Management of a religious mass gathering in North India: Parkash Utsav 550

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 379-385
Author(s):  
Kapil Goel, MD ◽  
Nikita Sharma, MD ◽  
Ranjitpal Singh Bhogal, MHA ◽  
Amarjeet Singh, MD
Keyword(s):  
State Government ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Medical Personnel ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
North India ◽  
Control Center ◽  
Mass Gatherings ◽  
The Government ◽  
Set Up ◽  
And Control

Background: The 550th Birth Anniversary (Parkash Utsav) celebrations of Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the first Sikh Guru, was celebrated with great devotion and fervor at Sultanpur Lodhi, Punjab, India, from November 1 to 14, 2019. The authors aimed to shed light on the planning and management of the event and the factors that led to its success. Methods: The researchers conducted key informant interviews with authority figures, resource mapping, and observations. The researchers focused on the event’s medical lounge. Open-ended questions were asked to gather information regarding various measures taken to organize and execute the event. The data were entered and analyzed using Microsoft Excel 7.0 and SPSS 20.0 (Trial version).Results: About three million people attended the Parkash Utsav 550 celebrations. Three tent cities were set up in Sultanpur Lodhi with the consideration for incoming road traffic. The state government deployed 820 medical personnel, including 150 doctors, 470 paramedics, and 200 volunteers. A total of 19,521 patients were seen in the outpatient department of the Medical Lounge. The government made sufficient arrangements for various services, such as drinking water, langar (or community kitchens), sanitation, and security. Approximately 37 langar halls were constructed in the town to provide healthy food to the devotees. An integrated command and control center was set up for surveillance and monitoring. For the convenience of the devotees, 1,908 toilets, 1,476 urinals, and 132 bathing units were installed. The District Administration of Kapurthala launched an event-specific mobile application, “Parkash Utsav 550,” for the use of pilgrims as well as government officials. No stampedes, outbreaks, and fire incidents were reported.Conclusions: Parkash Utsav 550 was successfully celebrated. Studying the Parkash Utsav 550 presented a unique opportunity to generate an evidence base for the development of solutions and recommendations for the prevention, management, and control of infectious diseases, stampedes, and fire incidents during mass gatherings. In-depth studies of the Parkash Utsav in the future are required to produce evidence for context-specific measures for addressing the complex health challenges of mass gatherings.

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.

Effect of door-to-door screening and awareness generation activities in the catchment areas of vision centres on service utilization: A study protocol (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shalinder Sabherwal ◽  
Anand Chinnakaran ◽  
Ishaana Sood ◽  
Gaurav K Garg ◽  
Birendra P Singh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
North India ◽  
Participant Recruitment ◽  
Community Activities ◽  
Catchment Areas ◽  
Set Up ◽  
And Control

BACKGROUND Vision Centre (VC) is a significant eyecare service model to strengthen primary eye care services. VCs have been set-up at block level covering a population of 150,000-250,000 in rural areas in North India. Inadequate utilization by rural communities is a major challenge to sustainability of these VCs. This not only reduces the community’s vision improvement potential but also impacts self-sustainability and limits expansion of services in rural areas. Current literature reports lack of awareness regarding eye diseases and the need for care, social stigmas, low priority being given to eye problems, prevailing gender discrimination, cost, and dependence on caregivers as factors preventing utilization of primary eyecare. OBJECTIVE To address this, our organization is planning an awareness cum engagement intervention – door-to-door basic eye check-up and visual acuity screening in VC’s coverage areas, to connect with the community and improve rational utilization of the VCs. METHODS The study is a randomized parallel group experimental study, in which we will select 2 VCs each for intervention arm and control arm, among poor low performing VCs i.e., walk-in of ≤10 patients/day, from our two operational regions (Vrindavan, Mathura District and Mohammadi, Kheri District) of Uttar Pradesh. Intervention will include door to door screening and awareness generation in 8-12 villages surrounding VC, and control VC will follow existing practices of awareness generation through community activities and health talks. Data collected from each VCs for four months of intervention, primary outcome being utilization of VCs would include, number of walk-in patients, spectacle advised and uptake, referral and uptake for cataract and specialty surgery and operational expenses. Secondary outcomes would be uptake of refraction correction and referrals for cataract and other eye conditions. Differences in the number of walk-in patients, referrals, uptake of services and cost involved would be analyzed. RESULTS Participant recruitment in progress. CONCLUSIONS Through this study, we would analyze if of our door-to-door intervention is effective in increasing the number of visits at VC and the thus, the overall sustainability. We would also study the cost-effectiveness of this intervention to recommend it’s scalability. CLINICALTRIAL This protocol has been retrospectively registered as a clinical trial (NCT04800718) on 15th March 2021 at the ClinicalTrials.gov registry. Participant recruitment is still in progress. https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04800718?term=NCT04800718&recrs=ab&draw=2&rank=1

