International Research Journal of Interdisciplinary & Multidisciplinary Studies (IRJIMS)

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Authors: Apurba Roy,Dr.Sujay Kumar Mandal

Sundarban is the largest mangrove delta in the world. The one third of the total Sundarban is within India. There are 44,56,259 people live in nineteen blocks. In India, Sundarban have 106 deltas. Till now, there is no electricity in several areas. The people who live in coastal areas (nearby Sundarban) are engaged in several professions like honey collection, fishing, catching crabs and shrimps, cutting woods. The people, who are engaged in these professions, are applying their traditional knowledge in their job. Among those professions, the crab hunting is the most important job, which is entirely based on traditional knowledge. The people, who are involved in this profession is called ‘Crab Hunter’. In this profession people apply three procedures to collect crabs. Many people of this profession are taking written permission from the forest department to go for crab hunting in the forest. They know that they have no guarantee of returning home after their crab hunting in the river because death follows them in every step. Instead of knowing, that they go to the forest for crab hunting. We will discuss the traditional process of crab hunting, socio-economic status and folk beliefs of these people related to this type of traditional profession. Keywords: Crab Hunting or Catching, Don, Thobga, Gartotara, Banabibi, Chapan, Traditional Knowledge.

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Authors: Rohini Subramaniam,Leow Chee Seng

Doctors nowadays rely on medical representative to bring in new technology. Without the presence of a medical representative generally doctors misses out on the latest medical technology and medical advancement. The current Medical Representatives that are being deployed by the Medical Companies are lacking of ethics and sense of professionalism which leads on to lacking of confidence and product knowledge which also causes certain revenue loss to the respective medical company and also the medical industry overall if this pursues on a long term. Medical companies also start to lose out on generating revenue for the company if medical representatives have no excess to meeting doctors for detailing purposes. It is a problem when medical companies have to hire and fire unfit medical representatives and some reps even feel frustration which results in quitting from their position. This research discusses on the various areas of which medical representatives should improvise in order to pursue their personal and the company’s goal. Ethical and professional training module have are discussed for future extension of the research. Keywords ethics, professional, training module.

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Authors: Mr. Hasmot Ali

The attainment of freedom on August 15, 1947, was itself a landmark achievement in the history of India. It witnessed tremendous changes within India and the world in general. The pitiful condition of India that we inherited at independence after colonialism had ravaged the economy and society for nearly two hundred years and deprived it of the opportunity of participating in the process of modern industrial transformation occurring in other parts of the world. Apart from extreme poverty, illiteracy, a ruined agriculture and industry, the structural distortions created by colonialism in the Indian economy and society made the future transition to self-sustained growth much more difficult. This has been carried through the Five Years Plans, developed, executed, and monitored by the planning commission. The planning commission has been entrusted with the responsibility of the creation, development and execution of India’s five years plan. A considerable change on several fronts was made during the first phase of the development effort, spanning the first three Five Years Plans. The overall economy performed impressively compared to the colonial period. This study is an attempt to find out the economic change/ progress that took place after independence, during the period from 1947 to 1965. Key Words - Freedom, Planning, Economic progress/change.

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Authors: Maitreyee Chakrabarty

Street foods in India in one hand very popular for its affordability and taste but it is often blamed for large number of food born diseases. Although efforts are being made to make it safer by issuing various guidelines for hygiene and safety but a little is being done to provide adequate support and training to the street food vendors who mostly hail from very poor economic background. Food Safety and Standard Act 2006 is silent about any training and support for street food vendors. Street food safety is an issue connected with right to life, health and livelihood as it an important source of self-employment, poverty alleviation, and tourist attraction and for some it is a part of daily meal. Supreme Court also has through its various judgments has held that safe food is a part of right to life as well as right to livelihood. It has also warned the authorities from harassing the poor street food seller in the name of improving the quality of street food. It is need of the hour to adopt a holistic approach in improving the quality of street food by implementing the National Policy for Urban Street Vendors. The Food Safety and Standard Act 2006 must be amended and for poor food entrepreneurs there must statutory mechanism for training and support. The problems faced by the street food industry are quite distinctive so the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act 2014 should also be suitably amended.

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Authors: Madhumita Acharjee

In today’s information society, the creation and distribution of information has become the most significant economic, political and cultural activity. Information which includes facts about a person or thing is very frequently used and required in present time. To make successful governance, transparency about a particular subject matter is a very important requisite. It is this quest for facts which led to the passing of The Right to Information Act, 2005. The Right to Information Act is one of the most revolutionary legislations in the history of democratic India. Any nation to attain a status of democratic state requires equal participation of all and sundry. RTI Act makes all sorts of information accessible to the citizens at affordable cost, thereby strengthening the democracy. The Act guarantees every citizen the right to access to all sorts of information held by or under the control of public authorities. However, the level of awareness among the people about the provisions of the RTI Act is still a matter of concern especially in the rural hinterland. The study aims at assessing the level of awareness about the RTI Act among the college students in the southernmost fringe of Assam. The study includes within its purview a survey of the students of premier degree colleges of three districts of South Assam- Cachar, Hailakandi and Karimganj. The survey is based on structured questionnaire. The study finds that there is a lack of awareness about the Act among the students and it results in its less usage. A significant number of respondents have not even heard of RTI before. Key words: RTI Act, democracy, information society.