023269   KHADDA B S, SINGH B, SINGH D V, SINGH J L, SINGH S K, SINGH C B, SINGH D (Live Stock Production Management Dep, Coll of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, Email: khadda74@gmail.com) : Inventory of traditional ethno-veterinary practices followed by goat keepers in Uttarakhand. Indian J Tradit Know 2018, 17(1), 155-61.

A bench mark survey was conducted to collect the information on common diseases inflicting losses to the goats along with the use of local plants, plants parts and other traditional healthcare practices followed by the goat keepers of Uttarakhand. The results of the study revealed that diarrhoea, pneumonia, gastrointestinal helminthiasis, external parasites, retention of placenta and plant poisoning were very common problems and most of the goat keepers used the traditional medicines to treat these diseases/ ailments. Different plant species and their parts, viz. roots, leaves, bark powder, seeds and oils are used for treatment of these ailments.

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023268   CHAUDHURI S, ROY M (Jindal Global Univ, Sonipat, Email: schaudhuri@jgu.edu.in) : Drinking water sources in India: how safe is safe?. Curr Sci 2017, 113(3), 393-402.

Under the loom of extreme climatic perturbations, human expansion and rising demand, world’s freshwater reserves are expected to suffer severe setbacks in the coming years. A major task for the international authorities in this regard is to develop a reliable inventory of existing potable water sources and identify the challenges therein. The main objective of this study was to present a spatial summary of ‘safe’ water sources in India using the most ‘authentic’, cross-sectional, open-sourced census database for 2011 ranging from household to state level. Under the present circumstances, we urge the authorities to revisit potable water source classification scheme in India, acknowledging water quality issues and devise strategies for catchment-scale protection with special emphasis on real-time continuous monitoring and assessment of the peri-urban water resources. 

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023267   WANG P, ZHU F, SONG H, HOU J (Management and Economics Dep, Dalian Univ of Technology, China, Email: wangpeng26893@126.com) : A bibliometric profile of Current Science between 1961 and 2015. Curr Sci 2017, 113(3), 386-92.

A bibliometric analysis of 31,403 publications in Current Science between 1961 and 2015 revealed an unstable trend; the highest citations per publication appeared during 2003–2005. The impact factor of Current Science had an overall increasing trend and placed the journal in the quartile Q2 within ‘Multidisciplinary sciences’ category. The h-index of Current Science was 82 and 24 authors had more than one H-Classic articles. The most productive country was India and Current Science was dominated by contributions from Indian institutions. Analysis of author keywords showed 11 main research themes for the journal. These findings will help the readers to get a quick and intuitive overview of Current Science. 

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022293   Weldegiorgis T;Adem M (Economics Dep, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia, Email: tatoyos2158@gmail.com) : Determinants of electric baking stove adoption in urban Tigria, Ethiopia. SMART J Business Mgmt Stud 2018, 14(1), 49-57.

The widespread use of biomass, as a source of energy, in urban centers, has serious environmental, health and economic implications. One important remedy is promoting transition to cleaner energy sources such as electricity. This study was, therefore, aimed at investigating the determinants of adoption of Enjera (a white leavened, Ethiopian bread, made from Teff flour) by baking in an electric stove ( mitad), in Abi Adi District of Tigrai region, in northern Ethiopia. A total of 109 households (of which 47 were stove adopters), was surveyed for the study. Results, obtained from the probit model, revealed that age, education level, type of employment of household head, family size, household expenditure and prices of related goods, positively explained household's adoption of electric stove. Price of the electric stove negatively affected adoption. Policy intervention would facilitate the energy transition, from fuel wood and biomass to electricity and through widespread use of electric stoves, the pressure of urban centers on their rural - 18 - hinterlands and the resulting deforestation, could be reduced.

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022292   Vijith Krishnan K (NO, , Flat No. E8, PRS Tulips, Panavila Jn, Thycaud, Trivandrum, Kerala-695 014, Email: vijithkrishnank@gmail.com) : Impact of non-tariff barriers on Indian exports: an econometric analysis. J trop Agric 2016, 54(2), 144-52.