The Legislature and the Administration, I

1936 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-256
Author(s):  
John A. Fairlie
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
National Government ◽  
Administrative Authority ◽  
Central Group ◽  
Single Person ◽  
Legislative Branch ◽  
The Government ◽  
Set Up ◽  
And Control

Mr. W. F. Willoughby, in his Principles of Public Administration, holds that “the function of direction, supervision, and control of the administrative activities of the government resides in the legislative branch of the government.” More specifically, he states that, “in the case of our national government at least, Congress is the source of all administrative authority.” It may be suggested however, that an examination of existing systems of government shows a large amount of variation in this respect, and that three main systems may be recognized.These three main systems may be noted in private as well as in public administration. In undertakings managed directly by a single person, he at the same time is the organizer of the business and conducts its operation. This may be called an autochthonous administration. In collective groups, or societies, a distinction appears between the determination of general policies by the group or society (or by a general committee) and the actual management by the officers or agencies set up by the central group for certain purposes.

scholarly journals Can the Delhi Government’s ‘Mohalla’ clinic overcome its challenges and provide quality health services to the urban poor population?

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-154
Author(s):  
Bhuwan KC ◽  
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar ◽  
Sunil Shrestha
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Urban Health ◽  
State Government ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Provincial Government ◽  
Basic Health ◽  
The Government ◽  
Set Up

   The ‘Mohalla’ clinics were set up by the Delhi state (provincial) government in India in 2014 to provide basic health services to people of Delhi city and its vicinity, especially targeting the urban poor. The Mohalla clinics are staffed by a doctor, a nurse, a pharmacist and a laboratory technician and theyprovide basic health services including immunisation, family planning and counselling services. The Mohalla clinic program had a good start and its operation was cost-effective; however, it is still struggling to increase its coverage to entire Delhi state as it had planned. The program got caught up in the central government and state government bureaucratic tussle, especially on the issue of acquiring land for setting up such clinics and on the implementation front due to the lack of operational plan and collaboration with the government line agencies. Thus, despite political will and funding a potentially viable urban health programmay have got stuck in the operational procedural complexities and political-bureaucratic tussle. This commentary article tries to discuss the challenges faced by the Delhi government’s ‘Mohalla’ clinics and a possible way forward to scale it up as a model urban health program.

scholarly journals Relevance of Traditional Indian Medical Concepts in Psychosomatic Medicine

2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (03) ◽  
pp. 148-155
Author(s):  
Mamta Sood ◽  
Saurabh K Singh ◽  
Rakesh K Chadda
Keyword(s):  
Psychosomatic Medicine ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Close Link ◽  
Traditional System ◽  
Mind And Body ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Government ◽  
Set Up

AbstractTraditional medicine comprises of health related knowledge, skill and practices indigenous to different cultures. India has a rich heritage of traditional system of medicine that emphasizes the close link between mind and body like the psychosomatic medicine. The government of India has set up a department of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy). The importance of life style, dietary and environmental factors in the development of various psychosomatic disorders has been emphasized in all the Indian traditional systems of medicine. Although studies have shown acceptability and beneficial role of traditional medicinal practices, efforts should be made to tease out and conduct research on the practices, which can help physicians in improving well-being of the patients. More rigorous research is required in the direction to generate evidence base for these practices so that their full potential can be realized.

scholarly journals The Problem of Property Rights to Land Acquisition of State (Jurisprudence and Conditions in Land National Law)

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 51-60
Author(s):  
Mahli Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Property Rights ◽  
Land Rights ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
Land Acquisition ◽  
General Terms ◽  
Absolute Requirement ◽  
The Government ◽  
Set Up ◽  
And Control

This study aims to answer the problem of construct and control of the state land by various parties to acquire the property. Structurally scholars of jurisprudence establishof three procedures, such as identification, turn and obtain approval from the government to acquire the property. While the provisions of the National Agrarian Land Legislation of Indonesia set-up of property rights happen in three ways; the determination of the government, the provision of conversion  and based on customary law. These requirements include the identification of former state land and wastelands and conditions, cultivation way, and obtaining permission from the government. While distinctive occur in terms designation and use of land in the Treasury Office into the absolute requirement for bookkeeping administrative enforcement of land rights. While the jurisprudence is not required certain types of plants or buildings in the enforcement of land rights administration books. While in general terms there should be plants and buildings as well as the limits of the fence is needed as a requirement in jurisprudence. While at the acreage requirement in the Treasury Office required two hectares per household, is an important requirement for the Treasury Office, because they want to regulate the distribution and people's livelihood of farmers` equalization.

