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Sikandra ¹, Ruby Siwach Sangwan ², Kavita ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Foods and Nutrition CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, IN
2 Research Scholar, NDRI Karnal, Haryana, IN
3 Department of HDFS CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, IN

Abstract

The present investigation was conducted on school going children (9-15 years) from Gurgaon city, Haryana state India. A total of 200 obese and 50 healthy children (as non-obese) were selected randomly. A well-structured questionnaire was developed and used to gather information on food habits, physical activity and dietary pattern of the children. The study revealed that more than 80% of the obese children were taking either mid-morning, tea time or bed time snacks. Intake of fried food and weekly frequency of food consumption outside home was higher (59%) in obese children as compared to control group children. Playing of games was the main activity of non-obese group children (36%).Majority of obese children (78%) were not doing any physical activity and only 7% obese children were doing cycling and 13% were doing walking. Majority of non-obese group children spent less than 2hrs for TV and internet whereas 81% of obese children spent more than 2hrs for TV and internet. It was noticed that more than fifty percent of obese children spent less than 6hrs for sleeping.

Keywords

Obesity, School Children.

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Kavita ¹, Dalbir Singh Saini ²

Affiliations
1 Sai Nath University, Ranchi, Jharkhand, IN
2 Hisar, Haryana, IN

Abstract

The present study examined relation in different components of psychological wellbeing and locus of control. The sample was comprised of 400 students (boys and girls) in the age range of 17 to 26 years from university level. Pearson' Product Moment Correlation Method was used to evaluate the correlation. The results indicated the significant relations in most of the variables of psychological wellbeing and locus of control.

Keywords

Psychological Wellbeing, Locus of Control, Students.

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Kavita ¹, Dalbir Singh Saini ²

Affiliations
1 Sai Nath University, Ranchi, Jharkhand, IN
2 Hisar, Haryana, IN

Abstract

Psychological well-being is about lives going well. It is the combination of feeling good and functioning effectively. Sustainable well-being does not require individuals to feel good all the time; the experience of painful emotions (e.g. disappointment, failure, grief) is a normal part of life, and being able to manage these negative or painful emotions is essential for long-term well-being. Psychological well-being is, however, compromised when negative emotions are extreme or very long lasting and interfere with a person's ability to function in his or her daily life. The present paper reviews the different components of psychological wellbeing.

Keywords

Psychological Wellbeing, Components.

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Sikandra ¹, Ruby Siwach Sangwan ², Kavita ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Foods and Nutrition, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, IN
2 NDRI, Karnal, Haryana, IN
3 Department of HDFS, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, IN

Abstract

The present investigation was conducted on school going children (9-15 years) from Hisar and Gurgaon city, Haryana state India. A total of 400 obese children were selected randomly (200 each from both cities). Hundred healthy school going children having no history of obesity and matching the same age as those of obese children were taken as control (50 each from both cities). The information on socio-economic status, food habits and dietary pattern of the children was gathered using self-developed questionnaire. The study revealed that prevalence of obesity was higher (7.41%) among school going children from Gurgaon city as compared to Hisar city (5.79%). It was observed that mean values for most of the anthropometric parameters for obese respondents were significantly higher than non-obese group respondents.The study revealed that a higher percentage (57.5%) of obese children were from 12-15yr age group. Majorities of non-obese group (76%) as well as obese children were from nuclear families having up to five members in the family. Total monthly income of the family of obese respondents was above Rs. 15,000. Ten percent of non-obese children's fathers were above graduate whereas 30 to 36% of obese children's fathers were above graduate in Gurgaon and Hisar city,respectively. Income of the family of obese respondents was found positively associated with weight of obese respondents.

Keywords

Obesity, School Children.

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Kavita ¹, J. S. Pasricha ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Commerce, Punjabi University, Patiala, IN
2 Department of Commerce, Punjabi University-Patiala, IN

Abstract

Any investment decision necessitates the prior evaluation of risk and reward attributes associated with investing in a particular security or portfolio of securities. With the plethora of schemes to choose from and increasing awareness amongst the general public, mutual funds have been emerging as a desired investment option in comparison to other investment avenues. However, before making an investment decision, the investor has to examine the various macroeconomic factors. There are numerous variables at the economy, industry and the company level which have an influence on the investment choices of the investors. In this context, the present study attempts to ascertain the macroeconomic factors which have an impact on the mutual funds market. The association between the Mutual funds market and the macroeconomic variables has been analysed using Regression model. Further, the Existence of causal relationship has been analysed using the Granger Causality test. It is apparent from the study that the Real macroeconomic variables considered for the analysis do not have a significant influence on the Mutual funds market and were not found to be reliable to even predict the market movements.

