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...
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...
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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