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Abstract
Indian Education sector is progressing but still there is a need to support
and promote quality education to enhance growth of the nation. Indian government's
national contribution toward Education is 4.47 % of GDP as against expected spend
of 6% of GDP (sourced from the World Bank report 2020). Corporate social
responsibility plays a significant role to enhance the level and quality of education by
Indian corporate sector. This paper is an attempt to explore the CSR initiatives for
developing Education in India. Simultaneously, CSR efforts of Indian firms are
highlighted in the paper, which have direct influence on India's educational sector. The
main objective of this study is to determine which types of tasks are involved in
promoting India's education sector. To study the overview of CSR in the area of
education, data has been collected from the national CSR portal from the year 2014-
15 to 2020-21. Descriptive analysis and content analysis was implemented to draw
inferences from the data. It is found that CSR mandate has promoted many thematic
areas like health, education, environment protection, rural and community development
but there is need to give more focus on education.
The stock markets are considered as barometer of the economies. The spread
of pandemic across a number of countries brought a fear in the mind of investors
about its significant impact on the economic and business environment in the coming
times. The objective of this research was to analyze the effects of COVID-19 epidemic
on the Indian stock market.Period of the study was taken from January 30, 2020,
when the first case was identified in India, to June 30, 2020. GARCH model was
used to investigate the influence ofnumber of Covid-19 cases and fatalities due to
COVID-19 on the stock market index's volatility. BSE 200 was taken as a proxy for
the Indian stock market. According to the study results, the volatility of the stock
market index was not significantly affected by COVID-19, but the number of deaths
was found to have a notable impact on the index’s values.
Paradigm shift from teacher – centered to learner-centered education is
considered as one of the significant changes in the field of education. This
evolutionary change has led to emergence of term e-learning. E-learning usage differs
for different demographic variables. Studying demographic characteristics for users'
satisfaction gives useful insights to E-learning providers. Therefore, the aim of this
paper is to compare satisfaction of users towards E-learning on the basis of
demographic variables. With the application of Independent Sample T-test for two
groups of demographic variables and One-Way ANOVA for more than two groups of
demographic variables, major findings concluded that satisfaction of youth towards
E-learning is influenced by age and level of education; and there is no association of
satisfaction with gender, region, area of education and family income. The study
concludes that 15-17 age category has higher level of satisfaction with E-learning
than 18-20 age category. Results also indicates that secondary level students are
more satisfied with E-learning; followed by senior secondary students and then
Bachelors. Diploma students have least level of satisfaction as compared to others.
This study is useful for educational institutions like colleges, universities and other
private organisations providing various E-learning platforms.
Punjab state after ushering the nation in Green Revolution witnessed a
quantum jump in agricultural labourers suicide. Landlords embrace new technology
which reduced the employment of labourers. This resulted to the immense starvation
among agricultural labourers. Poverty, unemployment, wastage of food, unstable grain
market, climate conditions and shortage of grains are some of the major factors
which elevate starvation. Greenhouse gas emission and global economic factors
deprive workmen from basic necessities of life, which increase suicidal tendency
among respondents. Furthermore, footprints of the labourers imprint the consumer's
expectations for rich quality of food grains. Thus, increasing problem of demand of
high variety yield of seeds leads to shortage of grains and mushroom emphasis on
export oriented agriculture.
A large number of lenders comprising of non-institutional and institutional
sources together comprises of the Indian rural credit delivery system. Non-institutional
sources were the main source of rural credit in India at the time of nationalisation. In
1969, there were 1443 branches of commercial banks in rural areas and with the
adoption of multi-agency approach several institutions were set up to provide credit
and the branches stood at 7112 in 1975. With the passage of time, formal banking
system played the dominating role in delivering credit to rural areas. Development of
rural credit in India has metamorphosed from monopoly of non-institutional sources
to institutional sources where cooperative structure dominated the scenario till 1970s.