Keywords

Macroeconomic, Regression, Granger Causality, Causal Relationship etc.

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Veena Sharma ¹, Kavita ², Sumit Gupta ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla-5, IN
2 Department of Mathematics, Govt. Degree College Diggal, Distt. Solan (H.P), IN

Abstract

This paper deals with the electrically conducting and numerical investigation of the effect of Hall currents on the thermal stability of a ferromagnetic viscoelastic fluid heated from below saturating porous medium. The rheology of the fluid in described by the Rivlin-Ericksenian. The boundaries are considered to be stress-free. The eigen-value problem obtained using linear stability theory and normal mode technique is solved numerically using the Galerkin technique and the software MATHEMATICA by assuming the trial functions satisfying the boundary conditions. A dispersion relation governing the effects of medium permeability, a uniform horizontal magnetic field, magnetization and Hall currents is derived. For the case of stationary convection, it is found that the magnetic field and magnetization have a stabilizing effect on the system, as such their effect is to postpone the onset of thermal instability, whereas the Hall currents are found to hasten the onset of convection under certain conditions.

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Kavita ¹, Vipul Narang ¹

Affiliations
1 Kenway College of Education, Abohar, IN

Abstract

The purpose of the present research was to study the intelligence, test anxiety and school satisfaction of truant and non-truant high school students of District solan and Shimla (H.P.) The sample consisted of 100 truant and non- truant students selected randomly from different Govt. Schools. Survey method was used for the collection of data. Test anxiety scale for children by Dr.A.Kumar(Hindi version of Sarason's 1960), General Mental Ability Test 1972 ( Hindi Version) by Dr. S.Jalota and Sharma Adolescents' School Satisfaction Inventory by Dr.Meenakshi Sharma (1991) was used to test the level of intelligence, satisfaction, and level of anxiety. Insignificant difference was found between the school environment of truant and non- truant student and significant difference was found between the level of intelligence and anxiety level of truant and non-truant. Concluded that the anxiety level and intelligence play significant for being truant and non-truant.

Keywords

Truant, Non-Truant, Intelligence, Test Anxiety, School Satisfaction.

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Kavita ¹, Aruna Anand ²

Affiliations
1 D.A.N. College of Education for Women, Nawanshahr, IN
2 Anand College of Education, Jethuwal, Amritsar, IN

Abstract

The present study has been undertaken to compare the achievement motivation of prospective teachers in relation to their Academic Performance. A sample consisting of 842 prospective teachers was taken from teacher education colleges affiliated to Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. The data was analyzed using Pearson's Product Moment Correlation and Analysis of Variance. The data revealed that there was no relationship between achievement motivation and academic performance of prospective teachers. It was found that there was no significant interaction influence of achievement motivation, gender and achievement motivation, location on academic performance of prospective teachers.

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Parteek Kumar ¹, Sahil Verma ², Kavita ²

Affiliations
1 Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, IN
2 E-Max Institute of Engineering, IN

Abstract

As security is one of the important issues in Vehicular Adhoc Networks (VANETs), it is required to deal with the threats related to them and one such severe threat is the wormhole attack in which the hacker node grabs the network traffic from one point and directs to another location that may drop the packets. In this paper, a scheme has been proposed which includes the RTT (Round Trip Time), usage level of links and count of neighbors to find the wormhole nodes in VANET. The proposed scheme is assessed and simulated against AODV protocol on NS-2 simulator. The efficiency of the nominated scheme is validated through simulation results.

Keywords

VANET, Wormhole Attack, Security, Detection.

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Kavita ¹

Affiliations
1 Punjabi University, Patiala, IN

Abstract

BSE Sensex is India’s benchmark index for Indian equity market. The present study attempts to analyse whether the Past Sensex returns has an explanatory power for today’s Sensex returns. Daily data of BSE closing prices from April 2000 to March 2015 has been used for the study. BSE Sensex returns have been estimated as the first difference of the log of the daily closing prices. GARCH (1, 1) has been developed to model the volatility of BSE Sensex returns. The results revealed that Past Sensex returns have GARCH effect in the today’s Sensex returns.

Keywords

Heteroscedasticity, ARCH, GARCH, Volatility, BSE Sensex, Stock Market Returns, Lagged Returns.