With the formation of World Trade Organization and subsequent liberalization in global trade, the non-tariff barriers (NTBs) have started to play a pivotal role in exports, especially from developing countries. In this context, the current study attempts to find out the impact of non-tariff barriers on Indian exports. Panel data regression method and factor analysis were used to find out the impact of non-tariff barriers. Panel data had a time series component of 12 years (2001-2012) and cross section component of three countries for various parameters. The study identified that a 1% increase in number of export consignment rejections, on average, leads to 0.12% decline in value of Indian exports. On analyzing the Operational and Administrative System for Import Support (OASIS) data U.S. Food and Drug Administration, it was found that rate of rejection of food products was very high compared to other categories like cosmetic, drugs, antibiotics etc. Proper awareness regarding quality parameters among the producers as well as harmonization of technical and food safety standards will help to solve the problem to great extent.

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022291   Vijayakumar A (NO, Erode Arts and Science College, Erode, Tamilnadu, Email: vijayponne@gmail.com) : Financial competitiveness of firms: a study of the Indian automobile industry. SMART J Business Mgmt Stud 2018, 14(1), 91-103.

Competitiveness is the ability of firms, to perform better than rivals, where performance is dependent on both financial and non-financial conditions of the firm. This study empirically examined the financial competitiveness of Indian automobile companies, for the - 17 - period form 2001-02 to 2015-16. Out of 42 variables, 13 factors were extracted and these thirteen factors, put together, explained 76.122 per cent of the total variance. Factor analysis was applied, to identify the factors that significantly contributed to the financial competitiveness. The result indicated that among the three sectors, passenger cars and multiutility vehicles sector were most dominating, followed by two and three wheelers sector and commercial vehicles sector. The commercial vehicles sector was obviously ruled by Eicher Motors Ltd where as passenger cars and multi-utility vehicles sector was dominated by Honda Siel Cars India Limited and Maruti Udyog Limited. The result of this study would help consumers, to judge the competitive performance of these firms, from the product quality and investment point of view.

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022290   Thumma D (English & Humanities Dep, Anil Neerukonda Institute of Technology and Sciences (ANITS), Sangivalasa, Bheemunipatnam-531 162) : State of financial inclusion - an overview and advancement. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2017, 6(5), 33-5.

Financial Inclusion is delivery of banking services at an affordable cost to the vast sections of disadvantaged and low income groups. The main focus of financial inclusion in India is to promote sustainable development and generating employment in rural areas for the rural population. In India, few households have access to banking services. There are many factors affecting access to financial services by weaker section society in India. Several steps have been taken by the Reserve Bank of India and the Government to bring the financially excluded people to the fold of the formal banking services. Financial Access Survey for 2016 released by International Monetary Fund (IMF) shows that in India there only 13 commercial bank branches per 1,00,000 individuals. PM Jan Dhan Yojna (PMJDY) was highly successful in opening bank accounts in which more than 97% of the accounts were opened with the public banks, but around 72% of these accounts show 'zero balances'. More than 1 crore bank accounts have been opened under PMJDY. However, despite the opening of such accounts, access has been lower. Access to banking is an important indicator of the level of financial inclusion in the country. India's urban and semi-urban region performs fairly well, however rural region is still underdeveloped in banking. Digital India campaign recently launched schemes like MUDRA, startup India, PMJDY, initiation of new banks like payment banks, PSL certificates trading etc. are in the right direction. With government moving towards DBT for subsidies financial inclusion becomes very critical. Focus should shift to increase coverage, reach of services and ease of availing credit.

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022289   Solanki H;Khambampati H;Das A (NO, The IIHMR University, Jaipur) : Maternal health care utilization in empowered action group (EAG) stares of India: an introspection. Indian J soc Res 2017, 58(3), 289-302.

