CHALLENGES WITH POLLUTION - OPPORTUNITIES FOR HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT

Dear All

I have continued my research study and came out with another publication on the most priority area CHALLENGES WITH POLLUTION - OPPORTUNITIES FOR

HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT in Social Vision (International Journal), Visakhapatnam. Vol. 3 & Issue. 4. ISSN: 2349-0519. The second author (my second son) has contributed significantly at all the stages. It will a good beginning and to be in the research area.  

Some of the details of the  paper were pasted below as:

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CHALLENGES WITH POLLUTION - OPPORTUNITIES FOR

HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT

Lakshmi Narayana, N. Mentor,

Lokhesh Kumar, N. Volunteer (M.E)

Geo Rehabilitation Centre, Hyderabad. E-mail: grcnln@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Pollution is unwanted and unhealthy component of development and both has to be seen as two faces of the same coin. The pollution can be seen in various forms like air, sound, water and soil which affect the production, and quality. Among the areas of pollution, transportation gains priority over the domestic, industries, agriculture, power generation and disposal and is alarming in urban cities. The people and environment is getting affected with the process of developmental activities starting from inputs, processing, production, transportation, utilization, recycle and disposal. The shift from people oriented development to business oriented development and quality of life to standard of life dominate by top down approaches resulted for high level of pollutants / pollution and further affected the health and wealth of the people as well as the environment. The challenges with pollution are many and results for global warming, and climate change with unhealthy environments with poor quality of living. On the other side, there exist several opportunities to adapt the best practices for improving the production, productivity, and quality with accessible, healthy and empowered environments. The civil societies have got a key role on partnership basis with government and other agencies to reach the targeted groups with problem solving solutions with better sustainability and quality. The suggested initiatives and opportunities are simple and sustainable matching to the given environment.                

Key Words: Development, Pollution, Production, Productivity, Quality, Sustainability, Empowerment, Accessibility, Environment, Inclusion.

Statement of the Problem

Inefficient and ineffective processes and management of production, storage, transport, utilization, recycle and disposal have resulted for emission of pollutants to environment and further affected health and wealth of the people as well as the living organisms.   

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MODELS

Looking forward.....

SUGGESTIONS FOR DIRECT CASH TRANSFER (DCT)

Dear All

The comments and suggestions made on the proposed Direct Cash Transfer (DCT) (see more at: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/will-cash-transfer-check-migration) were pasted below as:

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The author has brought the reality of the Direct Cash Transfer(DCT) implemented in various countries. Congratulations to the author for bringing such analysis which heps to understand the consequences in the case of India. Broadly, it is clear that DCT has got limitation in checking the migration. In some case, it may improve the migration.

India is moving with DCT in the selected districts. It is expected that:£ It may create confusion and poor access as the eligibility of having the Adhar Card has not reached every one.

£ The transfer of money to the banks or others not having bank facilities may create some barriers and conflicts.

£ DCT is going to give better results in terms of minimizing the cost of service delivery systems (SDS).

£ If the amount is utilized for developmental activities, then it may result for enhancing resources.

£ It may be used to fund the migration and thus enhances the migration and further consequences.

£ It may become additional burden to the women

£ It may increase the dependency rather than looking for independent channel of livelihoods.

£ It may invite some issues as it is individual orientated rather than the community based,

£ Keep it as People oriented developmental scheme rather than popularity oriented one,  and

£ Like any other schemes, sustainability of DCT is still lingering in the minds of the targeted groups.

In spite of the expectations and challenges as listed above, still scheme can be made effective with:

£ effective measures of monitoring and evaluation at all levels.

£ Better participation of the targeted groups and other stakeholders,

£ Use the Social Auditing Tools for effective reach and utilization,

£ Needs to check the migration as it is one of the key barrier in creating sustainable solutions with quality,

£ Utilize the services of the NGOs and other Civil Society Organizations for better reach and utilization.

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Looking forward for better sharing and reflections so as to make DCT more effective in terms of utilization and change expected....

All the best.