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Subject: Sociology × Start date: 1968 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Impact of government sponsored welfare schemes on rural Dalits in Punjab
    (Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2022) Garg, Damini; Amanpreet Kaur
    Present study was an attempt to analyze the impact of government sponsored welfare schemes on rural Dalits in Punjab, with specific objectives to assess the awareness and benefits availed from different government sponsored welfare schemes, to measure the impact of welfare schemes and to identify the challenges faced by the households and suggest remedial measures. The study was conducted in randomly selected four districts viz. Amritsar, Bathinda, Fatehgarh Sahib and Jalandhar of Punjab. Primary data was collected from eight villages randomly selected from four blocks of selected districts. Fifteen households were further randomly selected for interview, thus making a total sample of 120. All the respondents were aware about the welfare schemes but significant percentage (25.83%) did not avail benefits from these schemes. Health (100.00%), education (87.50%) and atta-dal (98.33%) schemes emerged as most popular and benefited to the most of the households. No gap was found among awareness and availment among the schemes. Majority of the beneficiaries were between the age of 30-60 years (90.00%). Households perceived a change in their social and economic status. Women got equal wages (75.00%) and participated in family decisions (75.00%). Respondents reported many problems in receiving benefits of schemes. Corruption (21.66%), cumbersome procedure (18.33%) and complex documentation (13.33%) were some major problems. Study suggested easy implementation procedure is most important. It is necessary to sensitize people about the need and genesis of welfare programmes for the weaker section.
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    Impact of parental migration on children left behind: a study of rural Punjab
    (Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2022) Sandeep Kaur; Atinder Pal Kaur
    The present study was an attempt to analysed the impact of parental migration on children left behind: a study of rural Punjab, with specific objectives: (i) to study the pattern of migration in selected families and (ii) to examine the impact of parental migration on leftbehind children (iii) to study the challenges faced by the left-behind children and suggest possible remedies. Based on 120 household data, the study concluded that migration was (63.33%) in scheduled caste and highest migration to Dubai (43.33%). 60% of migration from migrant households to Gulf countries. The study depicts overall labor migration in the selected families. (90%) of migrants indulge in semi-skilled occupations after migration that was working in unskilled occupation before migration. In the migrant household, remittances were the primary source of income (73.33 %). The study highlighted that parents' migration positively and negatively impacted children left behind. Most children approximately (66%) went to private schools, and daughters in migrant households were getting good educations. Even a significant share of the remittances was utilized for food consumption and luxury items for their children. Migrants also send gift remittances such as technological gadgets such as mobile phones (53.33%), tablets (28.33%), toys (26.70%) and other items. On the positive side, children can get better education and comfortable life after their father's migration. However, on the psychological side, children in (58%) of households face loneliness and (75%) of their children miss their fathers. Even (56.67%) of household guardians faced difficulty in maintaining household responsibilities. Children in (65%) of households face a problem talking about personal feelings. The study suggested that there is a need to understand the living environment of left-behind children to design an effective programme.
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    Status of Higher Education in Ludhiana District of Punjab
    (Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2019) Akshpreet Kaur; Sidhu, Simran Kang
    After independence, the higher education sector in India has experienced remarkable expansion in the form of manifold increase in number of educational institutions resulting in massive increase in the enrolment of students. But due to poor quality of education in these institutions, the graduates are unable to compete in the job markets and get depressed. Present study has been conducted with the objective: i. to study higher educational scenario in selected district of Punjab, ii.to access quality of education in selected higher educational institutions and iii. to measure satisfaction level of students and teachers in the selected institutions Secondary data from 1980 to 2018 were collected from the respective issues of Statistical Abstract: Punjab whereas primary data was collected from the teachers and students, selected from 12 colleges of Ludhiana district. The results of the study show that from 1980 to 2018, there was five-fold increase in the number of universities in Punjab and two-fold increase in the number of universities in Ludhiana. The number of colleges had increased three times in Punjab and doubled in Ludhiana. For the quality of education, the top ranks amongst all colleges was attained by Government (teacher specific parameters) or the private aided colleges (student and infrastructure specific parameters) whereas the least ranks were achieved by the Private colleges in all the parameters. The government college teachers were dissatisfied with the infrastructure and college bureaucracy while private aided college teachers were dissatisfied with salary and college management. The Government aided college students were dissatisfied with the library facilities and partial behavior of teachers. The study suggests that altogether privatization in higher educational institutions must be discouraged.
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    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, Prabhjot
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    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, Savita
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    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, AK
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    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. K
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    A Study of factors influencing drinking habits in Bhatinda District
    (College of Basic Sciences and Humanties PAU, Hissar, 1973) Baldev Raj, Jindal; P. C, Deb
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    Prevention of Suicides: Role of Media
    (Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2019) Gurneet Kaur; Sarabjeet Singh
    Media plays a significant role in widening the horizons of people by creating awareness on various issues. Present study highlights the role of media in prevention of suicides. It is a qualitative as well as quantitative study of print, electronic and online media. All news covered by selected media during June-July, 2018 were collected. A total of 430 suicidal incidents were reported by the selected newspapers during the month of June (210) and July (220). Similarly 15 news items were covered by news channels in June (7) and July (8) and 46 on internet/social media in June (40) and July (6). The research findings points out that number of male suicides (320) were more than female suicides (110) during two month period. Maximum number of suicides (163) were committed by the age category of 20-40 year. Highest number of suicides were reported in the category of the employees (82). Highest number of suicides (123) were reported in the category of financial problem. Punjab Kesari published maximum pictures whereas The Times of India published least pictures. Clear violation of WHO guidelines (normalization of suicides, publishing pictures of victims, mentioning method of suicide etc.) are done by both the print media and electronic media reports. Media should focus on news which suggest preventive measures. It does not lay much emphasis on suitable measures which require consideration thought for bringing a revolutionary change in the society by curbing the number of suicides.