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The Indian Copyright Act protects performers against the unlawful use of their performance. Thus, Performer rights are the rights available to a performer against people who are doing illegal usage of performance. These rights are highly vital in the present period, which is dominated by the use of technology. This research paper will go over the definition of a performer, international agreements on performers' rights, the necessity of giving performers legal protection, the legal status of performers' rights in India, and challenges in enforcing performers' rights amidst the rise of OTT. This paper will critically evaluate all these concepts and will demonstrate that the present law is inadequate current origin of OTT platforms. In addition to this, the success of any law depends upon the extent to which the people are aware of their rights. For this, an empirical study will be conducted to find out the implications and awareness of the law among various performers in the academic sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

E-filing is one of the e-government facilities that have been embraced by various developed countries, where the public has to release their obligation to the government through online tax filing. E-filing of taxes has been adopted by many countries and India is no exception. One protruding type of e-government is the introduction of the e-filing system for income tax. Through this system, taxpayers are able to submit their tax returns electronically to the tax authorities. However the success of such systems depends on citizen's satisfaction and intention to re-use the e-filing system. This paper attempts to analyze the factors that influence individual assesee in adopting electronic tax-filing services. A survey has been used to collect primary data and questionnaire approach was used in final analysis. This paper deals with the primary data collection method through questionnaire of primary data filled stabilized and analyzed to use SPSS. The overall results of the study point out that tax payer are enthusiastic as regards new technology. By paying overt attention to intended tax users' technology inclination may assist the tax authority in formulating strategy to accelerate the acceptance of e-filing system more easily among the people in the country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper assesses the impact of an information dissemination intervention on the local-level implementation of the rural public works program in India. One key feature of the intervention is to provide information to workers once their wages get credited into their accounts. Using administrative and survey data, its impact on delays in wage payments and days of work along with the awareness levels of the entitlements is evaluated. The findings indicate a substantial reduction in payment delays and in trips made for wage withdrawal, in addition to improvements in awareness. The decrease in the payment delays in the treated villages persists even beyond the intervention period. While a limited impact on work days is observed during the intervention, a significant increase in the post-intervention period is found. The findings substantiated through qualitative evidence provide a platform for an innovative and cost-effective intervention to improve the implementation of social protection programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is a comprehensive agenda that goals to transform the Indian education system to meet the challenges of the 21st century. It introduces several innovative approaches to enhance the quality and inclusivity of education. This research article explores the awareness of first year students in India regarding the NEP 2020. This research article investigates the awareness of students in India belonging undergraduate regarding the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP). The study aims to understand the level of awareness, perception, and engagement of students, who are the stakeholders in these respective groups with the NEP 2020. Primary data was collected by using a structured research instrument through Google forms & analysis was done through basic percentage analysis, bivariate U test keeping in mind the results of data normality along with Association and Reversion analysis. The findings provide insights into the awareness gaps and varying levels of engagement across the different educational levels, offering valuable implications for policymakers and educators to effectively implement the NEP 2020 reforms at each stage of education. This article presents the exact structure of NEP2020 for degree student, awareness about the NEP2020 in first year students and difficulties faced by students while accepting NEP2020. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A diet high in sodium contributes to a significant proportion of Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) due to cardiovascular diseases. This paper describes the awareness, behaviour and determinants related to dietary salt intake in an adult population of 18–69 years that were assessed as part of the National NCD Monitoring Survey (NNMS) in India. A sub-sample of 3000 adults selected through simple random sampling from 150 nationally representative Primary Sampling Units (PSUs) was included. Data regarding awareness and behaviour related to dietary salt intake were collected. Urinary sodium excretion in spot urine samples was estimated and used to calculate dietary salt intake. The dietary salt intake's sociodemographic, behavioural and metabolic determinants were also analysed. Less than one-third of the adults of both genders in all age groups in rural and urban areas were aware that daily high salt intake could affect health. The estimated mean daily salt intake was 8.0 g (8.9 g/day for men and 7.1 g/day for women). The salt intake was significantly higher in men [Adjusted OR = 17.66 (5.24–59.46)], rural areas [Adjusted OR = 6.14 (1.83–20.60)], overweight and obese respondents [Adjusted OR = 17.62 (3.17–98.07)]. The perception of the harmful effects of high salt intake and practices to limit salt intake was low in the study population. The mean daily salt intake was higher than the WHO recommendation of up to 5 g daily. The mean dietary salt intake is high in the Indian population, which calls for planning and implementing control of dietary salt consumption measures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Financial inclusion, which means access to formal financial services for the whole population is India's important policy objective. In this paper, we examine the association between financial awareness and financial inclusion. Using statistical association tests on the primary data, collected from 200 respondents in Nalgonda and Medak districts in Telangana, India, we find that financial awareness is significantly associated with financial inclusion. Regression analysis shows that more financial awareness is associated with a higher level of financial inclusion. We also observe that factors, including being female and having a lower level of education and income, are related to lower financial inclusion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Electronic banking is the wave of the future. It delivers huge assistances to consumers in terms of the comfort and cost of transactions. But it also gives new trials for country establishments in modifiable and overseeing the financial scheme and in scheming and applying macroeconomic policy.Online merchants and customers alike expect easy, safe and effective buying and selling processes. New technologies are making that simpler and smoother. But user demands for additional payment features and options lead growth in multiple directions.The focus of this paper is on barriers and challenges in e-banking service sector in India. This paper makes a descriptive study about barriers and challenges in e-banking and tries to identify the factor that causes the problems and challenges. Based on various literature reviews key factors which causes the barriers and challenges were analysed. A survey was done among 100 respondents in and around Chennai city. The paper concludes that major factor which has huge impact and the factors were security issues, internet connectivity issues, internet speed issues, lack