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Jaya Singh ¹, Indira Bishnoi ²

Affiliations
1 C.S.A. University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, U.P., IN
2 Department of Home Science, Mahila Mahavidalaya, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P., IN

Abstract

The rural population of India is growing rapidly and exerting considerable pressure on rural services. It is evident that rural infrastructure has been unable to keep pace with the growing population. A great challenge for Indian villages is to make villages livable by providing every citizen with basic services of acceptable quality. Rural water infrastructure typically includes water collection and storage facilities at source sites, water transport via aqueducts (canals, tunnels and/or pipelines) from source sites to water treatment facilities; water treatment, storage and distribution systems; wastewater collection (sewage) systems and treatment; and rural drainage. In order to understand what needs to be done to improve the provision of basic services, we need to know the level of provision of these services. It is for this reason I commission a study to assess the Status of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Programme under Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission in District Varanasi.

Keywords

Water, Water Management, Water Consumption, Conservation of Water, Sanitation

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Vandana Vishwakarma ¹, Indira Bishnoi ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Home Science Extension and Communication Management, College of Home Science, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur (RAJASTHAN), IN
2 Department of Extension and Communication, Mahila Maha Vidyalaya, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (U.P.), IN

Abstract

Many developing countries including India have displayed gender inequality in education, employment and health. The gender gap in education can be understood in the overall context of the position that women occupy in society. The status of women in India is generally low. They are one of the disadvantaged sections of the society. The disparity between the enrolment of girls and boys has been lessening in the urban areas; the gap between their enrolments is still very wide specially in rural areas. The reasons for this are both economic and social. This study was conducted in Saidpur village of Kurebhar block of Sultanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. For the selection of respondents random sampling was used and percentage was calculated. The objective of this study was to find out the reasons behind gender bias in education. Most of the respondents were not in favor of girl's education due to low socio-economic status and they also thought that girl's education is not necessary.

Keywords

Education, Gender Inequality.

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Minakshi Gautam ¹, Indira Bishnoi ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Extension Education and Management, College of Home Science, Punjab University, Ludhiana (Punjab), IN
2 Department of Home Science Extension Education and Communication Management, College of Home Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (U.P.), IN

Abstract

In the present era of technology mass media is one of the most important of everyone's life and it is difficult to survive without mass media and communicating to each other. In 21st century technological advancement had influenced every aspects of our life and with this change the use of mass media is drastically expanded and took a significant place in almost all the fields. Mostly used mass media is electronic media as in this period of digitization the use of computer, television, internet etc. became the powerful and the most effective instruments of spreading or sharing information. In the past few year the teaching pattern is also changed which influenced the students to adopt and use mass mediums which are easily assessable to them. Today's generation is highly using these mediums for getting information, dissemination of information, for expressing and sharing views, opinion and ideas, advertising, marketing and also for entertainment. Hence, this study was conducted to find out the use of mass mediums (electronic media), pattern of using mass mediums for information and mark out the purpose and time spends by the adolescents, for which 120 school going children between 11 years age group were selected through random sampling technique. A self-structured questionnaire was used to assess the mass mediums media (electronic media) usage. The results revealed that majority of students i.e. 39.16 per cent use mass medium for getting new ideas and information, 25.83 per cent for creating awareness, 21.66 per cent for entertainment and 13.33 per cent for other purpose.

Keywords

Adolescents, Electronic Media, Usage Pattern, Communication.

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Farida Ahmed ¹, Indira Bishnoi ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Home Science, Mahadev Mahavidyalay, Bariyasanpur, Varanasi-7, IN
2 Department of Home Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-5, IN

Abstract

It has been reported that even after the sixty three years of independence too many difficulties faced by rural women. Science and technology solves all the challenges faced by rural women including labour-saving technologies related to domestic work such as, improved cooking technologies, lighting etc. Keeping this in view a study was conducted in the two villages namely Achitpur and Chota Mirzapur Khurd of Jamalpur Block of Mirzapur District to find out the association/relationship of personal and socio-economic characteristics of respondents with their knowledge of non-conventional energy sources.

Keywords

Sodo-Eoonomic Rural Women, Solar Cooker, Solar Lantern, Smokeless Chulah.

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Farida Ahmed ¹, Indira Bishnoi ²

Affiliations
1 TALEEM Research Foundation, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, IN
2 Department of Home Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P., IN

Abstract

Today electricity is an essential necessity for a human being in many facets of his life. It is an important infrastructure on which the socio-economic development of the any community depends. Keeping this in view a study was conducted in the two villages namely Achitpur and Chota Mirzapur Khurd of Jamalpur Block of Mirzapur District to know the various characteristics of the respondents, and, the domestic fuel consumption pattern of the respondents. Total one hundred and twenty five (125) female respondents from the two villages were selected randomly. Statistical analyses were done by using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS programme). Descriptive statistics including mean, standard deviation, and percentage frequency were used for describing background characteristics of the study group.

Keywords

Constraints, Electricity, Adoption.

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