuh orang. Salah satu alasan krisis moralitas ini adalah krisis yang patut dicontoh. Orang dewasa yang seharusnya menjadi panutan bagi generasi muda bahkan memberikan contoh buruk seperti melakukan korupsi, menjadi egois dan melakukan praktik individualis korupsi, kolusi dan nepotisme, saling memeriksa, melakukan kekerasan seperti menyambar, meninju dan kejahatan lainnya. Oleh karena itu, pemerintah berupaya mengatasi krisis moral melalui pendidikan karakter atau pendidikan Budi pekerti. Pada dasarnya pendidikan karakter bukanlah konsep baru, Ki Hajdar Dewantara telah merancang pendidikan karakter sejak lama melalui prinsip-prinsipnya, yayasan, konsep dan ajaran tentang Tamansiswa. Prinsip-prinsip dan pengajaran dapat diimplementasikan untuk balita, anak-anak, dan remaja sampai dewasa. Melalui metode analisis pustaka, makalah ini berusaha untuk meneliti dan menggali lebih dalam tentang pendidikan karakter yang dirancang sesuai dengan ajaran Ki HadjarDewantara. Pendidikan karakter dirancang sesuai dengan Ki Hadjar Dewantara yang diterapkan melalui dasar dan pengajaran Tamansiswa. Tamansiswa Dasar meliputi Panca Dharma yaitu Alam semesta, Kemerdekaan, Kebudayaan, Kebangsaan, dan Kemanusiaan. Sementara ajaran Tamansiswa mencakup Tri Ngo (ngerti, ngroso, lan nglakoni), Tri N (niteni, niroke, nambahi), Tri Hayu) dan yang paling penting Trilogi Kepemimpinan (ing ngarso sung tulodho, ing madyo mangun karso, tutwuri handayani), semua dari mereka diimplementasikan di Tri Pusat Pendidikan (keluarga, sekolah dan masyarakat).

scholarly journals Understanding the Incidence of Covid-19 among the police force in Maharashtra through a mixed approach

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pravin Kokane ◽  
Priya Maurya ◽  
T Muhammad
Keyword(s):  
Collective Efficacy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Police Force ◽  
Recovery System ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Government ◽  
Mixed Approach ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
Individual Efficacy ◽  
Depth Interviews

AbstractBackgroundThe study tries to understand the incidence of COVID-19 among police officials along with the challenges they face and their preparedness during the pandemic response in Maharashtra.MethodThe study analyzed the daily trends of confirmed, active, recovered, and deceased cases for Maharashtra and police professional. Ten telephonic in-depth interviews and a descriptive survey were conducted to obtain experiences of police regarding their combat against Covid-19.ResultsPPR (0.01 to 1.12), CRR (0 to 39.22) and CFR (0 to 1.07) have consistently increased and CRR found lower among police than the general population. The qualitative data by analyzing several indicators suggests that there is a higher individual efficacy over collective efficacy among the police force. Further, the long-time fight against Covid-19 had drained police force mentally and physically and this put them in higher risk.ConclusionImmediate priority interventions like provision of protective gears need to be provided by the government to control the risk of infection among police. Holistic support and recovery system from all stakeholders of society needed for the well-being of the police force so that they can soldier on to avert such a crisis in future.

scholarly journals The Rehabilitation of the Widows in Pattani Province, Thailand

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Kanlaya Daraha
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Human Security ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Deep South ◽  
Coordination Center ◽  
The Social ◽  
Prince Of Songkla University ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Government

The purpose of the research aimed to 1) Investigate the rehabilitation of the widows affected by the violence in the Province Pattani, Thailand. 2) Provide the guideline for the government and institutions to find ways to rehabilitate the widows affected the violence in the Province Pattani, Thailand. The findings of the research were summarized: There are increasing the widows drastically because of the violence crisis for a long time since 2004. The government has the policy to rehabilitate the widows affected by the violence. Ministry of Human Security and Social Development helps the budget per month for the widows. In the Deep South has the Center for rehabilitation the populations and the widows affected by the violence i.e. South Coordination Center, that coordinate with Prince of Songkla University, Pattani Campus and the office of Human Security and Social Development in the Province Pattani and specifically it has the group of the widows “We Peace” for empowerment the widows and the Center of the Health care. Some opinions suggest the activities to collaborate with the widows, the training career for the widows and it must have the community for watching the strangers every village and the government should construct the conciliation in the Deep South of Thailand for conducting “the Social Well- Being”.