of awareness about internet usage, taking too much time to speak with the Telebanker, too much time to resolve the transaction, recharge through mobile phone and not successful, credit card not supported by service provider, takes long time for receiving OTP, card payment not supported, card not deducted by the device, incorrect amount deducted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Street plays are a popular traditional medium of communication and entertainment in India. The objective of this paper is to communicate our experience about using street plays to raise awareness about children's eye health in a South Indian setting. Based on our experience of the prevailing misconceptions about children's eye health in our community, we selected some topics and prepared a blueprint of the scripts. We hired professional troupes who further refined these scripts into traditional street play scenarios by adding traditional songs, humor, and dialogues in the local dialect, leaving adequate room for improvisation during actual play. After a few rehearsals, we finalized the actual plays. Then, these were enacted in different parts of the city on different occasions, over a span of 3 years. In this descriptive paper, we share our experience of this exercise so that others may try and replicate this initiative in their areas. We found that the street plays were well attended by the people indicating the popularity of this medium in local communities. At the end of the street plays, a sample audience was interviewed about what they understood from the sessions, and most of them could reproduce the key messages. We found that instead of training our own staff, hiring a professional troupe was a more practical choice. Overall, it was a fruitful exercise in terms of the number of people that our plays reached out to effectively. Thus street play is an effective and popular means of disseminating eye health messages in our communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper compares the Cīvaravastu of the Mūlasarvāstivāda Vinaya with its counterparts in the other four Sthavira Vinayas, namely the Cīvarakkhandhaka/Cīvaradharma[ka] sections of the Vinayas of the Theravādins, Dharmaguptakas, Mahīśāsakas and Sarvāstivādins. It demonstrates that a significant number of stories and rules in the Cīvaravastu have no parallel in the other Sthavira Vinayas. Even those stories and rules that have parallels or partial parallels in the other Sthavira Vinayas can still offer us glimpses into the distinctive concerns of the Mūlasarvāstivādin jurists who wrote or redacted this text. Based on three comparative tables and two examples, this paper argues that the Mūlasarvāstivādin authors/redactors of the Cīvaravastu, contrasted with the jurists of other Sthavira sects or schools, displayed at least five characteristics. First, they shared some common narrative lore with the Śvetāmbara Jainas, which is not found in the other Sthavira Vinayas. Second, they showed a stronger predilection for including past-life stories. Third, they repeatedly used the learned-but-greedy monk Upananda to create comic effect. Fourth, they were strongly and explicitly concerned with a wider range of legal issues related to Buddhist monastic inheritance, and came up with detailed solutions to such issues. Fifth, they showed a more acute awareness of the connection between monastic clothing and public image, as well as the need for thoroughly differentiating the appearance of Buddhist monks from that of other religious groups in ancient India. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Dental professionals could play a significant role in identifying, documenting and reporting child maltreatment to appropriate authorities as children are exposed to various maltreatments that can present in the head and neck region. Aim: The aim of this paper is to assess the level of knowledge, awareness and attitude among dental professionals regarding child maltreatment and to identify the barriers that prevent reporting suspected maltreatment. Methodology: The present cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted on dental professionals practising in India by emailing a self-structured questionnaire to assess knowledge, awareness and attitude regarding child maltreatment. Results: 422 dental professionals participated in the survey of which 270 were females. A significant difference was observed in mean knowledge (p=.015), awareness (p=.014) score of the participants with regard to place of work and mean knowledge score (p=.024) of the participants with regard to educational qualification. 300 participants reported that lack of adequate knowledge and awareness about the role of dental professionals regarding child maltreatment is one of the major barriers that prevent reporting child maltreatment. Conclusion: Findings of the study showed that 43.8% of participants had good knowledge and 44.8% were fairly aware regarding child maltreatment. 86.7% of participants showed a very good attitude towards learning more about the role of dental professionals in the management of child maltreatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Silicosis has been one of the most serious occupational public health problems worldwide for many decades. The global burden of silicosis is largely unknown, although it is thought to be more prevalent in low and medium-income countries. Individual studies among workers exposed to silica dust in various industries, however, reveal a high prevalence of silicosis in India. This paper is an updated review of the novel challenges and opportunities for silicosis prevention and control in India. Main body: The unregulated informal sector employs workers on contractual appointment thereby insulating the employers from legislative provisions. Due to a lack of awareness of the serious health risks and low-income levels, symptomatic workers tend to disregard the symptoms and continue working in dusty environments. To prevent any future dust exposure, the workers must be moved to an alternative job in the same factory where they will not be exposed to silica dust. Government regulatory bodies, on the other hand, must guarantee that factory owners relocate workers to another vocation as soon as they exhibit signs of silicosis. Technological advances such as artificial intelligence and machine learning might assist industries in implementing effective and cost-saving dust control measures. A surveillance system needs to be established for the early detection and tracking of all patients with silicosis. A pneumoconiosis elimination program encompassing health promotion, personal protection, diagnostic criteria, preventive measures, symptomatic management, prevention of silica dust exposure, treatment, and rehabilitation is felt important for wider adoption. Conclusion: Silica dust exposure and its consequences are fully preventable, with the benefits of prevention considerably outweighing the benefits of treating patients with silicosis. A comprehensive national health program on silicosis within the public health system would strengthen surveillance, notification, and management of workers exposed to silica dust in India. