INDIA OF MY DREAMS Being from the sports background‚ I always wished my country to be the champions in sports in different disciplines may be Cricket‚ Hockey etc etc. My wishes were limited to sports but never thought of imagining India of my Dream in a vast context till the said topic was given for assignment. While going through the sources‚ I happen to read Dr. Abdul Kalam’s question to one little girl‚ what was her dream for India? She replied “I dream of a developed India”. Giving a thought
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Modern living has made people of India weak‚ unhealthy and disease prone...Modern living means adopting the western culture‚ smoking‚ drinking‚ eating pizzas and burgers‚ etc.Also working at night times in a BPO or a Call Centre is now a days modern living.....But this makes u obese and also mentally sick as scientifically it is proved that brain automatically relaxes...So the people working in the companies become mentally ill and sick......Now don’t we see teens and adults smoking in shops‚ in
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Empowering Rural Women in Heath‚ Literacy and Environment Abstract This paper addresses the conceptual and methodological issues related to women’s empowerment‚ the trends in women’s empowerment over the years in key areas such as education‚ health‚ economic participation‚ and finally the best practices of state and non-state actors in empowering women. The economic empowerment approach has relied on improving women ’s control over economic resources and strengthening women ’s economic
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What is Illiteracy? An adult or adults with a reading incapacity‚ a lack of knowledge of a subject‚ and/or a error in speech or writing according to Encarta World English Dictionary is a person or persons with illiteracy. Ronald Nash the author of an on-line article entitled "The Three Kinds of Illiteracy" he describes the three different types of illiteracy. Nash explains in detail cultural‚ moral‚ and functional illiteracy in his article. Cultural illiteracy defined by E.D. Hirsch Jr. is to
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Introduction Recently‚ starting from May 1‚ 2013‚ Hong Kong had issued an increase of the Statutory Minimum Wage (SMW) from $28 to $30. Setting SMW at an appropriate level is vital to striking the balance between the objectives of forestalling excessively low wages and minimising the loss of low-paid jobs‚ while sustaining Hong Kong’s economic growth and competitiveness ("2012 report of the minimum wage commission‚" 2012). To fulfil this aim‚ the government have decided to increase the minimum
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Gender Investigation "Gender inequalities exist" 1. Adult literacy rate As the first indicator of gender inequalities to prove that it is present throughout the world I chose adult literacy rate. In developing countries women have less chance to get basic education as men‚ so this indicator clearly shows the differences between genders. As we can see on the graph‚ where adult literacy rate of women(Graph1) and men (Graph2) are compared to the income per person of the country‚ the biggest inequalities
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The situation of migrant workers is described to be very tough‚ since their labour right is exploited. They could not have salaries on time and the bargaining power of them is small. Migrant workers are suffering‚ having low quality of life. In Source 2‚ however‚ migrant workers are no longer exploited. There is a rise in their basic salary. They are also provided with better welfare which is mentioned in the source‚ such as “well-furnished dormitory‚ recreation facilities‚ and special bonus”. Their
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SHAREWORLD OPEN UNIVERSITY LILONGWE CAMPUS FACULTY OF CONSERVATION‚ THE ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COURSE : SOCIAL ECONOMICS OF RURAL LIVELIHOOD CODE : ERL213 LECTURE : FRANCIS UNGAPEMBE STUDENT : GIFT KAPOTA YEAR : 2 ASSIGNMENT : Seven QUESTION : Discuss the role of government in promoting socio-economics of rural livelihood DUE DATE
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Income Inequality and the Lowest Quintile Income inequality is often associated with negative things such as decreased quality of life and a lack of social mobility. Yet‚ the lower classes are receiving less and less of the United States’ overall income while the top earners’ share is increasing. Why? This paper will explore causes of the growing income inequality as well as possible solutions to slowing it down. The income inequality gap has been growing over the past few decades‚ according to
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Ella Jane Dimasangcay English 5 AB POSC II A3 Descriptive Analysis on Philippine Politics Today Philippines‚ as a democratic country‚ adapts the libertarian culture that John Stuart Mill believes to be the best for achieving intellectual and social development. Every Filipino citizen is sovereign and free to do what he wants as long as he does not harm others. Mill’s proposed ways to obtain ‘social liberty’‚ which are having the political liberties and having
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