Factional Politics in an Indian State: The Congress Party in Uttar Pradesh, The Indian Union and the States: A Study in Autonomy and Integration. The Sir William Meyer Endowment Lectures delivered at the University of Madras, December 1963 and Fragments of a Revolution: Essays on Indian Problems

The present empirical study was designed to study the correlation between the academic achievement and consciousness at two different educational levels of the university. The study was a non-experimental correlation study which was conducted on 150 students (75 graduates, 75 post graduates) of Faculty of Education, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. The number of male and female students was in the ratio of 65:35. A willing participation of the students in the study was sought. Consciousness Quotient Inventory by Brazdau (2008) was used to assess consciousness quotient of the university students at two different educational levels (i.e. graduation and post-graduation). To measure the academic achievement of the students, students' scores of internal and external assessment at the university were considered. Pearson's Product Moment Correlation was used to find out correlation between the scores of Academic achievement and consciousness quotient. Results indicated a significant positive correlation between academic achievement and Consciousness of the students at the two educational levels at the university. Moreover, results indicated the rise in consciousness level with the rise in the educational level at the University. At the end of the paper, educational implications of the study are provided for the teachers, educators, administrators and other people associated with the field of education.

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Holy Place/TIRTHA

Battling the Buddha of Love ◽

10.7591/cornell/9781501723469.003.0008 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 141-160

Author(s):

Jessica Marie Falcone

Keyword(s):

Uttar Pradesh ◽

Short Term ◽

Indian State ◽

The Town ◽

Local Farmers ◽

Holy Place

This chapter focuses on the proposed site of the colossal Maitreya Project: Kushinagar, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The chapter explains the various communities and stake-holders of the Greater Kushinagar region that would be affected by the proposed MPI’s statue project. In order to examine the interacting communities of Kushinagar, I categorize people roughly along a spectrum of those least to most tied (or committed) to the fate of the town: pilgrims, short-term and long-term temporary visitors, and locals. I have introduced the locality here to set the stage for exploring the specific plight of local farmers fighting the Maitreya Project.

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Modi’s main test now will be to manage his alliance

Emerald Expert Briefings ◽

10.1108/oxan-db244123 ◽

2019 ◽

Keyword(s):

National Security ◽

Prime Minister ◽

Uttar Pradesh ◽

Fiscal Deficit ◽

Hindu Nationalism ◽

Content Type ◽

Congress Party ◽

Jobless Growth ◽

Chief Minister ◽

Bharatiya Janata Party

Significance The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has retained a parliamentary majority and the BJP has extended its single-party majority. During campaigning, Modi emphasised nationalist themes, ranging from Hindu nationalism to national security, while deflecting criticism over problems such as the country’s jobless growth. Impacts The BJP’s pledge to spend 100 trillion rupees (1.4 trillion dollars) on infrastructure will likely prompt a widening of the fiscal deficit. Leading BJP figures such as party President Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath may aim to succeed Modi in 2024. Rahul Gandhi will highly likely relinquish leadership of the main opposition Congress party.

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