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether investor's awareness, risk perception, and prior investment experience have any effect on the equity investment. The study is based on primary data collected using multistage random sampling method. We apply binomial logistic regression for analysis and observe that both awareness and past experience influence equity investments. We, however, also observe that risk perception plays no role in equity investments. We propose that appropriate policy measures can enhance the awareness level and experience of the investors regarding equity investment. To increase the individual investors' participation in the equity market, in the context of India, we propose that regulators and policy makers focus on making people experienced in this field. Government should nudge individuals by incentivizing equity market investment to increase market participation. Employers can also impart investment education to the employees to make them aware about equity investment and consequently increase equity investment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research paper delves into the complex nexus between constitutional rights and social justice in the Indian context. It critically examines the constitutional provisions safeguarding fundamental rights and assesses their efficacy in advancing social justice. Through an analysis of pertinent case laws and scholarly literature, this paper seeks to contribute to the ongoing discourse surrounding constitutional rights and social justice in India. The Indian Constitution is the cornerstone of the country's legal framework and enshrines fundamental rights to protect the rights and liberties of its citizens.1 This paper explores the relationship between constitutional rights and social justice in India. It investigates the constitutional provisions underpinning fundamental rights, focusing on their role in promoting social justice. Furthermore, it examines the challenges and limitations inherent in the Indian legal system that impede the realization of social justice. The Indian Constitution guarantees its citizens fundamental rights, including the right to equality, freedom of speech, and protection from discrimination.2 These rights are essential for fostering social justice and ensuring equal opportunities for all individuals. The judiciary plays a vital role in interpreting and enforcing these constitutional provisions, safeguarding the rights and interests of marginalized communities, and promoting social justice.3 Additionally, it elucidates the challenges and limitations that impede the realization of social justice within the Indian legal framework. The research findings shed light on the intricate interplay between constitutional rights and social justice, underscoring the necessity for reform, inclusivity, and heightened awareness to ensure the attainment of social justice in India. Social justice encompasses the fair distribution of resources, equal opportunities, and the elimination of discrimination and oppression.4 In the Indian context, social justice is crucial for addressing historical inequities and ensuring the well-being of marginalized groups, such as Dalits, women, and religious minorities. The Indian government has implemented various initiatives and policies to achieve social justice and reduce socio-economic disparities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Personal financial planning is about putting individual income into productive use to generate capital appreciation and fulfill the various needs of individuals. The two broad objectives of financial planning are - Capital appreciation and savings through investments and Risk protection through insurance products. In the Indian psyche, insurance protection always takes a back seat and is considered more as an unwanted expense than a necessity. Insurance is an important financial risk transfer tool. The risk is being transferred from the insured to the insurer on the payment of consideration called as the premium. In India, due to lesser awareness levels and education on insurance, the sector has not seen the desired results. The assets of individuals are left unprotected. Also, the sector had not been able to reach its potential as custodian of funds for national development and protection of assets. But things are changing in India as well. The government initiatives in terms of providing protection to the uninsured population for life, health and crops are steps to improve insurance coverage and penetration levels. However, creating more awareness at the individual level and designing products keeping in view the needs for protection of the general population is very important. This paper discusses the broad contours of financial planning and how the insurance industry is doing in catering to the protection needs of individuals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

India has a large population of women in the reproductive age group of 10-50 years. Since menstruation is linked with the child-bearing capability of women, maintaining proper menstrual hygiene-practices is of vital importance. This research paper has explored the menstrual-related hygiene practices of women in the lower-income bracket, with particular reference to the usage of disposable sanitary napkins during menstruation in the Indian context. The study uses Smart PLS to analyze inter-linkages among educational awareness, healthcare facilities, and usage of sanitary napkins. Both the variables were found to have a significant impact on the usage of sanitary products during menstruation. The findings of this study suggest that improved educational awareness and better healthcare facilities can enhance the usage of sanitary napkins. It will pave the way for policy guidelines needed to improve the health conditions of women in lower segments of society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The COVID-19 pandemic has not stopped at national borders. It has affected people regardless of nationality, level of education, income or gender. But the same has not been true for its consequences, which have hit the most vulnerable hardest. Education is no exception. Students from privileged backgrounds, supported by their parents and eager and able to learn, could find their way past closed school doors to alternative learning opportunities. Those from disadvantaged backgrounds often remained shutting out when their schools shut down. This crisis has exposed the many inadequacies and inequities in our education systems -- from access to the broadband and computers needed for online education, and the supportive environments needed to focus on learning, up to the misalignment between resources and needs. The focus of this paper is to find out the impact of Covid-19 among the students and the problems and challenges faced by the students during online classes. This paper makes a descriptive study and tries to identify the problems faced by the students during the online classes. A survey was done among 100 respondents and correlation and factor analysis was used. Three main factors were analysed from the study are Awareness, Convenience and Access. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study examines the awareness and usage of Academic Social Networking Sites (ASNS) among female research scholars and faculty members in Tamil Nadu, India. A structured questionnaire was used to survey 838 female research scholars through online platforms. The results showed that most respondents use at least one ASNS, with Google Scholar being the most popular. The primary reasons for using ASNS are to disseminate scholarly work and discover research papers. However, a lack of awareness and time was the main reason for not having an account with these sites. The respondents learned about ASNS primarily through friends and colleagues and suggested increasing their use and awareness through seminars and training courses, library posters, and integration in the student courses. The study highlights the importance of ASNS in the research work of female scholars and faculties while also recognizing the need for increased awareness and access to these resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The role that knowledge management systems (KMS) play in facilitating better decision-making and providing sustainable competitive advantages for organizations has been recognized worldwide. Academic sector has significant opportunities to apply KMS practices to supplement their mission and achieve their vision. The study investigates the concept of KMS in a higher education institution by adopting a hierarchical approach. Components of knowledge management (KM) such as awareness, existence, future, and benefits have been identified. The analytical hierarchical process method has been applied to prioritize the relative importance of three components out of these, that is, awareness, existing status, and future implications of KM to higher education. The paper is based upon a quantitative and qualitative study. The outcomes of the paper describe that there is awareness and existence of KM in higher education management institutions in an Indian perspective. However, future implications are supposed to be relooked at for the better implementation of the concept. