The humanity is passing through a stressful period. The impact of COVID - 19 is far reaching but amidst various kinds of difficulties, the publication of the journal is challenging one. This time, the number of articles is limited one but all of them are found to be meaningful one.
The article ‘Wide Publicity Mass Media: A tool of awareness building against child labour in Bangladesh’ by Jannatul Ferdous and Md. Nahidul Islam highlights the effectiveness of mass media as an effective tool in building consciousness against child labour. The paper is based on data analysis covering four research areas and one hundred respondents. The author in their research paper specifically found that poverty and larger size of the family are fertile grounds of child labour. The availability of children as workers on lower wages supplement the incidence of this kind of human adversity. Therefore, appropriate and effective measures are essentially required by all concerned.
The research paper on Fiscal Autonomy of Local Government in Bangladesh: A study of Union Parishad by Abu Saief Mohmmad Towhidul Anam is examined the pattern of central-local relations. The paper is based on empirical information and lead to hypothesize that the Union Parishad lacks financial, functional and administrative autonomy. The findings of the study also lead to postulates that there exist a strong central government control over Union Parishads in Bangladesh and the required autonomy by these local institutions can be realized only if these local institutions are endowed with reasonable financial autonomy.
The paper on ‘Implementation of Jammu & Kashmir Public Service Guarantee Act, 2011: An overview’ by Govind Kumar Inakhiya and Suneha Kundan emphasized the need of accountability and transparency in administration especially instituted by means of the citizen charters and public service delivery mechanisms and their effective implementation ensured through the Jammu & Kashmir Public Service Guarantee Act. No doubt, the status of the Jammu & Kashmir has now changed with the enactment of Jammu & Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019.
India witnessed a demand for separate State in its different comers. Perhaps, the size of the state should not be measured in terms of the geographical area rather it must be premediated in terms of the volume of population and delivery of required needs for better quality of life. These measures have become more valued than those practiced by the State Reorganisation Act, 1956 to restructure the boundaries of larger states.
In response to this trend the article entitled ‘Jharkhand: A paradox of rich and poor people’ by Digvijay Kumar and Prerana Banik. Jharkhand is 15thlargest state by area and 14th populous and geographically located in eastern part of the country. It is mineral rich state and accounts for more than 40 per cent of mineral resources of the country. A major part of its people, 39.1 per cent, are below poverty lines - essentially, the authors focussed on this dimension of the people despite its richness in natural resources.
The paper on Assessing the Impact of Occupancy, Revenue and Expenditure Pattern on Public Bus Transport System by Rama Rao Maduri. This study relates to financial and operational performance of in Greater Hyderabad Region. Finally, the author suggested a few measures for the better management of PBTS in Hyderabad.
The research paper Digital Transformation of Global Terrorism - A technological jolt by Rajneesh Kumar and B. Prasad covers an in-depth correlation study of the global terrorism journey in tandem with technology growth. The paper gives a clear picture of how modern-day terrorism has taken all new international stage with the help of social network platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp which is of great concern around the world. The study has connected a series of historical incidents with a data driven approach and extended constructive and pragmatic recommendations to tackle the unnerving issue.
