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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Odisha"”.
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Mining led industrialisation and gender-based violence amongst indigenous communities in Odisha, India
… method. The case study was undertaken in Odisha, India. The study involved participatory field-based research and employed qualitative multi-methods of investigation and analysis. The indigenous eco-socialist feminist perspective stands in direct contrast to the mainstream neoliberal …
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Improving electricity supply in the Indian state of Odisha using under-the-grid micro-grid technology
… subsidized consumer tariffs. For the state of Odisha, due to frequent occurrence of cyclones and floods and presence of wildlife activity that make the grid maintenance a complex affair, the DISCOMs incur into exceptionally higher O&M costs. The objective of this thesis is to study some issues …
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Operationalizing rights-based approaches to development: a study of state and non-state duty-bearers in Odisha, India
… approaches to development are operationalised in Odisha, India, through an investigation of its practice by state and non-state actors at various levels. The thesis asks four research questions. The first asks how state political will and commitment defines, and expresses, rights of poor …
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Housing for Welfare in India: Insights on the world’s largest ‘assisted self-help’ low-cost rural and peri-urban scheme from ground implementers in riparian Odisha
… in Cuttack District in the coastal State of Odisha. Drawing on nearly a year of fieldwork, this study qualitatively analysed 77 semi-structured interviews with the three ground-level implementers, participatory card games with recipients, observations of construction methods with masons and …
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Changing Places, Creating Spaces: Santali Women in Local Level Politics in Rural India
… in a majority Santali village in northern Odisha, India. Using Marxist and Foucauldian categories, I assess the manner in which state imposed systems of governance interact with tribal governance structures and analyse how women outside of the political process have benefited from women’s …
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Dispossession of Matrimonial Choice in Contemporary India: Examining the Link between Cross-region Marriages, Neoliberal Capitalism, and New Forms of Gender Subordination
… and natal regions of Haryana, Rajasthan, Odisha, and West Bengal, to interrogate hegemonic knowledge formations about these brides and their marriages. It analyses how the transgressions of caste, religion, and ethnicity shape the everyday lived experience of the Dalit and Muslim brides. …
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A Problem on the Feasibility of Rural Digital Economy
… four states; Punjab, Haryana, Bihar, and Odisha. The identified digitally progressive districts and regions for agri-business for Punjab are Mansa and Bathinda located in the southern region. In the case of Haryana, the identified districts are Sirsa and Mahendragarh located in the western …
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Disasters and the “Other Gender”: Exploring the Experiences of the Hijra Community in Disasters in India
… that delves into the lives of one hijra group in Odisha, India and explores their experiences of a cyclone, Fani. It investigates the cyclone’s differential impacts and the social processes that lead to them. It further looks at the role of inclusive policies in influencing disaster risk …