The management of women's reproductive health problems in India is a serious matter of concern. Pregnancy related complications are the leading causes of maternal death and disability for women of reproductive age group. Most of the maternal deaths can be saved by strengthening the healthcare facilities. A proper antenatal check-up provides necessary care to the mother and helps identify any pregnancy related complications. The reasons for slow progress in reducing maternal mortality are multi-factorial; they cannot be limited to administrative or managerial issues. The Government of India enlisted eight socio-economically backward states as Empowered Action Group (EAG) states. In realm of socio-economic and demographic influences, factors like religion, caste, education, residence, age, - 16 - standard of living etc. have significant impact on the reproductive healthcare of women in general and on antenatal care and safe delivery in particular. The data for the present article was derived from the District Level Household and Facility Survey (DLHS-3) conducted during 2007-08. For the analysis, a total of 116,973 currently married women aged 15-44 years residing in EAG states and delivered a child during the three years preceding the survey were extracted from the DLHS-3 data set. Two outcome variables were considered for the analysis that were Full Antenatal care and Safe Delivery. The analysis was carried out using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Univariate, Bivariate and Logistic Regression analysis was performed. It is worth mentioning from the study that in EAG states, the percentage of women who received full ANC is below one-tenth (7 percent) in almost all casts with few exceptions like highest level educated women and husbands of the respondents, high SLI, and women residing in urban areas. A majority of the women who opted for safe delivery were the women who received FANC and women with pregnancy related problems.

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022288   Sodhi H S;Singh D;Singh B (NO, PTU, Jalandhar, Punjab) : Lean and Six Sigma: a combined approach for waste management in Indian SME's. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2017, 6(5), 7-12.

Lean Six Sigma is an approach which focuses on continuous improvement of processes in order to reduce the cost due to poor quality and to make improvements in the bottom line results to create value for the customers. The Basic purpose of this paper is to explore the various critical success and failure factors of LSS approach in various SME's clusters of India. The following research is based upon the systematic literature review of papers published in various reputed journals on techniques like Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma.

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022287   Singla M L;Hooda A;Saini N;Patil A D (Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi Univ, Delhi, Email: apekshahooda.phd@fms.edu) : Emergence of information and communication technology in Indian agricultural sector : quantitative analysis malmquist index. Ann Agri Bio Res 2017, 22(2), 241-6.

India is a country where almost 50% of population is still dependent on agriculture to earn its bread and butter. Despite increasing efforts in manufacturing and service sector, farming is the primary source of income in India since Independence. But the picture of agriculture is changing very rapidly in current decade especially after the emergence of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as an innovative tool. No sector is left untouched with ICT may it be manufacturing, service, education or agriculture. Through this paper author tried to throw light on why ICT investment is required in Agriculture and how ICT in agriculture can be beneficial in a country where 68.86% population (Census,2011) is still in rural India and has little access to Internet.

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022286   Sihag R;Vermani S (Sociology Dep, CCS Haryana Agricultural Univ, Hisar-125 004, Email: rijulsihag@yahoo.com) : Study on empowerment of rural women through self help groups. Ann Agri Bio Res 2017, 22(2), 258-64.

Self-Help Groups are formed for the women's empowerment. The participation of women in Self Help Groups (SHGs) made a significant impact on their empowerment both in personal and social aspects. The empowerment of women through Self Help Groups (SHGs) led to benefits not only to the individual woman, but also for the family and community as a whole through collective action for development. The women experienced feelings of freedom, strength, self identity and increas in levels of confidence and self-esteem. Besides, involvement in SHGs has enabled women to tackle problems and have gained power over decision making in the households. Thus, to investigate the personal and social empowerment of women through self help groups, this particular research was conducted with the specific objective to - 15 - investigate the SHGs actively working under the Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hast Shilp Yojana (AHVY) in Haryana. A total of 300 respondents from four villages of two districts of Haryana formed the sample size of the study. Chi-square test was used to find whether the two attributes were associated or not. A number of income generating activities were undertaken by the members after joining SHGs. The results showed positive change in indicators in terms of personal and social empowerment of women after joining the SHGs.