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Insurance is a form of risk protection. In India, where insurance penetration remains low despite a large population, there is a need to raise insurance awareness among people in rural areas. It has been observed that the rural population has good wealth for a variety of reasons, including the fact that they do not have to pay high taxes, their standard of living is simple, and they have a habit of saving. In such a case, it is necessary to direct these savings toward high-yielding investments. Insurance can be a good source of future investment and can help relax in times of emergency. Insurance awareness is low in rural areas. If people are educated about the benefits of various insurance policies, they can invest in them. In order to raise insurance knowledge among the rural population, insurance issues must be taught in schools. In this study article, we try to figure out how much the rural population knows about insurance policies and their benefits. The study will use 200 labours as a sample size. These workers can come from a variety of backgrounds, such as construction workers or daily wage labourers. The study's focus is on Mumbai and the labours of the respondents. The goal of the research is to learn how these workers manage their risk and how much they know about insurance benefits. The paper makes an attempt to comprehend the level of awareness among the labour class and also to concentrate on ways to raise awareness among them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the level of awareness and usage of open source digital repository software (DRS). The paper also studies the factors, which influence the level of awareness and usage of different open source DRS by academic librarians in India. Design/methodology/approach: The study administered an online questionnaire to academic librarians in India to know their level of awareness and usage of open source DRS. The questionnaire aimed to gather the awareness and usage of open source DSR. In total, 374 complete responses were collected from academic librarians in India and the collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Moreover, Fishers' exact test was used to identify whether factors i.e. qualification and participation in workshop/seminar influence the level of awareness and usage of open source DRS. Findings: The results of the study reveal that the level of awareness and usage of open source DRS, namely, DSpace (Mean = 2.92, SD = 0.906) and Greenstone digital library software (GSDL) (Mean = 2.18, SD = 0.699) are high amongst the academic librarians in India. In total, 33.4%, 11.5% of the participants are using DSpace and GSDL, respectively, on regular basis. Fishers' exact test shows that factor(s) i.e. qualifications and participation in workshop/seminar affect the level of awareness and usage of open source DRS. The results show that there exits strong relation between participation in workshop/seminar and awareness and usage of DSpace (Fishers' exact test = 13.473, p < 0.05). Originality/value: This paper is the new type of study exploring level of awareness and usage of open source DRS by academic librarians in India. It identifies the factors that affect the awareness and usage of open source DRS. It is the first study to analyze the statistical significance between Indian librarians' participation in workshop/seminar and their level of awareness and usage of different open source DRS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Scientific research has revealed that global warming is getting irreversible with the passage of time and it is largely a human-induced phenomenon. India is one of the top three emitters of carbon dioxide in the world. However, the general public in India is unaware of what actually causes anthropogenic (human-induced) climate change. This study is undertaken to assess the level of climate change awareness and willingness to adopt mitigation actions by the students (N = 657) of higher education in Tripura, a small state in North East India, bordering Bangladesh on three sides. In addition, the study also attempts to draw whether there exist any correlations between the level of media usage with the level of climate change awareness and the level of climate change awareness with the level of willingness to adopt climate change mitigation actions. The results show that students of higher education in Tripura have a high level of climate change awareness, and the primary sources for climate change-related information are the Internet, TV, and newspapers. The scientists were the most trusted sources of climate change-related information followed by the mass media. The findings also establish that the students are willing to adopt climate change mitigation actions, even if it costs them something extra. The students who are willing (7.6%) and extremely willing (65.4%) to embrace climate change mitigation actions constituted more than 70% of the total respondents of the survey. The paper concludes that the level of willingness to adopt climate change mitigation actions was found to be significantly correlated with the level of awareness of the consequences of climate change when media are key actors in the dissemination of information; however, the level of understanding about solutions for climate change is not correlated with the level of awareness about the causes of climate change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A research study by Udayan Care (Beyond 18: Leaving Child Care Institutions- Supporting Youth Leaving Care, A Study of Aftercare Practices, 2019), in India, reveals that even though, as per the Juvenile laws of India, 'care-experienced' youth (care leavers) are mandated to receive aftercare services to age 21, and in certain cases to 23, the state of affairs for this section of disadvantaged youth needs to evolve. The study is based on a mixed method approach which uses a descriptive design to collect data from 435 care leavers and 84 key informants from five states of India. This paper investigates the emotional difficulties these young adults face when reaching 18 years of age, as they need to leave their care-settings without many options or support. It also highlights the factors causing emotional distress due to gaps in policies, systems and practices in Indian juvenile laws and practice. The focus of policies and stakeholders needs to be directed towards providing reasonable support for the emotional wellbeing of care leavers along with other domains essential for aftercare, including housing, physical health, independent living skills, education and vocational skills, social support and interpersonal skills, financial independence and career, emotional wellbeing, identity, and legal awareness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper is discusses about the awareness of Awareness on an open Educational Resource among the library professionals in India. Due to the pandemic situation, online questionnaires in the Google form were used to collect the data from the library professionals who are working in higher educational institutions in India. The impacts of the COVID 19 pandemic situation, totally 270 responses were only received. It resulted that the among 270 professionals, 41.11% are mentioned 'Quality and Reliability of Information' which includes 35.19% of them 'College Librarian', 4.44%> of them 'University Assistant Librarian' and 1.48% of them 'University Librarian. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present paper explores the use of Open Educational Resources among the research scholars of Kurukshetra University. For the purpose random sampling method was used to collect data from research scholars. A total of 185 questionnaires were distributed out of which 150 (81.08%) filled questionnaires were received from the users. The responses were analyzed in tabular form to know the objectives of the study. The study reveals that most of the research scholars are familiar with Online Education Resources. Researchers also face difficulties in customizing Online Education Resources according to their needs. The findings and recommendations based on analysis are given at the end. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is regarded as one of the major threat for mankind. A large number of people died or getting impaired due to it. Many life threatening complications are arising due to T2DM. The awareness level of T2DM is poor among general people of different countries. In India the public awareness regarding T2DM is also poor according to many researchers. In this research paper we were trying to find out the Knowledge level, attitude level and practice level (KAP) regarding T2DM in people of West Bengal, India. A cross sectional survey has been executed in selected Municipal and Gram-Panchayat areas in West Bengal through purposive sampling method. A structure questionnaire was prepared in three languages which covers knowledge, practice and attitude portion to access the awareness level among people. Independent t-test and ANOVA were executed with the help of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 21.0. The study shows that the KAP level is poor among the people of West Bengal. There are verity levels of knowledge, practice and attitude score in different people from different demographic background. The paper suggests that extensive level of awareness program on diabetes is required which can minimize the effects of this dangerous issue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose Agile manufacturing (AM) has the new scenario in the business system and it is widely seen as a “New Revolution” in the manufacturing firms. AM, which continuously focusses on the adoption of new methodologies and quickly respond to the customer expectation. For this reason, many of the research studies are focussed on the AM environment and this system is mainly followed in large sector only and most of the small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are not aware of it. Especially in the developing countries which are still lagging behind in the implementation of AM. Considering the above reason, the purpose of this paper is to assess the awareness of AM in Indian SMEs.Design/methodology/approach By means of researching many literature reviews and empirical data collected by using a self-administrated instrument distributed to the selected Indian SMEs and the awareness about the AM was investigated. The authors have selected 100 SMEs in Indian service sectors and sent the data sheets through by e-mail and also by directly visiting the company and collected the information. A total of 68 useable survey data’s were identified from the final analysis. The study data sample consists of a group of selected Indian SMEs, from different industries including the pump and foundry industries. The collected data were analyzed using the graphical representation method and by the statistical analysis.Findings The analysis revealed the significance and usage of AM in the Indian SMEs. The results also suggested that the Indian SMEs are well aware of the AM system, through more efforts need to be focussed on implementing this system properly and effectively to improve these standards. By the use of agile models and frameworks in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), would result in cost-effectiveness in their quality and services and can be continuously improving the ongoing agile practices.Research limitations/implications Indian SMEs managers seem to be stronger familiar with the agile concepts and practices and they believe that agile environment would guaranteeing in their services and high-quality products. Therefore, SMEs should concentrate and invest in agile practices that would help them to improve their competitiveness in the global market. Further, Indian SMEs managers and practitioners would concentrate more about this maintenance of standards and with this dynamic approach it takes toward the agile environment to meet the future challenges.Practical implications The data collected and the results provided in this paper will help in understanding, the awareness about the AM environment in Indian SMEs. Also, suggest some additional improvements in the knowledge of agile to the managers and practitioners in the Indian SMEs, which could enhance the level of agile implementation.Originality/value The assessment of agile awareness in Indian SMEs, along with the concepts of understanding the AM environment, has been explained in the literature on AM in the Indian SMEs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

E-Pharmacy is one of the essential services that can bring out transparency and ease of buying medicines to the customers. Though the application of internet in the areas of healthcare is intensifying and the online pharmacies serve a good cause, it has not been used as extensively in India. In this study we have focused in detail about the reasons why online pharmacy is not used - from a sample size of 100 respondents and have found that it was because of the high risk of misuse of drugs especially where there are no governing online pharmacy laws, lack of awareness and poor logistics, we have also analysed the other challenges that are faced by the society while using the existing e-pharm apps. Based on our constructs from the inferential and descriptive analysis, which was validated with a sample size of 100, we have put forth a set of suggestions that can make significant improvements in the e-pharmacy sectors and boost its usage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper explores the status of rural women empowerment in India. Women empowerment is prerequisite for the development of nation. The empowerment, equality and autonomy of women are globally recognized as key factors of all round development and growth of a society. The Five-Year plans in India are adopted as a model of development. 'Empowerment of Women' was the key theme of the Ninth Five Year Plan. Similarly, Tenth Five Year Plan also stressed on Economic Empowerment as one of the sector-specific 3-fold strategy for empowering women with the view of making all potential women economically independent and self-reliant. Empowerment of women means the improvement in eco-socio and political status of women in general and the conventionally disadvantaged ones in backward and rural society. This study is based on primary data collected from a cluster of villages under Mahapura Gram panchayat, Sanganer tehsil, Jaipur district. The study reveals that rural women fall under middle empowerment level and there is a lack of awareness of the government empowerment schemes. The study concludes by an observation that the status of rural women empowerment is not satisfactory. It leads to low level of awareness about government schemes and these women fail to avail the extended benefits from these schemes. So, it is imperative to address the endogenous factors in line with exogenous factors through government schemes to empower women. Women are empowered at different dimensions, in the present study we have different levels of empowerment of women but Empowerment is something an individual or a group of individuals evolves over time. The focus should be on removing various socio- cultural barriers and developing an endogenous development strategy. Few suggestions based on the study are: Skills acquisition and capacity-building, Conducting Camps and workshops at regular intervals to demystify various myths, conducting Family development initiatives to change discriminatory traditional and cultural norms, collecting information about the complaints regarding the schemes to improve the quality of the services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Socio-Economic factors have an immense impact on the awareness levels amongst the poor and the underprivileged sections of society. Social security schemes are vital for providing critical financial support to the families in case of sickness, medical expenses or death of an income earner. This paper studies how socio-economic factors affect the likelihood of being unaware of the various Jansuraksha schemes. Primary data collection for the study was done through the survey method, using a structured questionnaire, carried out amongst 1,854 respondents across the various states of India. The findings of the study reveal that those who would be highly eligible, i. e. drivers, workers, students, low-income earners, were the least aware about these the various government schemes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In India, tuberculosis (TB) notification has been required since 2012. Notwithstanding, notification rates remain low. Nonreporting of tuberculosis cases not only results in an underestimation of cases, but also impedes the country's TB control strategy. Our research aims to assess practitioners' awareness, perception, and practice of tuberculosis