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K. C. Garg ¹, Bebi ², Kavita ³

Affiliations
1 CSIR-National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies (CSIR-NISTADS), Dr K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi 110012, IN
2 Department of Library and Information Science, University of Delhi, Maurice Nagar, Delhi − 110007, IN
3 Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology, Sector 22, Rohini, Delhi − 100086, IN

Abstract

The study presents a bibliometric analysis of 270 papers presented at the international conference “Information Technology: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” organized by the Defence Scientific Information and Documentation Center (DESIDOC), Delhi, of the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) during February 19-21, 2015. The study indicates that more than half of the total presentation was contributed by academic institutions (universities and colleges). Distribution of contributions by country and Indian States indicates that out of 270 papers, only seven were from foreign countries and rest 263 from India. Delhi topped the list among the contributing cities, while DESIDOC topped the list among the contributing institutions. Output of authors by gender indicates that male authors contributed more than female authors. The distribution of references cited in the papers shows that among the different information sources, journal citations were the highest and highest number of cited journals was in the discipline of library and information science. The highest number of cited journals was being published from the USA.

Keywords

Artificial Intelligence, Bibliometrics, Conference, Digital Services, Electronic Resources, Information Technology, Networking.

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Kavita ¹

Affiliations
1 Management Education and Research Institute, New Delhi, IN

Abstract

S&P CNX Nifty is national stock exchange of India’s benchmark stock market index for Indian equity market. The present paper attempts to investigate whether the Previous day’s Nifty returns has an explanatory power for today’s Nifty returns. Daily data of sample of 3671 observations from January 2000 to December 2015 has been used for the study. CNX Nifty returns are calculated as the first difference of the log of the daily closing price. GARCH (1,1) has been developed to model the volatility of CNX Nifty returns. The GARCH model is a time series modeling technique which provides for Heteroscedasticity in the observed returns. Empirical results have shown that previous day’s Nifty returns have GARCH effect in the today’s Nifty returns.

Keywords

Heteroscedasticity, ARCH, GARCH, Volatility, CNX Nifty, Lagged Returns.

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Kavita ¹, Monu Devi ², Meenu Punia ¹, Satbir Singh ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Agriculture Economics CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana, IN
2 Extension Lecturer Government College, Haryana, IN
3 HSB, GJUS&T, Hisar, Haryana, IN

Abstract

Current study was based on the secondary data in order to compare the gross value addition by different sectors of the Indian economy namely; Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing, Industry, Mining and Quarrying, Manufacturing, Electricity, Gas, Water Supply and Other Utility, Services, Construction, Hotels, transport, communication and services related to broadcasting, Financial, Real Estate and Professional Services, and Public Administration, Defence and Other Services. Researcher also aims to measure the trend or growth of the gross value addition of these sectors during the year 2011- 18. Data has been taken from the annual publication of the RBI related to the Indian economy for the above mentioned period. Trend or growth in the share of different sectors to the total gross value added of Indian economy, has been shown using graphs while the comparative study of Gross value addition by different sectors of Indian economy has been done using descriptive statistics and the One-way ANOVA test. Further, researcher has done post-hoc analysis using Turkey's test to highlight the particular groups of variables where the mean values were found to be significantly different if any. Welch test has been used to measure the equality of means. It was found that overall there is a growth in the gross value addition of the Indian economy during the year 2011-12 to 2017-18. All the sectors are showing growth in their share in the gross value addition of Indian economy, except for construction, Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing and Electricity, Gas, Water Supply and Other Utility sector. While, in Mining and Quarrying sector have shown consistency in the gross value addition during the period 2011-12 to 2017-18. The highest percentage of gross value addition was found to be of Services sector and lowest percentage of Gross value addition was found of Electricity, Gas, and Water Supply and Other Utility sector. This shows that service sectors are contributing highly towards the gross value addition of the Indian economy while Electricity, Gas, Water Supply and Other Utility sector is contributing lowest to the gross value addition of Indian economy. Further, the study showed the significant difference in the gross value addition of different sectors of Indian economy.

Keywords

Indian Economy, Gross Value Addition, Industrial Sector, Service Sector, Trend or Growth Analysis.

