Browsing by Subject "Social Security"
Now showing 1 - 3 of 3
- Results Per Page
- Sort Options
Item Open Access Education as an Instrument of Social Transformation: Aspects and Prospects(University of North Bengal, 2020-03) Roy, BasudebEducation is the foundation of every society to grow in a healthy manner. Every civilized society has accepted the phenomenon of education, it is the duty of the society itself to nourish it in a positive way. Social change on the other hand is a dynamic process in which education is just an aspect. Education moulds the society by uplifting individuals and thus comes the change, a prosperous change. In India, fromIshwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Ramakrishna Paramhansa, to Dr.SarvepalliRadhakrishnan, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam and all other great Indian educationists have left the legacy of social transformation through quality education. Right to Free and Compulsory Education is a Fundamental Right and the State is obliged to secure it anyway. Besides this, educational cultures play an important role across the globe whether it’s social, economic, political, traditional, cultural, demographical, or religious. Government and Non-Government Organizations also have the social responsibility to provide financial aids to the institutions to ease the access for the financially weak sections of the society. Furthermore, the Judiciary should act as the watchdog to mould education in an exemplary shape and most importantly awareness of the people is needed to acquire proper education. Education, whether it’s formal, informal, legal or of any other kinds, is the only way to transmit knowledge, skills, values, norms, mores or any particular habit from generation to generation in a community or society.Item Open Access Financial Inclusion – A Path Leading to Social Security(University of North Bengal, 2020-03) Rathor, Divya SinghThe primary goal of every civilised society is to ensure social security for its citizen. The Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention , 1952 by the International Labour Organization (ILO) defines the traditional contingencies covered by social security as including survival beyond a prescribed age, to be covered by old age pensions, the loss of support suffered by a widowed person or child as the result of the death of the breadwinner (survivor’s benefit), Responsibility for the maintenance of children (family benefit), the treatment of any morbid condition (including pregnancy), whatever its cause (medical care) etc. The concept of social security is envisaged in the Preamble to the Indian Constitution wherein the aim is to constitute India into Socialist country by achieving Social justice. Undoubtedly, the social justice can’t be attained if rich become richer and poor having no access to basic banking services. In order to attain this Indian Government strives at Financial inclusion which as defined by RBI is the process of ensuring access to appropriate financial products and services needed by vulnerable groups such as weaker sections and low income groups at an affordable cost in a fair and transparent manner by mainstream Institutional players. In India financial inclusion envisage two concepts Financial literacy and financial inclusion....Item Open Access Population ageing in West Bengal with special reference to social security(University of North Bengal, 2018) Nayak, Archita; Bagchi, K.K.