scholarly journals Understanding Health Promotion Policy Processes: A Study of the Government Adoption of the Achievement Program in Victoria, Australia

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 2393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brydie Clarke ◽  
Boyd Swinburn ◽  
Gary Sacks
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
State Government ◽  
Obesity Prevention ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Prevention Policy ◽  
Policy Action ◽  
Obesity Prevention Policy ◽  
The Government

Despite the growing health and economic burden associated with overweight and obesity, preventive policy progress has been deficient globally. This study investigated the policy process involved in the adoption of the Achievement Program, a settings-based health promotion intervention that was a key pillar of the Healthy Together Victoria obesity prevention initiative. The qualitative study utilised multiple theories of the policy process, as well as Causal Loop Diagramming (CLD) methods, to understand the policy systems underlying the decision to adopt the Achievement Program. Factors that impacted this obesity prevention policy adoption included problem prioritisation at Federal and state government levels; political risks regarding policy action and inaction, and framing used by policy advocates to reduce risks and highlight the opportunities related to the Achievement Program policy implementation. The use of CLD methods was advantageous to further conceptualise potential leverage points and effective ways to influence obesity prevention policy in future. As such, the findings contribute to the obesity prevention policy evidence base and toward developing a number of recommended actions for policy actors seeking to increase future policy action.

scholarly journals Holding Company as Buffer for Government Enterprise

1988 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 59-68
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Enterprises ◽  
Holding Companies ◽  
Holding Company ◽  
Planning And Control ◽  
Government Planning ◽  
Government Enterprise ◽  
The Government ◽  
Set Up ◽  
And Control

(In their article “Can a Holding Company be an Effectiye Buffer for Government Enterprise?” (Vikalpa, July-September 1988), K R S Murthy and N C B Nath argued that the holding companies for public enterprises set up by the Government of India, so far, had been unable to buffer the operating units from governmental planning and control. Agreeing with their thesis, Ramaswamy R Iyer says that no , holding company in the real sense of the term has been tried in the Indian public sector. S V S Raghavan points out that the Arjun Sengupta Commi'ttee had envisaged a new concept of the holding company that involved new norms for government planning and control. He elaborates on that concept and provides the rationale for the recommendation-Ed.)

scholarly journals Social norms and compliance with road traffic rules in urban areas: Initial impressions of drivers in Kampala, Uganda

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Freddie F. Mawanga ◽  
Joseph M. Ntayi
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Control Systems ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Social Perceptions ◽  
Injunctive Norms ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Control ◽  
Initial Impressions ◽  
Traffic Rules

Since 1998, the government of Uganda has formulated traffic rules for road drivers, set penalties for violation of these rules and deployed traffic personnel to enforce compliance. However, there is continued non-compliance with these rules, particularly among drivers of personal vehicles on Kampala roads. It is likely that the actions of these drivers are influenced by individual or social perceptions and pressures (social norms). These social norms include injunctive norms (influences from people that drivers respect), descriptive norms (influences from other drivers’ behaviour) and perceived behaviour control (drivers exploiting available opportunities). The study explores the existence of these norms among drivers of personal vehicles and analyses the way the norms affect compliance with road traffic rules when moderated by road obstructions and control systems in Kampala, Uganda.

Design Policy Driven Development of Chinese Industry

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei HU ◽  
Kun ZHOU ◽  
Hongshi ZHOU
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Design ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Yangtze River Delta ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Delta Area ◽  
Chinese Industry ◽  
Design Competition ◽  
The Government ◽  
Macroeconomic Regulation And Control ◽  
And Control

Governments all over the world are paying great attention to economic innovation and the development of design in modern society. They are spending more and more recourses on making rules for Industrial Design Policy and measuring its implementation. As a method to make macroeconomic regulation and control by the government, the effectiveness and importance of design policy has already been widely admitted. In a macro-background of the three turns of Chinese design policy, taking the design policy of Guangdong province as an example, this article will analyze how local/regional government should respond to the national design policy. Based on the investigation and analysis of the winners of the "Guangdong Governor Cup Industrial Design Competition", this paper discusses how industrial design competition as a part of the design policy to support the development of industrial design. After making a comparison with the design policy of the Yangtze River Delta area, this article tries to enhance and perfect the current policy path.

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