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ThesisItem Restricted A Comparative Study of the Welfare of the Aged in Ludhiana District of Punjab State(Department of Economics and Sociology College of Basic Sciences and Humaniteis PAU, Ludhiana, 1999) Kaur, PrabhjotThesisItem Open Access A Study of Consumer Literacy Among Working and Non-Working Women of Ludhiana City(College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, 2005) Kaur Gill, Navneet; Batish, SavitaThesisItem Open Access An Analytical Assesment of Utilization Pattern of Income of Ludhiana Farmers - A Sociological Perspective(College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, 2006) Singh, Shelly; Gupta, AKThesisItem Open Access A Study of the socio-Economic Constraints on the availability of drinking water in rural areas of hoshiarpur district of Punjab(Department of Economics and Sociology College of Basic Sciences and Humaniteis PAU, Ludhiana, 1995) Kaur, Sumandeep; Aggarwal, B. KThesisItem Restricted A Study of factors influencing drinking habits in Bhatinda District(College of Basic Sciences and Humanties PAU, Hissar, 1973) Baldev Raj, Jindal; P. C, DebThesisItem Open Access Uses and Gratifications of Social Media in Senior Secondary Students of Ludhiana and Dhandhra: A Comparative Study(Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2017) Deepali; Thapar, SheetalIn the 21st century, social media is an immensely popular medium of mass communication. It's influence can have both positive and negative results. A study was conducted to identify the uses and gratification of social media in senior secondary school children of Ludhiana and Dhandhra. Using a close-ended questionnaire, responses were obtained from 200 (50 from each school) senior secondary students of P.S.E.B and C.B.S.E Ludhiana and Dhandhra. The demographic profile largely constituted of students in the age range of 16> and <17 years, most of them had family income of Rupees <20,000 per month and many live in nuclear families. Reflecting the huge penetration of Social Media, it shows that in today's era everyone uses social media and social networking sites to remain connected, updated and informed. Every household has a mobile phone which shows the importance of this device. Wi-Fi connection was present in most of the areas of Ludhiana as well as Dhandhra. Whatsapp ranked on top position in their preference as well as according to safe uploading of pictures and easy connection with people. Education and assignments were the main purpose and entertainment followed that. More than 50 percent of the students never keep their phones always with them as they share it with their family and relatives. Many students face their parents’ objection while using social media in their day to day routine. Through this study one comes to know that social media is so much inter woven in our life that it seems impossible to live without social media.ThesisItem Restricted Agricultural Coverage in Media– Awareness of Farmwomen: A Case Study of Village Pakhowal(Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2017) Middha, Gursimar Kaur; Sarabjeet SinghThe present study was carried out to assess the awareness of farmwomen regarding agricultural coverage in different media. A total of 100 farmwomen in village Pakhowal and were analysed. Demographic profile of respondents revealed that more than one third of the farmwomen belonged to relatively younger age group i.e. 25-35 years (37 percent); almost all of them (98 percent) were married. All of the farmwomen were workers on their farms. Status of family revealed that most of the farmwomen were living in nuclear family (79 percent). Educational qualification of more than half of the farmwomen (53 percent) was up to matric, senior secondary (20 percent). About 16 percent were graduated, mostly in Arts stream. Apart from this, 10 percent of farmwomen were uneducated and only 1 percent did her masters. Punjabi newspaper Ajit (58 percent) was widely acceptable and preferred newspaper for reading. Although, there was a supply of newspapers in every households but very less farmwomen reads newspapers (only 9 percent). Radio is there but again female listeners are about one third (30 percent). Use of social media (51 percent) is there but only for leisure and entertainment purposes. About half of the usage was of WhatsApp. Very few farmwomen read books (4 percent) while Magazines were not preferred at all. Television was the most used and preferred type of Media (90 percent). About one in 10 farmwomen (9 percent) were specifically reading and watching agricultural coverage in different media.ThesisItem Open Access A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY ON ABANDONED BRIDES OF NON-RESIDENT INDIAN GROOMS IN DOABA REGION OF PUNJAB(Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2012) Lavjit KaurIn Punjab the woeful stories of abandoned brides by their NRI grooms are increasing at an alarming rate. Punjab, which contributes the highest number of NRIs among the 30 million NRI populations living in 180 countries, owes this as a moral duty to address this social problem. Thus, an exploratory study entitled “A Sociological Study on Abandoned Brides of Non-Resident Indian Grooms in Doaba Region of Punjab” was conducted in all four districts of Doaba region. The present study was endeavored to find out the interplay of various factors responsible for abandonment and to suggest rehabilitation measures. Fifteen abandoned brides were selected randomly from each district on the basis of FIRs lodged with NRI Police Stations, Complaints filed at Regional Passport Office and NGOs. In all, 60 abandoned brides were personally interviewed. The study found that the majority of abandoned brides were young, less educated, not gainfully employed, belonged to Jat Sikh caste. Their families had marginal and small land holding and nuclear family structure. Majority of NRI grooms were settled in USA, UK and Canada. Marriages were mostly settled by friends and relatives (83.33%), with no prior meeting of bride (81.67%) with groom and within 2 weeks (55.00%) time. Parents of brides spent lakh of rupees on marriage ceremonies which were mostly conducted in marriage palaces (78.33%). Still 13.33 per cent did not register their marriage. More than half of NRIs went back within 20 days after marriage and three fourth never called back their brides after reaching there. Fifty eight per cent got conceived and 10 per cent succeeded in going abroad to join her husband. Though all expenses were bore by parents only. Dowry (66.67%) and extra marital affairs (51.67%) were main socio-cultural reasons stated by brides, responsible for abandonment. One third of brides held physical and verbal abuses behind abandonment. Parents of majority significantly supported the devastated brides. They succeeded in filing FIR (88.33%) with NRI police stations and challans were issued for one fourth. One third got alimony and Look out Circular (LOC) was issued in 8.33 per cent of cases following which two passports were impounded with the help of RPO. Study suggested the girl to get equipped with vocational skills to become economically independent. Parents were suggested to cautiously verify the antecedents of the grooms. Brides need to be vigilant and not to take any decision in haste. NGO’s along with strong state intervention could prove helpful in curbing the menace.ThesisItem Restricted Study on Adoption of Model Nutrition Garden by Farming Families of Punjab(Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2016) Rupinder Kaur; Sukhjeet KaurThe present investigation entitled “A Study on Adoption of model nutrition garden by farming families of Punjab” was conducted with the objectives to study the extent of adoption of model nutrition garden by selected farming families of Punjab. The study was conducted in Punjab state. Ten districts were randomly selected with the help of respective KVKs. From each district one village was purposively selected. Then twenty farmers were randomly selected from each village. Thus total 200 respondents formed the sample for the study. The study highlighted that large proportion of the respondents (69.5 per cent) used 1 kanal area under nutrition garden and nearly half of the respondents (47 per cent) cultivated vegetables, pulses and fruits for their nutrition garden. Adoption quotient of area under nutrition garden was 43 per cent and adoption quotient of crops (vegetables, pulses and fruits) cultivated for nutrition garden was 80 per cent. On the whole adoption of model nutrition garden was 61.5 per cent. The findings revealed that gap analysis for practice I (area under nutrition garden) was 56.3 per cent and gap analysis for practice II (crops cultivated in nutrition garden) was 19.6 per cent. Time consuming activity, less space, health problems, animal problems and discontinued support from KVKs etc. were considered the reasons for partial adoption and discontinuance of the nutrition garden.