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022285   Shylaja H N;Shiva Prasad H N (MBA Dep, REVA University, Bangalore, Email: hnshylaja@reva.edu.in) : Measuring financial inclusion: the access and usage dimension. SMART J Business Mgmt Stud 2018, 14(1), 1-10.

Universal access to formal financial services, has been the priority among the policy makers, across all the countries. Financial Inclusion ensures that poor and vulnerable sections of the society, get an opportunity, to participate in the formal financial system, which reduces economic inequality and promotes economic growth. Financial inclusion is a key enabler, in the fight towards poverty eradication and fostering the economic growth. While there is an increasing focus on financial inclusion policies and initiatives, across all countries, there is also an increasing focus on the standards of measuring progress. Measuring the progress of financial inclusion is important not only to check the progress but also to keep it as base, to fix up ambitious financial inclusion targets for the future. It is in this context that measuring financial inclusion becomes critical. The present study focuses on measuring the financial access and usage dimensions of financial services.

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022284   Shilpa Shree J;Rajeshwari Y B;Anitha K C; Supriya S;Sudharshan V;Banuprakash A R (Livestock Production and Management Dep, Veterinary College, Balgalore-560 024) : Training needs in veterinary and animal sciences as perceived by veterinary officers in Karnataka. Indian J soc Res 2017, 58(3), 303-12.

The main objective of the study was to determine the training needs of veterinary officers in veterinary and animal sciences to suggest appropriate training programs. The study was carried out in Veterinary College, Bangalore during a training programme for Veterinary officers (60 respondents) of Animal Hunbandry Department of Karnataka to assess their training needs. The main instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire. The data were collected during the period from January of February 2016. The study was carried out to assess the training needs in veterinary and animal sciences as perceived by veterinary officers of Karnataka indicated that the majority of veterinary officers (55%) perceived high level of training need in the field of animal reproduction, gynecology and obstetrics followed by veterinary diagnostics and therapeutics (50%) and veterinary surgery and radiology (48.33%). Under veterinary diagnostics and therapeutics, 'treatment of common poisonings' possessed highest mean score, hence ranked first which is due to the maximum number of cases - 14 - visiting the hospital belong to this subarea. In the veterinary surgery and radiology area, veterinary officers perceived 'fracture management' which required maximum training exposure. Under animal reproduction, gynaecology and obstetrics, 'diagnosis and treatment of infertility' as most needed subarea because these cases require immediate attention and the veterinary officers should have enough skills to perform these activities effectively. In laboratory diagnostics, 'collection, preservation and dispatch of biopsy/morbid material' as most needed subarea because to arrive at best possible diagnosis before prescribing any medicine/operation to the animal. Under animal science, 'judging of animals' as the most needed subarea due to the frequent queries by the farmers from the veterinary officers regarding these practices. Thus, training of Veterinary officers based on their needs will help them keep in pace with the fast changing scenario. It will also help to build the status of veterinary profession in our society. The state department of animal husbandry, training institutions and other agencies, directly or indirectly involved, should emphasize on the above mentioned areas while planning continued educational programmes for field veterinarians.

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022283   Shenbagapriya K;Poornima T (English Dep, Nadar Saraswathi College of Arts and Science, Vadaputhupatti, Theni, Tamil Nadu) : Moral dimensions in rohinton mistry's "A fine balance". Int J multidiscipl Res Dev 2018, 5(2), 16-17.

Rohinton Mistry's novel A Fine Balance was full of vivid images. The crisp verbal pictures do not detract but enhance the overall impact of the free-flowing storyline. The novel begins with the image of a woman at her sewing machine. The covering stories in this novel are neatly inter-woven. He uses memory and imagination to depict a wild period in Indian history. The author claims that his novels are not researched in formal sense of the word but that he relies on articles, newspapers and magazines to collect material. Author says, "The way the main characters the tailors Ishvar and Omprakash endure suggest that dignity is inherent in the heroic manner in which they strive to survive".

