Browsing by Author "Falleiro, Savio P."

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    A Case Study of the Economic Impact of Mining in Goa: Perceptions of the Reserved and General Population of a Mining Dependent Locality
    (2016) Falleiro, Savio P.
    Mining has been an important industry in Goa for years. Operations of the industry were suspended due to orders of the Hon. Supreme Court of India. Much has been documented on the positive and negative effects of mining-the same often done by extreme pro and anti mining activists. The present paper is based on a field-based study involving households of a locality substantially dependent on mining being in close proximity to mining centres. Considering that the locality has a large number of people from ‘reserved’ backgrounds, the paper attempts to find if there was any significant association between the economic issues related to mining and the SC/ST, OBC and General backgrounds of the residents. The study which makes use of chi-square analysis, lists very significant findings, including those concerning the ‘reserved’ sections of population, and involving issues related to net economic effect of mining, health problems, government assistance for SC/ST and OBC sections etc.
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    Economics of Yoga: Multi-Level Healthy Gains
    (2016) Falleiro, Savio P.
    Yoga has invariably been looked at as a healthy practice. While there is much literature available on the benefits of yoga in terms of health and wellness, the present article is an attempt to find the economic gains of yoga. The same are brought out in three parts: (i) in the context of ‘self’, i.e. in terms of curative and preventative benefits for a yoga practicing individual; (ii) in terms of benefits to the ‘workplace and/or organization’ promoting yoga, and (iii) in terms of commercial opportunities, i.e. benefits gained by serving yoga to ‘others’. The article concludes with suggestions for the healthy development of yoga.
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    Nature of Mobile Phone Usage Among College Students
    (2016-05) Falleiro, Savio P.
    Mobile phones have become an intrinsic part of the lives of a very large number of people, with ownership and usage ever increasing. Through a select review of literature, and with the help of findings of a field study involving randomly chosen college students in Goa (India), this paper brings forth insights related to mobile phone usage among students. Chi-square analysis has been done wherever appropriate. In spite of its limited scope, the field-study brings some interesting findings such as: (a) boys spend significantly more on mobile phones (usage bills) than girls; (b) students from self-financed programmes spend significantly more on mobile phone usage bills as well as on internet every month than students from government–aided programmes; and (c) Muslim respondents play significantly fewer games on mobile phones as compared to Hindus and Christians.