Category: Management

Essay on My Favorite Author –Rabindranath Tagore (Free to read). I am a voracious reader. I have read many authors, but my favorite author is Rabindranath Tagore, popularly known as “the Shelley of Bengal.”Tagore was a Ben­gali, but he belongs to the whole world, not to speak of India. He was a universalistic and a humanist through and through.Tagore was born on May 6, 1861 in Calcutta. He came from a rich family of land­lords. But he had the milk of human kind­ness for the poor and the downtrodden. Image Source : i.ytimg.com ADVERTISEMENTS: Tagore was not sent to any school, he was taught at home. He was a highly preco­cious child. As such, he was capable of learning more from nature and society at large than from any formal…

Air pollution is caused by the presence of chemicals, particulate matter, or biological materials in the air which harms humans and other living organisms. It can also damage the natural environment. Air pollution causes depletion of ozone in the stratosphere which endangers human health as well as the Earth’s ecosystems. Air pollutants can be in the form of solid particles, liquid droplets, or gases. They could be natural or man-made. Pollutants can be classified as either primary or secondary. Substances which are directly emitted due to certain processes like ash from a volcanic eruption, or carbon monoxide gas from a motor vehicle exhaust or sulfur dioxide released from factories- are primary pollutants. Image Source : static.guim.co.uk ADVERTISEMENTS: Secondary pollutants are not emitted directly. They form in the air when primary…

Thank God! The dreams of my life would now come true. The old aunt died and left more than a lakh of rupees for me. I am sorry for the death but am equally glad that God has offered me the opportunity to bring the dreams and desires of my life into action.At this news all the desires that had remained dormant in my heart came to the surface and I sat down to plan the expen­diture of the money so received.I called an architect and asked him to draw a plan for a very up-to-date hospital and dispensary. I earmarked thirty thousand rupees for the purpose. It would be known as “Swarooprani Chari­table Dispensary and Hospital’ after the name of my aunt and would consist of ten beds. The…

A consumer cooperative is a retail business which is owned by the consumers themselves. Their basic objective of establishing cooperative stores is to eliminate middlemen.Consumers form a society to manage the business and profit thus earned is distributed among themselves in proportion of their contribution.These stores are, in fact, associations organised by consumers to sell daily requirement items. The society purchases in bulk and avails the discounts and sells to the members as well as to the general public in small quantities. Some of the cooperative stores are run on a large scale basis while others are operated on a small scale. Image Source: wabel.com ADVERTISEMENTS: Characteristics: 1. It is a voluntary association of consumers duly registered under the Cooperative Societies Act.2. Membership of a society running on cooperative lines…

What is civic sense? It is to create awareness about having a clean surrounding. It is said that cleanliness is next to Godliness. At the same time, cleanliness wards off any possible threat by bacteria or infection.But is our country clean? Is our street clean? Is our home clean? We may have a clean house, but having a clean environment is as important as our home. The growing population, industrialization, slums, cattle that roam around freely in city roads, illiterate people, plastic bags, garbage, improper drainage system – all these add to misery.When a street is dirty, it is the duty of the municipal staffers to come and sweep it clean. But the residents of that area also partly responsible to this ill-fated situation. People without regard for the others,…

Education is an important activity in society, it gives an opportunity to man to understand the world around him and his place in it In ancient times man was completely at the mercy of nature which was a complete mystery to him.The dark forces of nature were beyond the comprehension of man and to console himself he had to depend upon the existence of supernatural powers and this led to the growth of religion and superstition. ADVERTISEMENTS: The invention of tools, domestication of animals and growth of agriculture led to organization of society and along with this, developed social sciences.Thus, in education we combine the study of natural laws with the laws governing the development of society- Knowledge and understanding come to us through the study of natural sciences (chemistry,…

Many Indians have become victims of poverty. Some of these people could have prevented their socioeconomic downfall by planning decisions and setting goals. There are many things that they must decide to do in order to eliminate themselves from being a victim of downward mobility.For each of their important decisions they have to set goals to reach. However, should they start falling from their socioeconomic status; they must be prepared to cope with the situations. Most theorists would agree that there are two factors that influence downward mobility. The rich and the poor.As one moves from one class to another there are a number of changes that take place. Some can be large and some can be small. People would think that small changes would not be as significant as…

Broadly speaking, discipline means to obey the laid down rules in all your activities, functions and pursuits. It is a wide concept and encompasses orderly behaviour, cultivation of good and healthy habits, working hard, having a civic sense, having a high moral character and performing the duties of a good citizen. Discipline means different things to different classes of people.A child needs to obey his parents and elders; a student needs to obey his teachers, follow the school rules and pursue his education wholeheartedly; an employee needs to be punctual in reaching his/her workplace and observe the full duration of working hours performing the tasks assigned, to the best of his/ her ability. For a father, discipline connotes a great number of things-from earning a living to support the family…

India’s Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is the world’s most successful school programme. It was launched in 2001 towards the culmination of Ninth Five-Year Plan (1997-2002) to achieve the goal of universalisation of elementary education in the country.It focuses on compulsory education of children in the age group 6-14 years. Education Guarantee Scheme, and Alternative Innovative Education Scheme for children living in remote areas or dropouts and those who did not join school in time, is the two components of this scheme.SSA is an effort to improve the performance of the school system and provide community-owned quality elementary education. It envisages bridging up gender and social disparities in elementary education. It has special focus on educational needs of girls, SCs and STs, children with disabilities and disadvantaged children. It is also…

The old debate on the public versus the private sector— which one of the two is better for the growth of Indian economy—has been long alive.It has assumed increased importance with India’s recent impressive performance in all fields—from IT to computer software, from telecommunications to health, from generation of energy to manufacturing of industrial goods.While the popular belief is that most of the public sector undertakings are white elephants—a drain on the Indian economy, the fact remains that many public sector undertakings, mainly in the field of telecommunications and petroleum and gas explorations such as the Bharat Sanchar Nigam and the National Thermal Power Corporation, have outperformed most of the private sector undertakings in the same fields and registered more profits than them. Image Source: aei.org ADVERTISEMENTS: In telecommunications, the…