BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Despite various efforts by the Government of India, utilization of antenatal care (ANC) services continues to be low among women from rural areas particularly those belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. The present study was undertaken to examine the factors associated with the utilization of ANC services among women in four States including Rajasthan, Odisha, Chhattisgarh ...

1,4-6Postgraduate Resident, 2Assistant Professor, 3Reader 1,3-5Department of Pedodontic and Preventive Dentistry, Hitkarini Dental College & Hospital, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India 2Department of Pedodontic and Preventive Dentistry, Buraydah Private College, Buraydah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 1,3-5Oral Medicine and Radiology, Hitkarini Dental College & Hospital, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India...

P. Singh,1* P.K. Aggarwal,2** V.S. Bhatia,3*** M.V.R. Murty,1**** M. Pala,4 T. Oweis,4***** B. Benli,4 K.P.C. Rao5****** and S.P. Wani1******* 1International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru 502 324, Andhra Pradesh, India; 2Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi 110 012, India; 3National Research Centre for Soybean (NRCS), Khandwa Road, ...

2013 Urban Youth, India Towards a Youth Agenda in Policy and Practice / Padma Prakash 2 3 Towards a Youth Agenda in Policy and Practice across the country. An IMF paper [Aiyar and Mody 2012] has pointed to the huge demographic advantage of some of the poorer, heavily populated states in the country. In 19912001 the high growth states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Gujarat had a dependency ratio o...

Low-chilling apple varieties are gaining attention in plain regions with high temperatures but viruses also adapting to these conditions. In this report, we have characterized Apple stem grooving virus and scar skin viroid from the low-chilling samples collected district District Mandla of Madhya Pradesh Kangra Himachal Pradesh, India. To our knowledge, is first report ASGV ASSVd infecting

The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Rights) Act, 2006, popularly called FRA, was enacted to recognize vest the forest rights occupation in land dwelling Tribes(STs) Dwellers(OTFDs). Act became effective from 01 January, 2008. Broadly, all can be grouped into three different categories viz, Individual Rights (IR), Community Rights(CR), Resources (CFR). As m...

In view of the recent discovery of rickettsial endosymbionts, Wolbachia in lymphatic filarial parasites, Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi and subsequently of their vital role in the survival and development of the latter, antibiotics such as tetracycline are being suggested for the treatment of lymphatic filariasis, by way of eliminating the endosymbiont. But, it is essential to assess th...