Wednesday 19 October 2016
Solutions
- Farmers must get all facilities for irrigation.
- They should be trained and educated.
- Agriculture must be made profitable.
- The ever-rising population should be checked.
- Family planning schemes should be introduced.
- More and more industries should be set up to meet the needs of our country.
- Corruption must end. Our offices should work efficiently.
Effects of poverty
1.
Illiteracy: Poor people constitutes greater share of
illiterate population. Education becomes extremely difficult when people are
deprived of basic necessities of life.
2.
Child
Labor: In India, a large
number of young boys and girls are engaged in child labour. Also read, article
on Poverty and Child labour in India.
3.
Nutrition
and diet: Poverty is the leading
cause of insufficient diet and inadequate nutrition. The resources of poor people
are very limited, and its effect can be seen in their diet.
4.
Poor
living condition and Housing problems: The don’t get proper living conditions. They
have to fight the hardship of poverty to secure food, clothes and shelter. A
large number of poor families live in houses with one room only.
5.
Unemployment: Poor people move from villages to towns and
form one town to another in search of employment/work. Since, they are mostly
illiterate and un-skilled, there are very few employment opportunities open for
them. Due to unemployment, many poor people are forced to live an unfulfilled
life.
6.
Hygiene and
sanitation: These people have
little knowledge about hygiene and proper sanitation system. They are
not aware of the harmful consequences of not maintaining proper hygiene. The
government is taking initiatives to make available clean and safe water, and
proper sanitation system to them.
7.
Feminization
of poverty: Women are the worst
victims of poverty. Poverty effects greater number of women then men. The
total of poor women outnumbers the total population of poor men. The causes
include low income, gender-inequality, etc. They are deprived of proper-diet,
medicines and health treatment.
8.
Social
tensions: Poverty is often
characterized with income disparity and unequal distribution of national wealth
between the rich and the poor. Concentration of wealth in the hands of few
rich people lead to social disturbances and revolts. Fair or even distribution
of wealth leads an overall improvement in general standard of living of people.
WHAT IS POVERTY?
Fundamentally, poverty is the inability of having choices and opportunities, a violation of human dignity. It means lack of basic capacity to participate effectively in society. It means not having enough to feed and clothe a family, not having a school or clinic to go to, not having the land on which to grow one’s food or a job to earn one’s living, not having access to credit. It means insecurity, powerlessness and exclusion of individuals, households and communities. It means susceptibility to violence, and it often implies living in marginal or fragile environments, without access to clean water or sanitation.
POVERTY-A WORLD PROBLEM
Poverty is epidemic dearth,
or the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money. It is a multifaceted concept, which includes
social, economic, and political elements. Poverty
may be defined as either absolute or relative. Absolute
poverty or destitution refers to the lack of means necessary to meet
basic needs such as food, clothing and shelter. Relative poverty takes into consideration
individual social and economic status compared to the rest of society.
Monday 17 October 2016
Integration Day
Integration means combing all the people of the nation into a single whole. It is a particular sentiment that binds together all people in one common bond no matter what their religion, language or history be.
India is a vast country with a vast population. If we get united, this great human force with great resources of the country can carry the whole world with us.
It is strong cementing force whereby all kinds of people live together peacefully and can identify themselves as a part of a single whole. We belong to India. India is our’s is the feeling which constitutes the very basis of national integration.
INTEGRATION DAY IN INDIA
In ancient times, India was divided in many small Kingdoms and the kings of these Kingdoms were engaged in fighting with each other for political power. But there was not the issue of religion. In the last century when British was ruling over India and the Indian people began their movement against the British ruler for the freedom of their motherland. The ruler tried to disturb the national integration of our country by applying the ‘divide and rule’ policy to curb the movement. In pursuance of that policy they began to show their favor alternatively to this community or that. In this way they had sown the seeds of misunderstanding and jealousy in the minds of the people.
Presently, in many parts of India, people are continuing their demand for division on the basis of language and religion. In the root of these agitations we can see that the poverty and illiteracy of the general people make them agitated and their agitations are colored as the freedom movement. If the Indian economy develops sufficiently and if the general people can pass their lives happily the agitations will stop automatically.
WORLD INTEGRATION DAY
The term “integration” refers to a process whereby the quality of relations among autonomous social units changes in such a way as to erode the autonomy of each and make it part of a larger aggregate. In specifically political discussions the term is reserved for the analysis of such changes among more or less “sovereign” political units, and in the study of international relations the term is confined to the analysis of cumulatively changing relations among states, resulting in their acceptance of some new central authority. Historically, such authority has most commonly been imposed by military force—by a conquering group upon the vanquished. In order to distinguish “integration” from the forcible establishment of empires we must specify that the erosion of local autonomy may be based on deliberate and voluntary decisions by actors or result from unintended consequences of such decisions, but it may never rest on force.
FUTURE PLANS OF UNITED NATIONS
This Agenda is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. It also seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom. We recognise that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development. All countries and all stakeholders, acting in collaborative partnership, will implement this plan. We are resolved to free the human race from the tyranny of poverty and want and to heal and secure our planet. We are determined to take the bold and transformative steps which are urgently needed to shift the world onto a sustainable and resilient path. As we embark on this collective journey, we pledge that no one will be left behind. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 targets which we are announcing today demonstrate the scale and ambition of this new universal Agenda. They seek to build on the Millennium Development Goals and complete what these did not achieve. They seek to realize the human rights of all and to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. They are integrated and indivisible and balance the three dimensions of sustainable development: the economic, social and environmental.
PEACE
Peace is an occurrence of harmony characterized by the lack of violence, conflict behaviors and the freedom from fear of violence. Commonly understood as the absence of hostility and retribution, peace also suggests sincere attempts at reconciliation, the existence of healthy or newly healed interpersonal or international relationships, prosperity in matters of social or economic welfare, the establishment of equality, and a working political order that serves the true interests of all
GOALS OF U.N.E.S.C.O
Science will be essential to reach many of the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and, thus, to ensure a sustainable future. The UNESCO Science Report is one of the tools that countries can use to monitor progress towards the goals of Agenda 2030.
Every five years, it analyses emerging trends in science, technology and innovation policy and governance. The latest edition will be launched on World Science Day for Peace and Development, 10 November 2015. The key message of the Report can be summarized in just four words: more research - better development.
World Science Day for Peace and Development
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) works with people, government agencies and organizations to promote the WSDPD each year. The WSDPD celebrations include:
- Open days to highlight science’s important role in peace and development.
- Classroom discussions to emphasize how science and technology affect daily life.
- Distributing the WSDPD posters throughout tertiary institutions, school campuses, and public venues.
- Arranged science museum visits to commemorate the day.
- Visits to local schools on careers in science or scientific presentations.
Some governments have, in the past, used World Science Day to publicly affirm their commitment to increased support for scientific initiatives that help society, as well as launch new science policy programs together with scientific institutions, civil society, universities and schools.
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