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Kavita ¹, Monu Devi ², Binny ³, Satbir Singh ⁴

Affiliations
1 Department of Agriculture Economics, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana, IN
2 Government College, Haryana, IN
3 HSB, GJUS&THisar and C.M.K. National, P.G Girls' College, Sirsa, Haryana, IN
4 HSB, GJUS&T, Hisar, Haryana, IN

Abstract

The central objective of current research is to compare and contrast the level or intensity of financial inclusion in different provinces of India. For the purpose of the study, all India has been classified into six provinces such as, northern states, north eastern areas, eastern areas, central area which include Madhya Pradesh, western states, and southern province. The base of the study was secondary data related to the numerous variables which shows the level of financial inclusion. All the data has been extracted from the official website RBI which is called banker's bank. Mainly two major parameters have been considered in the study for evaluation of the intensity of the financial inclusion. These parameters or variables are namely; Access of financial services and the level of Usage of financial services. Here, the access has been evaluated in terms of, number of bank offices and the employees of the banks, while the usage has been evaluated in terms of, number of credit accounts or loan accounts and deposit accounts in the banks. Further, a financial inclusion index was developed by researchers in terms of credit and deposit accounts per bank office and per bank employee in a particular region. The study exposed that in India financial inclusion is highest in southern province and lowest innorth eastern province.

Keywords

Financial Inclusion, Commercial Banks, India, Regional, Bank Offices, Credit Accounts.

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Kavita ¹, Monu Devi ², Satbir Singh ³, Babita ⁴

Affiliations
1 Department of Agrieultnre Eeonomies CeSHAU, Hisar, Haryana, IN
2 Extension leeturer in Government College, Haryana, IN
3 HSB, GJUS&T Hisar, Haryana, IN
4 Department ofEeonomies, Knmkshetra University, Kumkshetra, Haryana, IN

Abstract

Researcher conducted this study to measure the impact of fertilizers and pesticides on the production of agriculture sector. Current research was based on the secondary data related to the usage of fertilizers and the pesticides by Indian farmers for agriculture and the total production of the agriculture sector. Data has been taken trom the official reports of the Ministry of Agriculture and the period reported for the data was of fifteen years starting from 2001 to 2016. It was found from the study that agriculture production and the yield per hectare both are associated with the usage of fertilizers in the country. Agriculture production will get increase with the increased usage of fertilizers. While pesticides do not ensure any increase in the agriculture production. Further, it was found from the study that even if there is an increase in the net irrigated area, but still the agriculture production has not increased.

Keywords

Agriculture Production, Fertilizers, Pesticides, India, Irrigated Area, Consumption, Yield Per Hectare.

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Kavita ¹, Monu Devi ², Meenu Punia ³, Satbir Singh ⁴

Affiliations
1 Department of Agrieultnre Eeonomies CeSHAU, Hisar, Haryana, IN
2 Government College, Haryana, IN
3 Department of Agrieultnre Eeonomies, CeSHAU, Hisar, Haryana, IN
4 HSB, GJUS&T, Hisar, Haryana, IN

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Current studyaims to determine the current situtation of financial assets and liabilities of household sector in India. Researchers have also measured the relationship between household sector savings and the changes in financial assets or financial liabilities of the household sector. Study was based on the secondary data derived trom the annual publication of Reserve Bank of India tittles 'Statistics of Indian Economy'. Study covered the period trom 2011-12 to 2016-17. In order to determine the current situtaion of the financial assets and liabilities ofhousehold sector in India, researchers have used graphical and tabular form of data representation while for measuring the impact of changes in financial assets or financial libaiities of the household sector on the savings ofhoushold sector, linear regression analysis has been used. It was found that the changes in financial assets of the household sector has a positive and significant impact on the savings of household sector while changes in financial liabilities has a negative and insignificant impact on the savings ofhousehold sector.

Keywords

Household Sector, India, Financial Assets, Financial Liabilities, Household Savings, Government.

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Manju Sharma ¹, Kavita ², Anju Sharma ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Geography, Dayanand College, Hisar, Haryana, IN
2 Department of Political Science, M.D. University, Rohtak, Haryana, IN
3 Department of Law, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, IN

Abstract

The belief or faith in God has remained an imperative issue of the study primarily in the social sciences because of the responsive spirit of the society as well as defined in copious ways.  It is a matter of one’s own trust in deity and its composition is an important determinant of demographic as well as societal behavior. It is not amazing that despite of being a land of great multitudes, having various social order and commune connection, linguistic and cultural specification, as well as immense geographical span, the Indian society has eternal consensus with its fundamental time-honored principles. The study tries to analyses the religious composition of state Haryana with respect to secondary data of religion, census years of 2001 and 2011. Though the state greets to every religion yet Hindu religion has its dominance in the society with almost homogeneous prevalence.

Keywords

Imperative, Deity, Religious Composition, Cultural Specification, Homogeneous.

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