case notification, as these factors can help reduce the TB burden. A cross-sectional study of 142 physicians was conducted between August 2018 and December 2019. Doctors were interviewed and given evaluation forms. Seventyseven percent of the 142 physicians polled worked in medicinerelated specialties, while 33% worked in surgery. Public sector physicians (64.7%) knew more about the Nikshay App than private practitioners (40.8%). Most public-sector doctors notified through their hospital's National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP) centre. The majority of private practitioners (47.8%) notified cases directly through the hospital, the local District Tuberculosis Officer (DTO) or NTEP medical officer (24 percent), or the Nikshay portal (28%), whereas the majority of public sector doctors notified only through the hospital NTEP centre (85.9%). The primary reasons for non-notification are the high patient load on doctors, a lack of understanding about Nikshay App and its functioning, technological difficulties in using the Nikshay App, and the stigma associated with tuberculosis. The Nikshay App must be popularized as a notification mechanism through the NTEP program. To increase notification rates, practitioners must overcome the challenges they face. In terms of notification, more seminars and training, particularly hands-on training, should be held on a regular basis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Indian rural society is infested with problems like illiteracy, poverty, lack of awareness, etc., and to eradicate such problems an attempt has been made by the Government of India in the form of 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act which strongly affirms the establishment of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs). The PRIs comprise elected representatives from rural vicinity, who can understand local demands and problems. The government has initiated various rural development programs which encompass keen involvement of PRIs and bureaucracy for their success. In the year 2006, the government approved National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) for computerization of high priority mundane tasks. As a result, numerous e-governance applications were designed for imparting various types of services to people in their own vicinity. But a majority of applications have not attained the intended success. The e-services, especially in rural areas, were hampered by the lack of participation and awareness among PRIs, bureaucrats and beneficiaries. This paper proposes a prototype for enhancing utilization of e-services in rural areas by reengineering the methodology adopted for capacity building of PRIs and sensitization mechanism. It also includes the feedback mechanism for beneficiaries. The paper encompasses the formal mathematical representation of the framework which gives an impeccable idea about the boundaries of the framework and the impact of various parameters in enhancing e-services utilization, and assists in the development of ontologies for the framework. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Gender disparity in engineering enrolment is quite significant although there is only a very narrow gap in girls' enrollment in higher education in India. The overall enrolment of girls in engineering programs is 27.5%. By affirmative action of introducing supernumerary quota for girls, Ministry of Education targets to increase the enrolment of girls which was 8% and 14 % respectively in IITs and NITs in 2016-17 to 20% in 2020-21. Therefore, it is essential to explore the reasons behind the reluctance of girls in choosing engineering education, even when the nature of engineering jobs has evolved to be gender neutral. It is even more significant now when National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is targeting to achieve a Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of 50 % by 2035 from the current 27 %. This paper reviews the existing studies to understand the nature of influence of both external and internal factors and their interaction on the girls' choice of higher education. Literature review of the research articles for two decades was conducted. It includes both published and unpublished work on the subject. There are no studies conducted nationwide, post 2004 to address the reasons for disproportionate representation of girls in engineering education in India. It is found that the findings are contextual in nature with respect to culture of the society. In, particular, the influence of parental perception influences the association of gender with engineering studies, among the girls. Awareness and exposure of the nature of engineering jobs among parents and the girls can bring in the desired change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the emergence of information technology, the demand for e-resources has been growing day by day. Advancement of ICT infrastructure leads to the wide use of e-resources. Nowadays, users can access e-resources on their desktops. N-LIST is an initiation to provide selected e-journals and e-books to the registered colleges in India. The present study was carried out among post-graduate students in autonomous colleges of Kerala. The study aims to examine the awareness and use of N-LIST e-resources, purposes of use, level of satisfaction, and problems faced by postgraduate students while accessing N-LIST e-resources. For this purpose, the investigator prepared a well-structured questionnaire as a tool for data collection. The hypotheses of study demand the use of different statistical techniques, such as simple percentage methods and the ANOVA test. The present study reveals that the majority of respondents are aware and use N-LIST e-resources. However, daily usage of N-LIST e-resources among post-graduate students is still not up to the mark. Based on the findings, the paper recommends that college libraries should enhance their infrastructure and provide proper Wi-Fi facility for the optimum utilisation of the N-LIST e-resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose - Up to now most of the research into flash flood disaster has examined scientific aspects of this natural phenomenon. This paper aims to focus on the flash flood disaster scenario of Uttarakhand, a newly created Himalayan State in India, on the basis of their severity and mechanism so that management efforts can be mounted by the disaster managers. Design/methodology/approach - Besides compiling the hazard- and risk-related work done by the various research institutions and universities the paper attempts to understand the mechanism responsible for this natural hazard. Findings - Uttrakhand is a state highly prone to disasters. Flash floods are disasters that are seasonal in nature and strike during a certain period of the year in certain pockets of the state with high frequency. Research limitations/implications - The analysis is based on observations made in the entire state. Practical implications - Awareness amongst the masses regarding the flash flood disaster that is likely to affect them and their life support strategy is a must for bringing forth voluntary adoption of the safety norms. Originality/value - Armed with the information about the hazards and their spatial distribution, the disaster managers in Uttarakhand may undertake certain preventive and mitigative measures for further strengthening and streamlining the Disaster Management System in the state and pave the way for similar activities in other states of India. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Oral cancer is of significant public health importance to India owing to its high prevalence. Early detection of oral cancer offers the best chance for long term survival and has the potential to improve treatment outcomes and make healthcare affordable. The objective of this paper is to report a case on similar difficulty faced in public health care scenario and to create awareness among services sector on focusing the incidence of disease in the country highlighting the significance of a community dentist's role in guidance of betterment of life an individual who was ignorant and asymptomatic. Hence an attempt to project this case report with two year follow-up and a quality of life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cancer awareness is the key to early detection and better health-seeking behaviour. Cancer is quite common in both developing as well as developed countries, but awareness is yet poor among the general population. Poor awareness may lead to poor uptake of screening modalities and delay in diagnosis. One factor that has been consistently shown to be associated with late diagnosis and treatment is a delay in seeking help for cancer-like symptoms. This paper reviews the literature on cancer awareness among the general population and attitude towards screening modalities. The poor awareness level among the Indian population shows the need for health education and sensitisation regarding cancer and its different aspects. This will be helpful in the successful implementation of health programmes related to cancer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Human resources are the driving force of any organization. The employee workforce, as the main drivers, remain in the 'supply side' of e-Governance applications. Therefore, they need to be equipped with the right aptitude (skill), perception (understanding), attitude (desire), and the motivation to move toward changes. e-Governance involves the application of Information and Communication Technology by government agencies for information and delivery of services to citizens, businesses, and employees. This paper focuses on certain HR issues in e-Governance. It makes a case in favor of implementing thoughtfully designed Human Resource Management strategies in consonance with the changing organizational and employee needs. Application of ICT also makes it essential for an organization to become a learning organization, as these technologies are characterized by continuous change. An attempt is made to investigate the preparedness of employees of Berhampur University, particularly with the entry-level, mid-level, and senior-level employees, to provide a general insight into their levels of aptitude, awareness, and attitude toward e-Governance. It also explores the preparedness, and how the employees of Berhampur University show considerable support for e-Governance with their interest and adaptability to new technologies, and their levels of awareness and attitude toward e-Governance. The study also explores the low level of ICT aptitude. Besides, use of ICT by the official employees is often limited to word processing and other relevant applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Digital India is an initiative taken for the citizens to access the government services in a digital forum. The government is trying to confirm the vision and pillars of digital India program by investigating the citizen's perspective on digital services. This current study aims to investigate the citizen awareness, explore the citizen opinion on digital India services and to determine citizen opinion on features associated with digital India services. This research is based on descriptive research design and target populations are the Citizens of Tamil Nadu. The sampling method used in this research is non-probability convenience sampling with a sample size of 505 participants. Structured questionnaires using Likert 5-Point scale was used to collect data. The findings exposed that the awareness and perception of digital India services towards digital India initiative at Tamilnadu was highly valued and they recognized that the Citizens are aware about digital India service features and advantages having the optimistic view on digital India initiative. This research study suggests that keeping citizens involved with the digital India services is the most significant aspect and it leads them to feel self-confident and self-reliant towards better results. The future study would be to pre-determine categories like usage, adoption, loyalty and satisfaction and citizen empowerment through digital India services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The much-hyped tax structure, Goods and Service Tax (GST) was recently introduced. The Government of India took the decision to implement GST on July 1, 2017. This affects every citizen and raises various concerns amongst consumers towards GST implementation. The present paper aims to examine the level of consumer awareness and the perception they have towards GST implementation in India. Additionally, the study attempts to suggest some measures to the government for effective GST implementation. Questionnaire method has been used for primary data collection. The consumers of National Capital Region (NCR) region are the sample audience. The level of awareness for GST implementation has been examined based on Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test, descriptive analysis and Spearman's correlation. The perception towards its acceptance is examined based on descriptive analysis. The findings reveal that demographic factors are not significantly correlated to the level of awareness. Consumers have a high level of basic awareness. Promotional activities are not insufficient, but awareness programs should be increased which is moderately accepted. Overall, the implementation of GST is highly accepted by the consumers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper explores the role of comic book narratives in creating awareness and influencing attitudes about how society treats rape survivors, specifically in the Indian context. The gang rape of a young woman in New Delhi in 2012 inspired an Indian-American filmmaker to author the comic book Priya's Shakti, which was launched at the Mumbai Comicon in December 2014. The book uses Hindu mythology in its narrative to call for a change in existing belief systems about rape and rape victims. Twenty-four in-depth and ethnographic go-along interviews of informed participants were conducted to understand how they perceive the role of comics such as Priya's Shakti in affecting popular awareness and attitudes about rape and what approaches they feel are best suited to use comic books to bring about sustainable social change. Results indicated comics can play a significant role in creating awareness, especially among the younger audience but that changing attitudes is a more complex issue, demanding the active and engaged participation of other stakeholders. A culture-centred approach was the key emerging theme. Respondents believed comic books could be used to reach out to children in schools and to rural audiences via multiple communication methods but that engaged and involved participation of community stakeholders was essential if comic books were to drive home socially relevant messages and affect awareness and attitudes about rape. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Plagiarism is polluting the academic and research environment globally. The digitization of contents or every type of information available and accessible through Internet is the main cause for plagiarism. Even some famous faces are facing the allegations of plagiarism worldwide. In this paper, it is tried to explore the awareness about the plagiarism, copyright and fare use among the doctoral research students of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCS HAU), Hisar. To examine the awareness and views about the plagiarism among the doctoral research students, a survey is conducted with the help of structured questionnaire in the month of November 2018, which revealed some interesting facts. Results revealed that 53.43% of the respondents were fully aware about the plagiarism, however, lack of good writing skills (71.23%) and language problem (64.38%) were the two major reasons for doing plagiarism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although the country has passed through many phases of development, what h as remained unchanged is the relative backwardness of certain groups, areas or sectors in the country. Keeping these factors in mind, the present paper attempts to evaluate if, and to what extent, the economic developmental measures have affected the quality of life of the Tharu (Scheduled Tribe) women and helped empower them. For arriving at a conclusion, the level of women's participation and awareness in economic activities and related decision making fields have been analyzed on the basis of their own views. The paper is based on primary data, collected through in-depth interviews, discussions with, and observations on, the Tharu women of Udhamsingh Nagar in Uttarakhand. The paper ends with suggestions on ways to improve women's participation and awareness in developmental plans and programmes and ways in which these schemes could be made more acceptable and beneficial to the concerned group, thus ultimately leading to a better quality of life and empowerment for the womenfolk. