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Uses and Misuses of Statistics
C, Chakrabarty K - eSocialSciences - 2012
Statistics is used in our day to day life. Examples are there to show that statistics is misused in many. This can happen when people are information illiterate. [Address at DST-CIMS, BHU on Mar 20, 2012 as part of the 150th Birth Aniversary Celebrations of Mahanama Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya].
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Report on Socio Economic Status of the Women Domestic Workers- A Diagnostic Study in Five Major Townships: Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Berhmpur, Ssmbslpur and Rourkela of Orissa
BJ, Bharat Jyoti - eSocialSciences - 2011
Women workers In India constitute one third of the total workforce. Majority of these women are engaged in the un-organized sectors such as agriculture, construction, domestic services etc. The overwhelming majority of domestic workers are women and girls. This study is exploratory in nature and...
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E-Grantz Revolution
Komath, Rajesh; Padmanabhan, Roshni - eSocialSciences - 2010
information on its status and progress, which led to the easy access and delivery of benefits. The commentary describes the … problems that the dalit students had to face before the e-grantz scheme was implemented and the benefits that they can get from …
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Trade and Investment Policies and Regional Economic Integration in East Asia
Chia, Siow Yue - eSocialSciences - 2010
initiatives. While proponents of a region-wide FTA/EPA highlight its benefits, skeptics and critics point to the difficulties of …
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Towards an Economic Approach to Sustainable Forest Development
Mathur, Archana S; Sachdeva, Arvinder S - eSocialSciences - 2010
The present paper looks at the various dimensions of contributions by forests in the context of the Indian economy. Based on a detailed review of literature on importance and valuation of forests, some policy implications on the issue of compensation to states undertaking afforestation...
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Developing Incentive Based Mechanisms for Watershed Protection Services through Participatory Hydrological Studies
Sen, Debashish; Gupta, Rajesh; Agarwal, Chetan; Bambam, … - eSocialSciences - 2010
Peoples’ Science Institute (PSI), Dehradun and Winrock International India (WII), Gurgaon jointly initiated participatory hydrological studies in two micro-catchments that is, the Bhodi-Suan and Kuhan catchments that lie in the Changer region of Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh from...
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A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Aadhaar
eSocialSciences; National Institute of Public Finance … - 2013
This study estimates the costs and benefits of Aadhaar. The analysis takes into account the costs of developing and …
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Revisiting the Need of Improved Stoves: Estimating Health, Time and Carbon Benefits
Thakuri, Min Bikram Malla - eSocialSciences - 2010
This study generates some evidence on the costs and benefits of a particular indoor air pollution control initiative …
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Addressing Agricultural Power Subsidy: A Case Study of North Gujarat
Joshi, Vidyut; Acharya, Akash - eSocialSciences - 2010
that the big farmers are reaping the benefits of subsidy and selling water to the small and marginal farmers who are at the …
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What Determines the Success and Failure of ‘100 Days Work’ at the Panchayat Level? A Study of Birbhum District in West Bengal
Mukherjee, Subrata; Ghosh, Saswata - eSocialSciences - 2010
household or in distributing the benefits of work in favour of the marginalised population (such as Scheduled Castes and …
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