Special Economic Zones (SEZ’s) and its Impact on Employment

Special economic zones (sez’s) denote geographical area which enjoys special privileges as compared with nonsez area in country. The main motivation was force for a view to boost exports by attracting both India andforeign corporate to undertake investment in these areas. An approach of planning commission to the 11th fiveyear plan in (2006). wide explanation that the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have been recognized as animportant mechanism for trade and investment promotion, creation of infrastructure, employment generation,promotion of regional development, increase in foreign exchange earnings, improving export competitivenessand transfer of skills and technology.Keywords: Special economic zones (sez’s), employment generation, investment, Developmen

Comprehensive assessment of drought, its impacts and mitigation strategies in a drought prone area of India

University of Yamanashi (山梨大学)博士(工学)doctoral thesi

Impact of Environmental Change on Agriculture Production and Groundwater Depletion: Adaptation Strategies in Response to Farmers in Maharashtra

Agriculture is the sector most vulnerable to climate change due to its high dependence on climate and weather and because farmer and rural people involved in agriculture. Close relationship between Environmental Change and Agriculture production, both of which take place on a worldwide scale. The Maharashtra agriculture sector is already facing many problems relating to sustainability. Occurrence and intensity of drought have increased over the years in Maharashtra. Drought is a major challenge in Maharashtra Agriculture (e.g., rainfed cropping and livestock) is the major income activity of over 60% of the state's population. The impact of a changing climate will affect not only bulk water availability, but also worsen the extremes of drought Groundwater depletion can lead to a significant reduction in agricultural production. Groundwater depletion can have implications for human being as this can increase the cost of production of the farmers.Groundwater over-exploitation problems because growing water crisis facing of farmer in Maharashtra. Examine that if productivity of water is to be enhanced on a sustainable basis through technological interventions. We argue integrated water management for sustainable management of groundwater resources and improving the livelihoods of the farmer communities in Maharashtra, sustainable enhancements in the economic efficiency of water use in agriculture based on water-saving technologies that are adaptable strategy in the state. Farmers deliberately adapting to climate change are innovative and independent of government support. Rainwater -harvesting techniques are the most popular risk management and adaptation strategy used sustained. We Examines this study indicate that government policies must be informed and guided by the risks and opportunities faced by farmers.The objective of this paper is to identify climate change related threats and vulnerabilities associated with agriculture as a sector and farmers' livelihoods (exposure, sensitivity, adaptive capacity of farmers). The paper analyses the connections between the nature of human action as drivers of threats as well as opportunities for sustainable agriculture and better human well being outcomes. Also, it examines the impact of climate change on rural livelihoods, agriculture production. It will discuss the ground water depletion options for adaptation strategy and mitigation of these measures. It shows linkages between Environmental Change and Agriculture production using Granger Causality test. Keywords: Environmental change, Water, Agriculture production, Adaptation, Granger Causality test. JEL Code: Q22, P28, C11, Q540, Q560

Characterizing and Analyzing Diffusion Tensor Images by Learning their Underlying Manifold Structure

The growing importance of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in studying the white matter architecture in normal and pathologic states necessitates the development of tools for comprehensive analysis of diffusion tensor data. Operations such as multivariate statistical analysis and hypothesis testing, interpolation and filtering, must now be performed on tensor data, and must overcome challenges introduced by the non-linearity and high dimensionality of the tensors. In this paper, we present a novel approach to performing these computations by modeling the underlying manifold structure of the tensors, using a combination of two manifold learning techniques, isometric mapping (ISOMAP) and local tangent space alignment (LTSA). While ISOMAP identifies the dimensionality of the manifold of the tensors and embeds the tensors into a linear space, facilitating statistical computations therein, operations like interpolation and filtering, integral to the process of normalization, require the reconstruction of the tensor in the tensor domain. To obtain this reverse mapping from the linear space to the tensor domain, i.e. to the domain of the original tensor data, we use LTSA. The modeling of the underlying manifold structure renders our approach better applicable to tensor data than existing methods that may not always be able to capture the non-linearity present in the tensors under consideration. In various simulations with known ground truth, we demonstrate the effectiveness of our framework based on ISOMAP and LTSA in performing a comprehensive analysis of DTI data

Possibilities and Challenges of De-privatisation of Classrooms in a Developing Nation

De-privatisation of classrooms signifies the opening of classrooms so teachers can ‘observe’, ‘be observed’ or ‘engage in team teaching’. This study examined the perceptions and practices of school staff to determine the possibilities and challenges of de-privatisation of classrooms in Fiji. Employing case study methodology, data were gathered from two urban secondary schools using on-line questionnaires and face-to-face interviews. A total of 71 questionnaires and 16 interviews were analysed using quantitative and qualitative methods respectively. There were several findings which emerged from the study. Firstly, that there is a strong correlation between ‘observe’ and ‘be observed’ by colleagues. Secondly, that teachers’ major challenges in regard to de-privatisation of classrooms are the workload and school culture. Thirdly, in developing countries, colleagues and the heads of department are seen as the most suitable people in the school context to cultivate the effects of de-privatisation particularly inside the classroom where support is needed to help teachers improve the instructional practices. Overall, teachers, heads of department and the school administrators need to work together to establish a culture of professional learning communities (PLCs) to enhance teachers’ instructional practices

A STUDY ON IMPROVEMENT OF IQ LEVEL IN BORDERLINE MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN BY THE USE OF BRAHMI GHRITA AND JYOTISHMATI TAIL

Ayurveda is a life science having Prayojana (ultimate aim) prevention is better than cure and if patient is suffering from any disease then cure early. Health of body totally depends upon mind health. In Ayurvedic texts certain medications are prescribed for mental health and to treat underlying diseases such as Jadatva, Mandabuddhitva (mental retardation), which comes under the category cognitive deficit. Among various cognitive deficits, borderline mental retardation is an important entity which is a part of the cognition. In Ayurveda, there are some drugs which are more effective in mental retardation especially in the borderline mental retardation. The present research work has been planned to study only borderline mental retarded children with the use of Brahmi ghrita & Jyotishmati tail. In IQ level, the mean score before treatment was 80.06 which were increased to 81.56 after treatment showing 1.92% improvement. The result found was statistically highly significant with p value <0.001. This may be due to the Medhya prabhavas of drugs like B. monnieri and C. paniculatus which increases grasping and intellectual ability. Past studies also supports this data. B. monnieri, C. pluricaulis have proven improved learning and memory enhancing activity (intellectual functions)

ROLE OF AYURVEDIC MEDICINAL PLANTS IN CHILDHOOD NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS: AN EVIDENCE BASED APPROACH

The concept of mental health has been dealt in Ayurveda with great emphasis. In our classical texts, the equilibrium of Satva-Raja-Tama is considered as foundation for perfect health status. The principles of Ayurveda still hold very true in managing childhood neuropsychiatric disorders.Medhya drugs has been used since antiquity for the effective management of the disorders. But in this era of scientific aptitude, it is the need of hour to practice evidence based medicine by the use of various Medhya drugs described in Ayurvedic texts for the management of neuropsychiatric disorders.Medhya herbs provide special nourishment to neuronal tissue and are thus used to enhance memory, cognition, and help in coping various neuropsychiatric problems. In this context, the present paper will focus on scientific exploration of Medhya dravyas like Brahmi (Bacopa monneri), Mandukparni (Centella asiatica), Shankhpushpi (Convolvulus pleuricaulis), Jatamansi (Nordostachys jatamansi) and Vacha (Acorus calamus) to validate the ancient views regarding effective management of neuropsychiatric disorder