Taking this into consideration, this paper studies the relative share of borrowings of
rural households from non-institutional and institutional sources. Further, Bank credit
has its crucial importance in the context of development and growth of rural areas so
for having a deeper insight into the loan products, the paper covers the banking
products offered by selected public and private sector banks to cater to the credit
requirements of the rural customers. The paper also evaluates the state-wise scenario
of banking in rural areas to give the bigger picture of rural banking. The paper discusses
the rural credit till year 2022 so, the impact of coronavirus pandemic on rural economy
has also been taken into the consideration.
The growing use of mobile phones and internet access offers marketers a
valuable opportunity to engage with consumers through mobile channels. This study
examines consumer behavior and adoption of mobile marketing, highlighting its relevance
in the current digital landscape. This study is done on the youth of the Rural North
India. Mobile marketing involves collecting and using personal data, such as location
information, browsing behavior, or contact details. Ethical concerns arise when
businesses do not adequately protect users' privacy or obtain proper consent for data
collection and usage. Mobile devices can be vulnerable to various security threats,
including malware, phishing attempts, or data breaches. So the study is aimed to
know about the security and ethical concerns of the mobile users while adopting the
mobile marketing practices. Mobile marketing efforts that involve collecting sensitive
user information should have robust security measures in place to protect user data.
It is crucial for businesses to adhere to applicable privacy regulations and ensure
transparent data practices.
From very long time tourism is one of the sector which provide economic
development to the country / state / region. From employment to maintenance of that
country / state / region are related to how much tourism business is coming to that
place. India is called a 'Country of Faith', There is spiritual environment all over the
country. The presence of many Temples, Mosques, Gurudwaras, Churches, and
Monasteries in India motivates travellers to come here. The twin cities of Uttar
Pradesh from India: Mathura and Vrindavan, attract tourists from all over the world.
There is a huge footfall of tourists but the same time facilitating this huge footfall is
a big task and inspiration to this research. The objective of this research is to find out
the factors affecting the religious tourism in Mathura and Vrindavan. The result would
proposed a Causal Loop Diagram taken from System Dynamics to understand the
relationship among various factors to enhance the Religious tourism and creating a
path for secular tourism.
Finding a new way to do business becomes necessary in the digital age. A
few of the many factors forcing businesses to modify their business models and
adjust to the new market realities are the threat of disruption, fierce rivalry, altered
client behavior, and resource constraint. A more contemporary idea, known as "digital
transformation", enables businesses to make the maximum use of digital capabilities
including big data, the internet of things, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence.
The goal of this study was to perform a qualitative analysis of three large organizations
in order to add to the body of knowledge about this idea and to explore whether or
not businesses could achieve sustainability while undergoing transition. The three indepth
case studies demonstrated that the four aspects of digital transformation that
have an effect on a company's sustainability efforts are : Consumers, Data, Competition
and Innovation. At the conclusion of the essay, we offered a five-hypothesis research
model for the future, which will be verified by an empirical investigation.
Female labour force participation (FLFP) in developing countries is far lower
than their male counterparts. Many factors such as household, education, culture,
economic, age influence female decision making for labour force participation (LFP).
The present study attempts to examine the impact of patriarchal values and generalized
self-efficacy (GSE) on female decision making for labour force participation in
Afghanistan. 414 responses collected using stratified sampling from females between
the age of 15 to 64 years old living in Afghanistan. Females doing any activity that
generates money or actively searching for a paid job, were considered participating in
the labour force. We found that GSE, patriarchal value and education qualification are
some of the important factors determine female decision making for labour force
participation in Afghanistan. GSE play significantly positive role on female decision
making for LFP. However, patriarchy do not have any impact on FLFP in the presence
of other factors, however, controlling other factors (especially education), patriarchy
value has significantly negative impact on FLFP. It was also found that education
qualification is one of the most powerful factors determine female decision making for
LFP. Female with illiterate, primary and high school certificate are less likely to enter
the labour market than those with bachelor, master and Ph.D. degrees.