Common Property Resources as Village Ecosystem Service Center in Drylands of Rajasthan, India

Investigation of the outbreak of typhoid in a village of Thar Desert Rajasthan, India.

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Outbreaks of typhoid have been reported from Maharashtra, Bangalore, West Bengal and Pondicherry in India but rarely from Rajasthan. We investigated an outbreak of typhoid in a village of Thar Desert of Rajasthan. METHODS A retrospective cohort study was carried out during May-July 2007 in Varkana village, Pali district, Rajasthan, to identify the risk factor for disea...

Displacement and Alienation from Common Property Resources

Introduction, transmission and aggravation of malaria in desert ecosystem of Rajasthan, India.

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Malaria is an important public health problem in northwestern desert part of Rajasthan. Since desert malaria is seasonal or unstable, there is a need to study its epidemiology in the totality to address factors like how malaria is introduced into desert every year and what are desert-specific transmission risk factors leading to epidemics? METHODS Twenty-six villages i...

Smallpox eradication in Rajasthan, India.

In 1962, when the smallpox eradication programme was launched in India, there were 3909 reported cases in Rajasthan. Mass vaccination was introduced but had little impact on the incidence of the disease; in 1970, 4074 cases were reported and in 1971, the reported incidence (4821 cases) was the highest in India. Changes in the vaccination technique, the use of a new and potent vaccine and the in...

Citizens’ Expectations from Rural Telecentres: A Case Study of Implementation of Common Service Centres in Mushedpur Village, Haryana, India

Setting up of rural telecentres, popularly referred to as Common Service Centres (CSCs), are considered one of the initial forerunners of rural e-Governance initiatives under the Government of India’s National e-Governance Plan (NeGP). CSCs are implemented on public-private partnership (PPP) — where State governments play a major role in facilitating the establishment of CSCs and investments ar...

The Thar of Rajasthan (India): Ecology and Conservation of a Desert Ecosystem

This paper highlights the Thar Desert and its ecosystem. The work reviews and presents the natural condition of the Thar Desert within Rajasthan State. The diversity of the vegetation and of higher animals is discussed on the basis of earlier works and surveys. Major problems and conservation issues are presented along with their possible solutions. Recommendations are made for the protection o...