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The most populous country in the world, India, seeks to achieve universal education for its citizens. An informal education system for preschool children to develop their learning abilities is crucial. Anganwadi workers provide informal education. While there have been several studies on Anganwadi-based informal education, there is a lack of studies presenting a holistic perspective of all the stakeholders in the informal education system, especially following the New Education Policy 2020 and SDG 4. This study undertakes 46 interviews across five stakeholders. It presents five themes – policy and regulation, education, social norms, infrastructure, and human resources. These themes further present the driving or barrier factors to meet the objectives. The study concludes by discussing the theoretical and managerial implications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The state of Uttarakhand, India is plagued by the unique situation of "ghost villages", where not a single resident remains in the village. Number of reasons and solutions have been ascribed to this situation. Community-based tourism (CBT) has been promoted as an option to prevent outbound migration. Thus, preventing the emergence of new ghost villages. The success of community-based tourism is predicated on its acceptance by the host village community. The present qualitative research identifies the acceptance and inhibiting factors of the host community towards the CBT. While the host community has granted cognitive & pragmatic legitimacy to the CBT phenomena and accepted the evolving social norms, the moral legitimacy for CBT is still lacking from the community elders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]