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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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    A Comparitive Study on Persistent Marriage Regime in Rural and Urban Settings
    (College of Basic Sciences and Humanities, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2007) Handa, Archana; Singh, Harnek
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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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    Advertisements in print media: A comparison of three newspapers
    (Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2019) Mehta, Tahil; Sarabjeet Singh
    Daily newspapers are an integral part of print media, since these can be perused and read at comfort, considering a fuller and better comprehension of broad communications. The present research is a quantitative as well as qualitative study dealing with coverage of advertisements in three newspapers (The Tribune, Dainik Bhaskar and Ajit). The data were collected during two months (February and March, 2018). Parameters included: date, headings, types and sizes etc. of the advertisements. The findings of the study revealed that out of the total 1801 advertisements published during the period in three newspapers. The Tribune published highest number of advertisements (802) followed by Ajit (506) and Dainik Bhaskar (493). More advertisements were published in the month of February (59.58%) as compared to March (40.42%). Maximum full page (40.63%) and half page (46.63%) advertisements were published by Dainik Bhaskar in both February and March. It was also observed that The Tribune published more advertisements on public notice (58.35%) followed by others (10.47%), automobiles and educational (5.36%), obituary (5.36%), Cosmetics (4.86%), recruitment (4.61%) and electronics (3.87%). Dainik Bhaskar published maximum advertisements on automobiles (20.68%) followed by others (19.47%), educational (17.03%), cosmetics (15.82%) and electronics (12.57%). While Ajit published maximum advertisements on others (23.71%) followed by obituary (17.39%), educational (12.64%) and automobiles (12.45%). According to size, maximum advertisements were in 7×8 cm (12.58%) and least in the size 2.5×3.5 cm (0.63%). More than one fourth same advertisements were published (26.82%) both in The Tribune and Ajit. While about one fifth advertisements (21.23%) were published in The Tribune and Dainik Bhaskar duos. Readability of the content in Ajit (7.04) and Dainik Bhaskar (7.6) could be termed as easy to understand for the general people.