Maternal Care and Global Public Health: Bombay and Manchester, 1900–1950

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Trivedi
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Maternity Hospital ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
The Government ◽  
Historical Moment ◽  
Epidemic Diseases ◽  
Social Reformers

Summary In the nineteenth century, the British government at home and in the empire promoted the development of public health systems to contain epidemic diseases. By the early twentieth century, the government turned its focus increasingly to children’s physical fitness and, in turn, society’s capacity for both labour and military power. Given the role that women played in reproducing the nation’s prospective power, women were perceived to need intervention not only for their own sake but also for the well-being of the nation’s next generation. This essay considers the historical moment when government officials, social reformers and physicians realised that they needed mothers to live for their nations and states to survive. After reviewing discourses shared by social reformers and government officials in Bombay and Manchester, the essay considers the records of St. Mary’s Hospital and the Nowrosjee Wadia Maternity Hospital to explore the role of physicians in the medicalisation of maternal mortality.

Corruption networks as a sphere of investment activities in modern Russia

2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serguei Cheloukhine ◽  
Joseph King
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Organized Crime ◽  
Transitional Period ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Illegal Activities ◽  
The Government ◽  
Organized Crime Groups

This paper studies a new phenomenon, the ‘top to bottom’ corruption networks of organized crime, law enforcement and Government officials in Russia. We examine the Soviet roots of corruption and its transformation during transitional period. By focusing on contemporary Russian corruption networks this paper explores the complex of state-run oligarchic structure with established rates, well organized inter-institutional groups incorporated by common ideas of extracting profits. The danger is in the existence of extensive and stable corruption networks, which not only profit by their illegal activities between Organized Crime groups and Law Enforcements, but invest in further corrupt developments to control the government. We argue that corruption in Russia, for a long time, has been imbedded in the system of social relations and, by the majority of citizens, was not considered to be a crime. Presenting arguments against existing simplified understanding of corruption, this study elucidates corruption networks as an expansion of Organized Crime in all spheres of post-totalitarian Russia. It also shows that a magic circle of corruption closely intertwines with the inefficiency of power and the inefficiency of rule of law.

scholarly journals Looking in from the outside: The case of the excluded self-publisher

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-110
Author(s):  
Liz Poliakova
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Publishing Industry ◽  
The Self ◽  
Cultural Industries ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
New Business ◽  
The Government ◽  
Changing Practices ◽  
New Business Models ◽  
Limited Scope

A significant portion of books on Amazon are self-published using Kindle Direct Publishing. Self-publishers are given an opportunity to share their work with the world with a few clicks of their mouse. However, traditional publishing infrastructures are not as welcoming to the self-publisher. This paper undertakes to perform a policy analysis of government funding frameworks available to workers of the Canadian publishing industry. Through performing a discourse analysis, the study finds that the self-publisher is ineligible to apply for funds and grants from the government both on the provincial and the federal levels. The self-publishing business model is not recognized as a legitimate one and is often equated with vanity publishing, which comes with a stigma. Furthermore, traditional publishing industry workers act as gatekeepers who also exclude the self-publisher from the conversation around the changing landscape of the Canadian publishing industry. Even though the self-publisher should be recognized as a legitimate worker of the cultural industries, they are not acknowledged as such both by government officials who distribute grants and traditional publishers. This study adds to the limited scope of research conducted on self-publishing in order to break the boundaries that self-publishers encounter. The study concludes with recommendations to assess the process of the distribution of government funds and grants in order to incorporate the changing practices of the cultural industries and incorporate new business models such as self-publishing.

scholarly journals Socio-economic outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic for Ukraine

2021 ◽  
pp. 24-42
Author(s):  
VITALINA BUTKALIUK
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
National Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Systemic Analysis ◽  
Sociological Inquiry ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Government ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Public Views

The article presents a comprehensive analysis of the causes and consequences of both human and socio-economic losses incurred by Ukraine as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions introduced by the government in order to prevent its spread. The author's attention is primarily focused on exploring the population's social well-being, as well as examining changes in the quality of Ukrainians' lives during the pandemic. The study of the above-mentioned issues is complemented by a sociological inquiry into public views on the coronavirus problem, efficacy of the authorities' actions aimed at combating the pandemic, as well as the essence and real effectiveness of socio-economic policy pursued by the Ukrainian government in present-day conditions. Drawing upon a systemic analysis, the author argues that the ongoing socio-economic crisis in Ukraine, along with vaccine crunch, stems mainly from neoliberal policies implemented by the national government over the past three decades. The article argues the thesis about the transformation of the crisis of confidence, which has been fixed for a long time in Ukraine, into a crisis of vaccination, which today threatens with large humanitarian, economic and geopolitical losses. The research findings allow concluding that the COVID-19 pandemic acted as another trigger for the crisis, thereby intensifying and exacerbating the problems that had already existed in the national economy. The author's arguments are bolstered by a vast array of domestic and foreign statistical data, along with the results of surveys conducted by the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (1994–2020), «Research & Branding Group» (2020–2021), as well as other Ukrainian sociological centers.

