Privatization as a reform policy package has been adopted by both developed and developing countries’ economies. Nigeria as a developing country has large public enterprises. These enterprises performed below expectation due to multiple problems. Technical committee was set up to privatize these enterprises. The paper used secondary data sourced from the companies’ financial reports. The data has been analyzed by using mean comparison technique

The present study carried out on a sample of 900 elderly persons aged 60 years and above selected from the rural areas of three different districts of TamilNadu assessed the prevalence of sensory impairments (vision and hearing) among elderly and examined their demographic and socio-economic correlates. The results indicate that vision problem is the major issue affecting more than two thirds of elderly. The problem is significantly more severe among elderly aged 80 years and above affecting nearly 80 per cent of them. Hearing impairment was reported by more than two fifths of elderly (42.2 per cent). Increase in age significantly increase the prevalence of sensory impairment among elderly in rural areas. It is also observed that significantly higher proportion of illiterates is affected by sensory impairments than the literates

This study is an attempt of the seriousness to the alert phase, which could affect the sovereignty of nations and what this means from the positive or negative effects on the concept of the state and its different practices. This study relies on the descriptive approach in order to identify the most important characteristics and mechanisms of capital in this stage of the development of the capitalist system stages

India is a multi-religious, multi-lingual and multi-cultural society in the South Asia. Where peoples are belong to different faith like Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and Christian. Thus they have different religious values, ethos and practices. The constitution of India is safeguarding religious practices through fundamental rights. In a Democratic country like India deep conflicts emerged on religious concerns especially on matters related to religious equality in last years. However the preamble of Indian constitution declares and prohibits discrimination against members of particular religion, sex, color, caste or place of birth. The word secular was inserted in to the preamble by the 42nd Amendment of Indian Constitution for maintaining equality among the Indians. Hence,

Information is one of the basic needs of human existence. It is undoubtedly and increasingly being recognized that information is a vital resource. Information is an indispensable raw material for right decision-making from the governmental and institutional level to the personal level.

The oldest institution on earth concerning human relationship is marriage that has survived all odds all over the world. In India marriage has always been considered a sacrament. It is an important institution, where the parents and elder in the family arrange or plan their children’s marriage by taking into account factors like age, height, personal values, tastes, background of their families, caste and also sometimes astrological compatibility of the couple

Each case of differently abled is unique and an in-depth study is required to study the uniqueness of each case. Unarguably, those who are staying at home are provided a close knit environment of the family, care and the requisite facilities by their family members, a few step out to utilize the opportunity and take the challenge to study in educational institutions. In the present paper an attempt has been made to study one of the Departments of the Panjab Universit

With the end of the Cold War and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Indo-US relations indeed got a chance for positive transformations. India lost formidable friend and a big market for its exports with the disintegration of the USSR and Russia the successor of the Soviet Union refused to supply military equipments at the discounted price of the USSR

Previous research demonstrates that ethnic minorities are more averse to aiding in an on-going police investigation (Viki, Culmer, Eller & Abrams, 2006). It is suggested that having had a negative experience in the past with the police may effect a variety of variables, influencing ones’ willingness to cooperate. Data was collected from 120 individuals (40 Caucasian, 40 Black and 40 Asian) and provided some insight into the relationship between the variables linked to contact, attitudes and behavioural intentions to cooperate

Numerals means which refer the number and they have been divided in to cardinal numbers and ordinal numbers. The cardinal numbers are counting number like “one”, “two”, “three”, etc. and the ordinal numbers are an adjectival form of a number like “first”, “second”, “third”, etc. The world languages follow different systems like decimal, vigesimal, etc., for counting. Thus an attempt is made to bringout the numeral system followed by the Indo-Aryan tribal people by name KaNikke:r, living in Tamilnadu, India.

Education seems one of the major enterprises of the 21st century to cater the needs of individuals in global economy and knowledge society. In the past five decades and more, many rural development programmes have been launched. The aim of these programmes have been to cover all the facets of rural life such as agriculture

This study focused on the perceptions of teachers in Zimbabwean schools who work with pupils with disabilities and are expected to use the ordinary Zimbabwean school curriculum.. The Zimbabwean government has adopted the education for all policy. There is a curriculum that is expected to be followed by all students in Zimbabwean schools including those in special schools that cater for students with disabilities. The study was conducted using descriptive survey design. A sample of fifteen schools was randomly selected from a list of special schools that work with pupils with disabilities to participate in the study

The Indian Iron and Steel industry contributes significantly to the overall growth and development of the economy. As per the estimation of the ministry of steel, the industry today directly contributes to 2% of India’s GDP. Payment of dividend is desirable because the shareholders contribute in the capital of the company to earn higher returns from their investment and to maximize their wealth. In this, retained earnings are the major sources of internal finance for financing future requirement such as expansion and modernisation of the company.

The social structure of India remained almost static during the two hundred years of British rule. The hereditary untouchability of certain communities created man made inequalities which were perpetuated by the inhuman treatment meted out by the Hindus to the untouchables that led to the backwardness of them.† Indian society was and had been caste ridden. In the past, there existed no such area of social existence and governance, where caste as political, social, economic, educational and cultural factor was not present. Even today,

The study sought to explain the progress that has been achieved in areas of gender equality in Technical and Vocational Education in Zimbabwe. International and National consensus on Technical and Vocational Education priorities accords an important place in achieving gender equality in Educational spheres. In order to consider progress made towards gender equality, assessment was done on the nature of progress made towards the goals and the factors which are hindering the progress.