Lost Decades? Human Development in West Bengal with Special Focus on Health

2019 ◽  
pp. 159-180
Author(s):  
Satyabrata Chakraborty
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Special Focus

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POPULATION GROWTH WITH CHANGING LAND-USE PATTERN AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IN KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL

2021 ◽  
pp. 57-61
Author(s):  
Arunima Dasgupta
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Urban Sprawl ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Rapid Urbanization

Given that urbanization is considered as one of the most signicant anthropogenic alteration of the overall environment, the present study attempts to understand spatial-temporal characteristics of urban population growth and its implications on land-use as well as understanding their relationship with environmental degradation with special focus on the Kolkata, the capital city of West Bengal. Urbanization is one of the major driving forces behind the development of today's land-use and land cover system. A large number of contemporary urbanization has been characterized as urban sprawl namely in an extensive form of land-use for urban uses that have environmentally detrimental effects. There are indications of Urban sprawl and city expansion in our Study Area of Kolkata indicating expansion of settlements and built-up area and thus causing environmental degradation in the city area. The process of urbanization always had signicant implications that can affect cumulative changes in demographic characteristics and/or transformation of the physical environment; unplanned, unsystematic and rapid urbanization can cause intense impacts on various environmental aspects, specically on land and air and water. A thorough understanding of the dynamic relationship between urbanization and its generated land-cover changes thus becomes completely essential for managing environmental changes and enabling sustainability of the environment and its resources.

scholarly journals Level of Rural Development in Burdwan and Murshidabad Districts, West Bengal: A Comparative Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Syfujjaman Tarafder ◽  
Narayan Chandra Jana
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Rural People ◽  
Basic Infrastructure

The key purpose of this research is to examine the level of attainment of rural development in the two districts—Burdwan and Murshidabad. The reasons for selecting these two districts stems from the fact that majority of the population of these two districts dwell in rural areas. The concept of rural development is comprehensive. It includes economic development of rural people through the development of productive sectors and employment associated with rural infrastructural development as well human development. Therefore, rural development includes in its domain all the aspects of human development of the rural people. The present Central as well as State Governments have undertaken different policies and plans to bring about positive changes amidst the rural people. In most cases, however, the policies and plans fail to achieve the desired level of changes in the rural areas (Desai, 1991). Although in fewer isolated cases, some success has been achieved, but overall development remains to be reached. This research, based mainly on secondary data aims to investigate the scale of progress in the two districts —Burdwan and Murshidabad of West Bengal, India, in the areas embracing social correlates of rural poverty, basic infrastructure facilities, standard of living and quality of life. The data are analysed with the help of statistical and cartographical analysis.

Quality of Life in the Republic of North Macedonia Seen Through the Human Development Indicators

2020 ◽  
pp. 428-451
Author(s):  
Elizabeta Djambaska ◽  
Aleksandra Lozanoska ◽  
Vladimir Petkovski
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
The Republic ◽  
And Gender ◽  
High Level

This chapter considers the trend of human development in the RNM, presented through the HDI. The special focus would be the links with the problem of poverty and inequality in the economy, regarding the data for the GINI, IHDI, GDI, poverty line, MPI, vulnerable employment, and youth unemployment. The research subject is the period from 2010 to 2017, using the secondary statistical data. Comparative analysis, with the countries from the CESEE countries, further improve the quality of the chapter. The RNM is a country with a high level of human development, and it is relatively equally distributed among the population. There is a difference in the distribution of the achievements of HD and an intermediate level of equality in the distribution between the genders. Income inequality expressed with the GINI index shows increase. The results confirm that there is no automatic link between the economic growth and human development. Income and gender inequality regress the quality of life in Macedonia. Growth in RNM in the past period has failed to produce the expected positive effects.

Status of Human Development in Murshidabad District of West Bengal

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-160
Author(s):  
Syed Waseem Ahmad Ashraf ◽  
Sabbir Ahmed ◽  
Surendra Kaur Rawal
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
West Bengal

Level and Pattern of Human Development in Paschim Medinipur District, West Bengal, India

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ansar Khan ◽  
Soumendu Chatterjee ◽  
Koushik Mistri ◽  
Arosikha Das
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
West Bengal

Financial Inclusion and Quality of Life: Empirical Evidences from Indian States with Special Reference to West Bengal

2021 ◽  
pp. 0258042X2110261
Author(s):  
Avisek Sen ◽  
Arindam Laha
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Indian States ◽  
The Relationship