scholarly journals DISTANCE EDUCATION IN CANADA: BEGINNINGS, EARLY AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (13) ◽  
pp. 102-111
Author(s):  
Олександр Петрович Федоришин ◽  
Вікторія Федоришина
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
Learning Modalities ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
The Government

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on educational systems worldwide, leading to the near-total closures of schools, universities and colleges. Most governments decided to temporarily close educational institutions to reduce the spread of Coronavirus. Millions of students are having their education disrupted. Efforts to slow it through non-pharmaceutical interventions and preventive measures such as social distancing and self-isolation have prompted the widespread closure of primary, secondary, and tertiary schooling in over 100 countries. In the sphere of education, many of the measures that countries have adopted in response to the crisis are related to the suspension of face-to-face classes at all levels, which has given rise to three main areas of action: the deployment of distance learning modalities through a variety of formals and platforms (which or without the use of technology); the support and mobilization of education personnel and communities; and concern for the health and overall well-being of students. In the article developments of education in Canada are considered. The measures taken by the country are the same as in other countries of the world, but the development and implementation of governmental and educational programs for every level and their interaction between institutions, students and their parents are accentuated there. The government cooperates with various organizations (governmental and nongovernmental) trying to provide schools, universities and colleges with all necessary for distance learning, and, firstly, access to modern technology and the Internet. Distance education as a form of learning appeared long ago. But nowadays it has a new challenge to be activated mandatory, other than traditional methods of gaining knowledge should be implemented involving advanced technology.

scholarly journals The risks of construction grant support in toll road investment faced by Indonesia's government

2019 ◽  
Vol 270 ◽  
pp. 05001
Author(s):  
Iris Mahani ◽  
Rizal Z. Tamin ◽  
Krishna S. Pribadi ◽  
Andreas Wibowo
Keyword(s):  
Risk Identification ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
State Budget ◽  
Preliminary Screening ◽  
Toll Road ◽  
Grant Support ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Given

In order to increase the role of private sector in infrastructure implementation in Indonesia, the Indonesia government facilitates Public-Private Partnership (PPP), such as by providing Viability Gap Funding (VGF) in the form of construction grants. Some projects get a construction grant but in toll road investment, the support is provided in another form. If the government provides construction grant on toll road investment, there would be risks that government need to face. This study aims to identify the said risks and analyse them so that the government could mitigate the risks. It is also could be used for devising public policy. This study is conducted qualitatively based on interviews with government officials, businessmen, and members of society. Based on the risk identification at each stage of the given support, there are 9 (nine) risks. After preliminary screening, the qualitative analysis and validation indicate that there are 4 (four) risks that must be mitigated by the government. These risks include: the possibility of being disapproved by the finance ministry, the approval process at the finance ministry takes a long time, it is too costly the state budget could not provide it and lastly, the difficulty of obtaining approval from the legislative.

Diet Quality, a Term Subject to Change over Time

2012 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 144-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Elmadfa ◽  
Alexa L. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Diet Quality ◽  
Functional Foods ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Quality Factors ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Quality Diet ◽  
Important Quality ◽  
Health And Well Being

A high-quality diet is one of the foundations of health and well-being. For a long time in human history, diet was chiefly a source of energy and macronutrients meant to still hunger and give the strength for work and activities that were in general much harder than nowadays. Only few persons could afford to emphasize enjoyment. In the assessment of quality, organoleptic properties were major criteria to detect spoilage and oxidative deterioration of food. Today, food hygiene is a quality aspect that is often taken for granted by consumers, despite its lack being at the origin of most food-borne diseases. The discovery of micronutrients entailed fundamental changes of the concept of diet quality. However, non-essential food components with additional health functions were still barely known or not considered important until recently. With the high burden of obesity and its associated diseases on the rise, affluent, industrialized countries have developed an increased interest in these substances, which has led to the development of functional foods to optimize special body functions, reduce disease risk, or even contribute to therapeutic approaches. Indeed, nowadays, high contents of energy, fat, and sugar are factors associated with a lower quality of food, and products with reduced amounts of these components are valued by many consumers. At the same time, enjoyment and convenience are important quality factors, presenting food manufacturers with the dilemma of reconciling low fat content and applicability with good taste and appealing appearance. Functional foods offer an approach to address this challenge. Deeper insights into nutrient-gene interactions may enable personalized nutrition adapted to the special needs of individuals. However, so far, a varied healthy diet remains the best basis for health and well-being.

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