Socioeconomic Characteristics of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) Beneficiaries

GB Pradhan

Estimating the Social Profitability of India’s Rural Roads Program

India’s rural roads program, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, aims to draw villagers into the mainstream by improving not only their terms of trade, but also their educational attainments and health. Treating each all-weather feeder road as an isolated element within the larger network, and using shadow prices to value the main components of costs and benefits, this paper demonstrates that fur...

Krishi-Mitra: Expert System for Farmers

In agricultural sector, farmers in rural areas faced major problems because of illiteracy. They cannot take the advantage of internet to access the information related to farming. The information represented in icons will help the farmers to take the important decisions. Also there will be additional benefit to farmer as there is speech based interaction in Indian language with icons. According...

Socioeconomic Status and Other Characteristics in Childhood Leukemia

Abstract Background Leukemia is the most prevalent childhood cancer, and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) constitutes 75% of all cases. Some epidemiological studies have shown a relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and some childhood cancers. In the present study, an attempt was made to assess socioeconomical status in a case-control study. Materials and Methods In 2010, a c...

Characteristics of Disabled- Worker Beneficiaries With Workmen’s Compensation Offset

A SMALL NUMBER of the one and one-half million disabled workers who receive monthly cash benefits under the Social Security Act have also been awarded periodic disability benefits or lump-sum payments under a State or Federal workmen’s compensation program. To meet the definition of disability in the social security program, the persons involved in this benefit overlap must have a severe disabi...