ALLEVIATION
(AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NUTRITION, GENDER & SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT)
Editor in Chief
Dr. Jagdish Gupta
Principal, Arya PG College, Panipat (Haryana)
Dy. Chief Editor
Dr. (Mrs.) Santosh Tikoo
Head, Depts. of Home Science, Textile & Fashion Designing and Interior Designing, Arya PG College, Panipat (Haryana)
A Joint Publication Of
Arya PG College (College with Potential for Excellence Status by UGC) G.T. Road, Panipat – 132103 (Haryana), India
&
Business Press India Delhi NCR, India
© Alleviation: An International Journal of Nutrition, Gender & Social Development
ISSN 2348-9340, Volume 6, Number 6 (2019)
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Disclaimer: All views expressed by the contributors in their research papers are their personal views. The Editor/Publisher is not responsible for their views. All disputes, if any, arising out of contributors’ views dealing with journal are subject to Panipat (Haryana), India (For Editorial) and Delhi, India (For Publication) jurisdiction only.
Alleviation: An International Journal of Nutrition, Gender & Social Development with ISSN 2348-9340 is an interdisciplinary, peer reviewed, internationally circulated research journal and welcomes scholarly unpublished manuscripts from individuals, professional bodies, industries, industrial associations and trade unions etc. having information on nutrition, gender and social development issues and willing to share the same with others at national and international level.
Editorial Board
Chief Patron : Sh. Surinder Shingla, President, Arya PG College Managing Committee, Panipat (Haryana), India.
Patron : : CA Kamal Kishore, Gen. Secretary, Arya PG College Managing Committee, Panipat (Haryana), India.
Editor in Chief : Dr. Jagdish Gupta, Principal, Arya PG College, Panipat.
Dy. Chief Editor : Dr. (Mrs.) Santosh Tikoo, Vice Principal & Head, Depts. of Home
Science, Textile & Fashion Designing and Interior Designing, Arya PG College, Panipat (Haryana), India
International Advisory Board
Dr. Jane Desmond , Professor, Anthropology, Gender and Women’s and Global Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA.
Dr. Jinky Leilanie, Research Professor, National Institute of Health, University of the Philippines, Manila.
Dr. Jagmohan Chauhan, Former Vice Chancellor, Dr Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry University, Nauni, Solan (Himachal Pradesh), India .
Dr. Kirti Singh, Former Vice Chancellor, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh), India.
Dr. Michael Addis, Professor, Hiatt School of Psychology, Clark University, Worecester (USA).
Dr. M.M.Bandhopadhya, Former Vice Chancellor, University of Engineering and Technology, Calicut (Kerala), India.
Dr. R.S. Chauhan, Former Vice Chancellor, Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur (Bihar), India .
Dr. Farzana Alim, Dean, Faculty of Agricultural Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh), India.
Dr. Promila Sharma, Professor, Department of Family Resource Management, Faculty of Home Science, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar (Uttarakhand), India .
Dr. Sudesh Gandhi, Professor and Head, Department of Family Resource Management, College of Home Science, CCSHAU, Hisar (Haryana), India.
Reviewer Committee
Dr. Deepa Vinay, Professor & Head, Department of Family Resource Management, Faculty of Home Science, G.B. Pant University of Horticulture and Technology, Pantnagar (Uttrakhand), India .
Dr. Jessy Abraham, Professor, Department of Home Science, Jammia Millia University, New Delhi, India.
Dr.Maneesha Shukul, Professor, Department of Family Resource Management, Faculty of Family and Community Studies, M.S. University, Baroda (Gujarat), India.
Dr. Rameshawari Pandya, Professor & Head, Department of Home Science Extension Education, Faculty of Family and Community Studies, M.S. University , Baroda (Gujarat), India.
Dr. Renu Malaviya, Associate Professor, Lady Irwin College of Home Science, New Delhi, India.
Dr. Vinti Dabur, Former Professor & Chairperson, Department of Home Science, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India .
Dr. Rupa Rathee, Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies, Deenbandu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal (Haryana), India.
Chief & Deputy Chief Editor’s Note
We are delighted to introduce sixth edition of the alleviation: an international journal of nutrition, gender & social development. It is a peer-reviewed journal with international editorial board established in 2014 by Arya PG College (College with Potential for Excellence Status by UGC), Panipat , Haryana, India. The main purpose of the alleviation is to publish original research papers.
The current issue of the journal contains papers related to Nutrition [Women empowerment: A key to eradicate undernutrition and anaemia], Gender [Economic role of women in garment industry; status and socio economic profile of women workers especially in unorganized sectors of India; female workers and their socio-economic profile: a study of unorganized sector in India; from rags to riches: rural women empowerment through block printing], Social Development [Paradigm shift in lifestyle and coping strategies to manage stress in working women; role of local, national and international organizations working for the promotion of safety, health and welfare of women engaged in unorganized sector; designing of kurtis by using traditional Indian motifs; role of MNREGA in providing employment to women: a case study of Fatehabad district in Haryana state and role of values in higher education: challenges and solutions].
We sincerely appreciate the reviewers for sparing their valuable time in evaluating the papers and providing useful suggestions, which helped us to improve the quality of the papers. We are very much grateful to our authors for taking the time for writing magnificent creations in the form of papers.
We will ever remain grateful to our management for inspiring us to bring out the present
issue.
It is really an exciting opportunity for us to inform you that we have created a web-based platform; all past issues as well as the current issue are available on the Journal’s website (http://apcjournals.com).
