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Journal of Global Resources
The outbreak of Covid-19 was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 31st ... more The outbreak of Covid-19 was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 31st January, 2020. Every country can take at national, sub regional and local levels to reorganize essential health services in the pandemic context and maintain a safe access to every citizen. To deal with this catastrophic Corona Virus India is making preparedness with its high urban population density, deficiency in hygiene and sanitation facilities and most crucially insufficient treatment capacity. The first 2000 cases were reported in 56 days. The next 2000 in 15 days and the next 2000 cases in a week. According to the data released by the state health department, West Bengal took just 5 days from June 3 rd to June 7th to register the next 2000 cases. Till Tuesday (9th June) total cases in the state stood at 8985. With increased number of testing and the entry of migrant labourers, there was a sudden spike in the number of cases. The returning migrant workers from the highly infected z...
Multidimensional Approach to Quality of Life Issues, 2019
A household is the most micro level important spatial unit of study. The size, number of persons,... more A household is the most micro level important spatial unit of study. The size, number of persons, physical and socio-economic characteristics of this spatial unit has a great bearing on the quality of life. Different socio-cultural and economic components determine the quality of a person’s life. If one member of the family has achieved a high quality of life, this will have a positive impact on the other members of the family and on the rest of the household. The household is often taken as the basic unit of analysis in many social, microeconomic and government studies. In this paper, attempt has been made to study variation in the quality of life of urban inhabitants at the household level. To accomplish the work, Bolpur town from Birbhum District of West Bengal was chosen. Bolpur town lies in a socio-economically backward region. The study involves primary data obtained from 350 households. The quality of life at the household level was found varying across households of differen...
Journal of Global Resources
In search of a healthy prosperous life several attempts have been made throughout the world to de... more In search of a healthy prosperous life several attempts have been made throughout the world to develop health care facilities. Since independence health standards in India have improved considerably beside various development processes. The objective of the study is to highlight the development gap of health care facilities of Birbhum District and to find out the health index of the study area to show the disparities among various blocks of the District. The study is made from secondary data collected from the District statistical handbook of 2015. Health index of Birbhum District, 2015 varies from 0.30 to 2.30. Disparities in health care facilities are found among the different blocks of the district and also from rural area to urban area of the district.
Journal of Global Resources
The outbreak of Covid-19 was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 31st ... more The outbreak of Covid-19 was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 31st January, 2020. Every country can take at national, sub regional and local levels to reorganize essential health services in the pandemic context and maintain a safe access to every citizen. To deal with this catastrophic Corona Virus India is making preparedness with its high urban population density, deficiency in hygiene and sanitation facilities and most crucially insufficient treatment capacity. The first 2000 cases were reported in 56 days. The next 2000 in 15 days and the next 2000 cases in a week. According to the data released by the state health department, West Bengal took just 5 days from June 3 rd to June 7th to register the next 2000 cases. Till Tuesday (9th June) total cases in the state stood at 8985. With increased number of testing and the entry of migrant labourers, there was a sudden spike in the number of cases. The returning migrant workers from the highly infected z...
Multidimensional Approach to Quality of Life Issues, 2019
A household is the most micro level important spatial unit of study. The size, number of persons,... more A household is the most micro level important spatial unit of study. The size, number of persons, physical and socio-economic characteristics of this spatial unit has a great bearing on the quality of life. Different socio-cultural and economic components determine the quality of a person’s life. If one member of the family has achieved a high quality of life, this will have a positive impact on the other members of the family and on the rest of the household. The household is often taken as the basic unit of analysis in many social, microeconomic and government studies. In this paper, attempt has been made to study variation in the quality of life of urban inhabitants at the household level. To accomplish the work, Bolpur town from Birbhum District of West Bengal was chosen. Bolpur town lies in a socio-economically backward region. The study involves primary data obtained from 350 households. The quality of life at the household level was found varying across households of differen...
Journal of Global Resources
In search of a healthy prosperous life several attempts have been made throughout the world to de... more In search of a healthy prosperous life several attempts have been made throughout the world to develop health care facilities. Since independence health standards in India have improved considerably beside various development processes. The objective of the study is to highlight the development gap of health care facilities of Birbhum District and to find out the health index of the study area to show the disparities among various blocks of the District. The study is made from secondary data collected from the District statistical handbook of 2015. Health index of Birbhum District, 2015 varies from 0.30 to 2.30. Disparities in health care facilities are found among the different blocks of the district and also from rural area to urban area of the district.