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Living Standard Index for the Older Adults: An Indian Peri-urban Study
Traditionally, the well-being and living standards of an individual were measured by the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Later, a gradual shift was noticed from economic to socio-economic measures leading to pri...
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Open AccessRawls’ difference principle, self-help group, financial inclusion and social cohesion—lore or actuality? Experience of Central Assam
Microfinance is an alternative banking service available to low-income individuals or organizations for whom no institutional financial services are available. A widely accepted approach to assisting disadvant...
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Ageing ascendances labour force participation in India: myth or reality?
The ageing of the population is a growing concern in both industrialised and emerging nations, including India. The growing number of greying people has severe consequences not only for the economy but also fo...
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Open AccessTechnical efficiency and its determinants in regulating adolescents’ coronavirus infection across Asian countries
The coronavirus pandemic, besides generating health distress, influences the socio-economic conditions of humankind. Every adolescent's lifestyle is affected by the virus. Healthy adolescents are not only key ...
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Open AccessFinancial inclusion also leads to social inclusion—myth or reality? Evidences from self-help groups led microfinance of Assam
Microfinance is globally trusted for corroborating the upliftment of the rural vulnerable poor sections. It is looked upon as a means of credit-based poverty alleviation through financial inclusion. India also...
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Open AccessImplications of the POCSO Act and determinants of child sexual abuse in India: insights at the state level
Child sexual abuse is a worldwide phenomenon, and India is not an exception. The magnitude of this grave crime is underrated because of under-reporting. The reality is that the incidence of child sexual abuse ...
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Escalation of Police Efficiency Diminishes POCSO Incidences—Myth or Reality? Evidence from Indian States
The sexual abuse of children is an under-reported offence in India. In reality, child sexual abuse has outreached to epidemic status. The present study aims to explore how much police efficiency and other soci...
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Currently, the natural demographic process ageing becomes a worldwide phenomenon. The United Nations recognizes any country as “ageing” or “greying nation” if the share of the elderly in the total population o...
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Social Environment of Elderly Living Accommodations and Its Determinants: Insight from Northeast India
The demographic and social changes in India consequences increase the proportion of older adults in the population. Simultaneously, Indian society is transforming from the joint family to the nuclear family sy...
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Open AccessInterstate disparities in the performances in combatting COVID-19 in India: efficiency estimates across states
Currently, the novel coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic poses the greatest global health threat worldwide, and India is no exception. As an overpopulated develo** country, it is very difficult to maintain soci...
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Identification of the Factors Influencing Child Immunization in West Bengal: A Case Study of Darjeeling District
This paper mainly concentrated on identifying the most vulnerable groups for immunization coverage, to find mother’s composite health index and finally to identify the factors influencing the vaccination statu...
