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Education as a process would be looked at from two points of view
viz one from that of society and the other from that of individual
Society seeks to perpetuate itself by passing on its cultural
acquisitions to each succeeding generation. Hence the objective of
education is to bring out the growth of the individual in the given
social context. During the pre-British period, the Untouchable
castes were excluded from education and the Tribal groups remained
devoid of education as they lived in isolated and away from others.
However, the education introduced by the British was open to all;
also with higher caste children a few children of the untouchable
castes and Tribal groups could also get education. But, as
education remained Indian society after independence has committed
itself to its all-round development it has started taking measures
for its social and education development also along with its
political and economic development. It is striving to eradicate
whatever inequalities exist between different social groups in
India. Some social groups have remained backward for centuries and
the Scheduled Castes arid the Scheduled Tribes are the most
backward among them.
The rural sector in India plays a predominant role in the
development of the economy. Women in India still perform only their
traditional roles in their houses and in agriculture. They do not
engage in any of the economic activities without assistance from
their men folk due to socio-cultural, traditional practices,
conventions and taboos. The development of women entrepreneurship
is very low in rural India, though the urban women are slightly
enjoying better status in the society. Women's skill and knowledge,
their talent and abilities in business and a compelling desire of
wanting to do something positive are some of the reasons for the
Self Help Group formation and its development. Self Help Groups
SHGs are of recent origin in India. Self Help Groups are small,
economically homogeneous and affinity groups of rural and urban
poor women, voluntarily formed for working together for the social
and economic uplift of their families and community. The Government
of India and various State Governments have been implementing
various programmes for rural upliftment.
Poor efficiency in the marketing channels and inadequate marketing
infrastructure are believed to be the cause of not only high and
fluctuating consumer prices, but also too little of the consumer
rupee reaching the farmer. Indian farmers typically depend heavily
on middlemen particularly in vegetable marketing. India is land of
agriculture diversity. With 2/3 of population still dependent on
agriculture and contributing about 20 per cent to Indian GDP, the
condition of Indian farmers is still miserable. The main reason for
this can be accounted due to poor price realization by the farmers
in consumer rupee. This ranges from 35-65 paise per rupee. This low
realization can be attributed to large number of intermediaries
present in the chain between producers farmer and ultimate
consumer, hence to counter this problem what is needed is a
development of a proper supply chain so that farmers, intermediary
and consumer get their objectives fulfilled, that is farmer get
proper price realization in consumer rupee, intermediaries get
their required margins and consumer get good service and product at
affordable price.
Palar River is the source of drinking water for 30 towns and 50
villages on its banks and also used for the cultivation purpose.
The tanneries present on the banks allowed effluents in the Palar
River, which has become more polluted recently and no longer useful
for drinking or agricultural purposes. Due to pollution, peoples
around the river are suffering from a number of diseases such as
asthma, skin disease and stomach ailment and thousands acres of
fertile land have become wasteland and no more used for cultivation
(Vellore environmental profile). Palar River was reported as one of
the most polluted places of world by Blacksmith Institute in 2006,
which are heavily contaminated with salts and heavy metals
especially Chromium. Metals contamination is one of the major
environmental problems in many countries and these contaminants
generally come from various industries like leather, agricultural,
textile industries etc. The most commonly occurring metals at these
sites are lead, chromium, arsenic, zinc, cadmium, copper, and
mercury. Presence of these metals in groundwater and soils may
cause a significant threat to human health and ecological systems.
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