The conceptual connection between financial inclusion and quality of life (QOL) can be realized by a two-way relationships. On the one hand, financial inclusion induces QOL, while an improvement in QOL facilitates in generating demand for financial services, on the other hand. Even though several studies seek to find out the role of finance in the well-being of the population (especially human development), this article concentrates on QOL to eliminate the financial attributes of development (as captured by income dimension in Human Development Index). In this sense, this study addresses the research gap in the existing literature by establishing the relationship between financial inclusion and QOL. Specifically, the article attempts to explain the two-way tie-up between the financial inclusion and the QOL in India in the context of Indian states, in general, and West Bengal, in particular. Canonical correlation (CC; a multivariate data analysis technique) is used to estimate the relation between the financial inclusion and QOL. Empirical results suggest that western and the southern Indian states excel in the attainment of education, health and other amenities-based indicators of QOL. The conditions of the eastern part of the country in case of financial inclusion and the QOL are not at all satisfactory. In case of West Bengal, Kolkata being the state capital is performing well in both the factors. CC results suggest a significant association between the financial inclusion and QOL across Indian states. The deposit account of financial inclusion indicator and the infant survival rate of QOL indicator are playing a pivotal role in the relationship (both the Indian states and districts of West Bengal as well). This article establishes the effectiveness of the demand following approach of financial inclusion than that of supply leading approach. As the demand-side aspect of financial inclusion is becoming more important to the policymakers, the next policy priority of financial inclusion measures could be the generation of awareness on the financial services through financial literacy. JEL Codes: G2, O15, C39

scholarly journals Dynamics of chronic diseases in metro and non-metro regions of India: evidence from India Human Development Survey I and II

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 322
Author(s):  
Shobhit Srivastava ◽  
Tarique Anwar ◽  
Ratna Patel ◽  
Shekhar Chauhan
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Chronic Conditions ◽  
Urban Population ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Predictor Variable ◽  
Tobacco Consumption ◽  
Bivariate Analysis ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Metropolitan Cities

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> The growth of metropolitan cities had significantly contributed to the process of urbanization in India. About two-fifth of the urban population, out of total India’s urban population, live in 35 metropolitan cities. It is important to look into the disease dynamics in the population of metro and non-metro regions of India. The study aims to find the differences in the distribution of chronic diseases in metro and non-metro regions of India and depicts the contributions of background factors causing a change in the prevalence of chronic diseases in metro and non-metro regions of India.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> Data from India Human Development Survey (IHDS) I and II conducted in 2004 and 2012 respectively have been used. Bivariate analysis has been performed to find the association between independent variables and chronic diseases, and logistic regression has been used to find the effect of predictor variables on chronic diseases by metro and non-metro regions. Fairlie decomposition technique has been used to find the contribution of each predictor variable accounting for differences in chronic diseases between metro and non-metro regions.  </p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> Age, sex, socio-economic status (education and wealth), alcohol consumption, tobacco consumption, and body mass index status are significantly associated with chronic conditions in metro regions of India. Age, wealth, and developed regions contributed most to the differences in chronic diseases between metro and non-metro areas.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Metro regions in India suffers from a massive burden of chronic conditions. Metro regions should be given a special focus to tackle the menace of chronic diseases.</p><p class="abstract"> </p>

Overview of Worldwide Potato Production Scenario with Special Focus in India and Its Industrial Utilization

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 137-142
Author(s):  
Debdatta Sarkar, Bisakha Saha Arunima Singha and Saikat Mazumder
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Cold Storage ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Potato Production ◽  
Paper Analysis ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Industrial Utilization ◽  
The World ◽  
Production Area

India became the planet´s second-largest potato producing country all over the world because potato output increased from 1.3 million to over 34 million over the last six decades. Despite that, this spectacular increase makes a series of less readily apparent tendencies in the growth rates for potato production, area, and yields. When the area harvested enlarged, the growth for area harvested touched a series of peaks and valleys; as yields per hectare continuously increased, the growth rate for productivity gradually decreased to a half. In the present year, Uttar Pradesh is the major Potato producing State with 31.26% of production share, followed by West Bengal, Bihar, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh with 23.29 %, 13.22%, 7.43%, and 6.20% share respectively. This paper analysis is based on the driving factors behind the increase in production, area harvested, and yields. Sub-sector specific recommendations include greater eco-efficiency in cold storage.

Ki sambandha hoibe takhon he?: Locating Nachnis in the Societal Margins of Kinship in Rural Bengal

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 282-301
Author(s):  
Saloka Sengupta ◽  
Haripriya Narasimhan
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
Male Partner ◽  
Folk Art ◽  
Women Performers ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Public Events ◽  
Art Form ◽  
Difficult Time

Na_chni na_ch, a dance form of West Bengal, is going through a difficult time in its 500-year history. The woman dancer, who is known as a nachni, performs, often at night, along with her male partner, or rasik. Her life is intricately tied with that of her rasik, which includes her status as a woman performer at public events and the observance of proper rituals upon her death. Caught in a web of exploitation, the nachni essentially has no ‘kin’. Following the work by Inden and Nicholas on Bengali kinship and its categories and meanings within Bengali culture, this article looks at the amorphous pattern of kinship for the marginalized, with a special focus on the daily lives of nachnis. It explores the networks on the margins of kinship in which women performers of this crisis-ridden folk-art form survive.

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