Silveru, Harinath
Sankineni, Laxman Rao
Funding for this research was provided by:
Telangana Council of Science & Technology
Article History
Received: 21 June 2025
Accepted: 7 November 2025
First Online: 20 December 2025
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Ethical Board of the Centre for Economic and Social Studies (Telangana, India). This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki (2013 revision) and the Belmont Report (1979). Informed and voluntary written consent was obtained from all individual participants involved in the study. In the case of illiterate respondents, the consent was obtained through a thumb impression.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.