ResumoO presente trabalho apresenta uma revisão conceitual sobre o "Natal Luz" de Gramado, evento que desde 2008 transformou-se em Patrimônio Cultural do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, assim definido pela Lei N° 13.060. A preocupação central do artigo é percorrer a trajetória do evento, desde seu surgimento em 1986 até o ano de 2013, analisando os diversos impactos da globalização sobre este Patrimônio Cultural do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. Fundamentamos a análise exploratório-descritiva sobre este que se tornou o maior evento de Natal da América Latina, realizado na cidade de Gramado, descrevendo seu processo de transformação em patrimônio cultural. Para tanto, foram realizadas pesquisas bibliográficas e documentais que fundamentaram a problematização da pesquisa. Buscamos, com isso, compreender os impactos da indústria do turismo na evolução e transformação deste patrimônio local, vivenciado e construído pela comunidade, em um patrimônio agora conhecido internacionalmente.Palavras-chave | Desenvolvimento regional; globalização; indústria do turismo; Natal Luz de Gramado; patrimônio cultural.Código JEL | L83; O18; R11.

New Education Policy by the Government of India is the first in 34 years replacing the National Policy of Education of 1986. The new policy introduced many reforms in the Indian Education System beginning with reformation at central level and renaming the Ministry of Human Resource and Development to Ministry of Education. The NEP proposes revision and revamping of education structure, including its rules and regulations and governance, to create a new system aligning with the aspirational goals of 21st century education. The policy, while focusing on various facets of education, also tries to bridge the gap between education and technology. One of the key highlights of NEP 2020 is the decision to make mother tongue or regional language as the medium of instruction up to Class 5. Further, the policy emphasizes the need for formative assessments and encouraging peer review system of assessment by creating National Assessment Centre and developing a system such as Performance Assessment Review and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development for monitoring the achievement of learning outcomes and guide the boards of education to make learning more contemporary and suited to future needs. The biggest highlights of the NEP 2020 are that there would be single regulation for higher education institutions with setting up of Higher Education Commission of India that will eventually replace the existing regulatory bodies like the UGC or AICTE. The NEP 2020 aims to address various gaps existing in the education system of India and through this policy, India is expected to achieve sustainable development goal of 2030 by ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education.

The study examined the economic analysis of “Ugu’’ marketing in Bauchi metropolis. The study was done by purposively selected four markets based on their popularity and availability of ‘’Ugu’’. A simple random technique was used in selecting the respondents and data was collected through the use of structured questionnaires and were analyzed using descriptive statistics and gross margin analysis. The result revealed that the purchasing cost for “ugu” was 22,000 per head (bunch) and after incurring other cost components the BCR was 1.14 kobo indicating that the business was a profitable venture with a return per naira invested as 0.14 kobo. The result also revealed that most of the marketers were women (64.28%) with majority of them within the active age of 31-39 with a mean age 41.2 years. The majority (66.10%) of the marketers are married with (55.40%) having household size 1-5 persons. The marketers had one form of education or the other with majority (69.64%) having secondary education and 60.71% having marketing experience of 6-10 years. The major constraints encountered by the marketers were perishability and insufficient capital which accounted for 57.14% and 32.16% respectively. Therefore our technology incubation centers should work on a better means of preserving our vegetable. The government and financial institutions should devise means of extending soft loans to the marketers so as to improve their marketing activities.