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to create awareness of contributions made by just-in-time manufacturing (JIT) practice towards building performance measures in Indian manufacturing industry. Implications of JIT implementation issues in Indian manufacturing industry have been critically evaluated in this paper. Design/methodology/approach – While conducting this study, survey of reasonable number of manufacturing organisations have been made so as to ascertain contributions made by JIT initiatives in the Indian manufacturing industries for achieving major performance measures. The correlations between various JIT implementation dimensions and performance parameters have been worked out by employing various statistical tools and bringing out significant factors contributing effectively towards achieving manufacturing performance measures. Findings – The study divulges that attitude of management, participation of workers, relationship of organisation with suppliers and customers, adoption of latest manufacturing methods and successful adaptation of effective JIT initiatives can significantly contribute towards enhancing performance measures in the organisation. The study also reveals that the holistic JIT manufacturing methods outscore the traditional manufacturing practices towards improving the manufacturing performance. The study highlights that detailed JIT implementation over a reasonable period can greatly contribute towards achievement in performance of organisation. Originality/value – The present study analyses the impact of JIT manufacturing method on performance of organisation and highlights the need for aligning organisational efforts in establishing manufacturing methods for attaining improvements in performance of manufacturing organisations. The paper highlighted the status of JIT manufacturing initiatives in the Indian context and the preparedness of Indian manufacturing industry to meet the challenges imposed by the Western world by employing aggressive JIT manufacturing strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Investment is one of the foremost concerns of every individual investor as their small savings of today are to meet the expenses of tomorrow. The savings and investments pattern by the people vary from person to person and even with same person during two periods due to difference in motives. The present paper explains different reasons of savings and investment, awareness level and association between demographic factors and awareness level among rural households of Chamba district. 100 samples were used to examine the objectives of the study. Investors have given less importance for their old age requirements and unexpected contingencies and bank deposits still hold higher priority among institutional investments in rural area are the major findings of the study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The use of open source software in libraries has been extensively researched and appreciated. Many papers have discussed the benefits of OSS for libraries and librarians. However, little has been known about those who do not use OSS in their libraries. This paper describes an exploratory study of the awareness and perception of open source software among non-users library professionals working in Indian libraries. The study also describes the opinions of non-users library professionals on various issues regarding open source software. The data were collected from responses of 144 non-users library professional of open source software. The findings of study reveal that non-user library professionals have well awareness and perceptions towards open source software even they are not using the same. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The current paper explores the perceptions of lay persons about the different Mental Health professionals and their roles in context of the various Awareness Campaigns that are being organised and conducted in India to explore if awareness about mental issues is lacking in some regards indirectly thereby leading to a deceleration of the entire progressive move towards destigmatisation and information dissemination aimed at encouraging help seeking in case of Mental Health needs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

India lives in villages! Rural India is a significant market as 68-70% of India lives in villages. Starting from the Father of Nation to industrialists, it has been predicted and noticed that the future of India lies in its villages. Many marketers (HUL, Dabur, LG, Chik Shampoo, Hero Honda, Mahindra, etc.) have made revenue of 35-45% from rural market1. Today, mobile phones are more than voice communication and have become most important and integral part of life due to various advantages in one product such as - alarm, radio, watching movie/videos, speaking, Whatsapp, access to Facebook, mails, information search, video call, etc. India being big in population and growing economy, with greater population living in villages with improved literacy rates, TV penetration, improved infrastructure, governments and industrialists schemes to improve and tap rural market, is thus a potential market for mobiles too. Rural market being a significant part of Indian economy, and telecom being a fastest growing sector, this paper focuses on understanding the buying behaviour of rural consumers towards mobile phones from the rural consumers of two villages of Mandya district in Karnataka. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A large number of international students face serious psychological and cultural adjustment issues while studying abroad. These may include challenges of living in a foreign culture, emotional issues, as well as academic problems associated with higher studies. The results of a questionnaire survey conducted with 45 African international students in five disciplines in an Indian University, pursuing their bachelor, master and doctoral programmes, have been reported. Thepaperexamined the predicting effects of the dimensions of intercultural competence-'knowledge', 'attitude', 'skills' and 'awareness' on academic adaptation of African international students in India. The findings showed that attitude was particularly important and awareness was additionally important for academic adaptation of African international students. Implications for institutions and faculties of the host country, international students and future research were also considered in the paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Acknowledgment of the significance of environmental factors in technology adoption is widespread. However, empirical investigations into how environmental awareness influences the interconnection between perceived value and adoption intention for 5G services are notably lacking. This study investigates how perceived value shapes consumers' 5G adoption intentions and how environmental awareness moderates the relationship between perceived value and adoption intention, employing the Value Adoption Model (VAM). Survey items on perceived value, adoption intention, and environmental awareness, drawn from existing literature on consumer value and information systems, were employed to gather data. An online questionnaire was completed by 530 participants from India. The collected data was processed using PLS-SEM. The findings indicate that perceived usefulness and enjoyment are key drivers of adoption, while perceived costs show mixed effects. Notably, technical issues do not negatively impact perceived values, but perceived fees negatively affect the perceived value of 5G services. Overall, perceived value significantly influences 5G adoption intention, with environmental awareness mediating this relationship. The findings offer valuable guidance to 5G service providers in emerging markets and provide policymakers with insights into the interplay of cost-benefits and environmental considerations in 5G service adoption. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]