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‘Buen Vivir’: Shared Future for Transformative Change

  World Social Work Day: March 19 The Spanish words ‘Buen Vivir’ or ‘ Vivir Bien’ need to be understood before moving ahead with the importance of an important day being celebrated all across the globe today. ‘ Buen Vivir’ means living well or life in harmony. These are used in Latin America to describe alternatives to development focused on the good life. The words have become a popular term in some government programs and have even reached its way into two new Constitutions in Ecuador and Bolivia. In the Andean countries of Latin America, the principle of ‘ Buen Vivir’ developed as alternative to western notions of development. It describes a way of doing things that is community centric, ecologically balanced and culturally sensitive. The term is also now actively used in various social movements. Academicians and Intellectuals say that a defining characteristic of ‘ Buen Vivir’ is harmony, i. e harmony between human beings and also between human beings and nature. It in...
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Inspiring Inclusion@Intl. Women Day March 08

                         We cannot imagine a world without women. The fairer sex has been the indispensible part of our societies since the existence of life. All across the globe they have been contributing to every sector of economy. Besides having a pivotal and binding role in families, they have been paying a proactive and instrumental role in farming, livestock, health, education, manufacturing, service and all other vital sectors of the economy. Unfortunately in all these developments, they remain largely invisible and unrecognized. The male dominated society has not yet allowed them to come out of four walls of their homes. They still aspire for a proper place in the social hierarchy. Decision making still eludes them and they are the worst victims of various social stigmas, prejudices, stereotypes, domestic violence and various other gender related issues. GENDER INEQUALITY: Gender ineq...
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                                                WORLD RADIO DAY: FEB. 13                                                             Dr. Parveen Kumar*                         It was in 1895 that Guglielmo Marconi; an Italian physicist sent and received his first radio signal in Italy in 1895. By 1899 he flashed the first wireless signal across the English Channel and two years later received the letter ‘S’, tel...
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      Agriculture @75: Chronicling a Journey of Accomplishments Dr. Parveen Kumar     India became a republic on January 26, 1950 and since then it has not looked back. The country once called as the ‘land of snake charmers’ and ‘magicians’ now is the world leader with its trajectory going up and up. A country which remained under the rule of a foreign empire for about a century, which was looted of all its wealth and resources, best described by Late Dadabhai Naroji in his famous book ‘Drain of Wealth’ has shown resurgence and resilience, extraordinary and unparallel. Today the country has conquered land, space and water and become a role model for many other countries. Developmental programmes launched by the country have become case studies for other nations to learn, analyze and follow.             The story of these seven decades is a story of achievements and accomplishments and that ins...
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      Krishi Vigyan Kendras’ @50: Steadfast & Indispensible   Dr. Parveen Kumar*               The 75 th year of India as a republic coincides with 50 th year of establishment of Krishi Vigyan Kendras’ (KVKs); institutes that all through these five decades have proved their indispensability in the transformation of agriculture sector in the country. As a part of the front line extension system of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), their contribution towards bringing about socio-economic upliftment of the farming community in which a majority of the farmers are small, marginalized and resource poor is immense. .             After independence, it started in 1960s. Like other sectors, the agricultural sector in the country was also witnessing some institutional reforms as well as structural changes. As agriculture was t...
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Blog 10: Pro Planet People

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BLOG 9: COMMUNITY RADIO IN AGRICULTURE

       During the last 4 years, the country has moved from having only public service broadcasting to a new four tier broadcasting system which allows for public, private, education and community broadcasting. Private participation wasn't allowed until 1993 when the government experimented with a daily, two-hour private show slot on the FM channels in Delhi and Mumbai. In 2001 the first phase of private sector participation (FM Phase I) India's radio sector began and the government conducted open auctions of radio licenses. Radio City Bangalore, which started on July 3, 2001, is India's first private FM radio station. In 2000, the Government allowed IGNOU to set up FM radio stations in 40 cities to carry out education broadcast. Presently, there are 10 radio stations of IGNOU which have been operationalized. Community Radio: In December 2002, GoI approved policy for the grant of licenses for setting up of community radio stations to well-e...
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