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022282   Sharma P;Aggarwal S;Jhamb A (NO, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab) : Relationship between price earning ratio and prediction for growth of the company. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2017, 6(5), 55-6.

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022281   Sharma E;Tewari R (Amrut Mody School of Management, Ahmedabad Univ, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad-380 009, Email: ekta.sharma@ahduni.edu.in) : Teaching sustainability through - 13 - traditional wisdom: A conceptual framework for business studies. Curr Sci 2017, 113(2), 236-44.

It is imperative to strive for sustainable ways of designing and managing businesses. The managers need to develop competence to usher the path of business sustainability by understanding the concept and developing suitable strategies that build the framework for business sustainability. Students pursuing studies in Business Administration will hold managerial and leadership positions in the forthcoming years; hence their competence would be an important determinant in the successful implementation of sustainable business practices. This article proposes to explore the Indian scriptures to teach sustainability to students through examples and validations from these texts.

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022280   Sebastian B;Mathew T (NO, K G College, Pampady, Kottayam, Kerala, Email: berlycs21@gmail.com) : Corporate social responsibility practices of public sector and private sector companies in India. SMART J Business Mgmt Stud 2018, 14(1), 32-41.

Spending on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been made mandatory, for companies, from the financial year 2014-15, India. The Companies Act, 2013 has made it obligatory, for companies, to undertake CSR activities and to spend at least two percent of the average profits on CSR. The study was conducted, to know whether there was difference in CSR practices, between public sector and private sector companies. Spending on CSR activities, by two groups, was compared. The number of independent and woman director in the CSR Committee and number of committee meetings, were studied. T-test and chi-square test were conducted and the results were found not significant. There was no difference in the CSR practices of public sector and private sector companies, i.e., ownership did not affect the CSR practices.

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022279   Rahul;Tyagi R (Sociology Dep, CCS Haryana Agricultural Univ, Hisar-125 004, Email: rt64064@gmail.com) : Nature and extent of problems of women scientists in Haryana: A sociological study. Ann Agri Bio Res 2017, 22(1), 68-70.

Women constitute 48% of the total population in India which is home for 17.31% of the world's population. Women are increasingly and gradually seen marching into domains were previously reserved for males. Creating opportunities in science, education and increasing equality of opportunity in science professions are crucial elements in the quest to empower Indian women. Though the education and employment environment in the last two decades for women in science and technology has witnessed a positive transformation, the deep rooted issues in socio culture acceptance have not been adequately addressed. The study was conducted in Hisar district of Haryana state. A sample of 100 women scientists were selected randomly from CCSHAU, GJUS & T and LLRUVAS, Hisar purposively as per objectives of the study. The study revealed that work place environment put a great impact on the employee's morale, productivity and engagement. It was the quality of employee's work place environment that had most impacts on their level of motivation and subsequent performance.

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022278   Panwar A;Malhotra A K (NO, WAPCOS Limited, New Delhi, Email: ankurpanwar@yahoo.com) : Entry methods in international market for service sector based Indian public sector undertakings. SMART J Business Mgmt Stud 2018, 14(1), 69-81.

Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), in India, are the entities, which have the status of being government-owned companies. Deciding about - 12 - entry methods in international market, is the most crucial decision, which of PSU has to make. Studies have been carried out, in the field of international business and PSUs. However, there is an absolute dearth of studies, regarding preferable entry methods of service sector based, Indian PSUs, in international market. This paper analyzes possible entry methods, into various international regions, by service sector-based, Indian PSUs, through primary and secondary data analysis. The judgmental sampling method was used in the study. With the help of descriptive analysis, the measure of central tendency (mean, median), dispersion (standard deviation), minimum and maximum scores, were estimated. Preferential mapping was also used, in the study, to identify the preferences of the respondents.

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022277   Nivethigha R P;Divyabharathi S (Management Studies Dep, Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu) : Study on health issues and stress management among women employees working in banking sector. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2017, 6(5), 13-8.

Stress is often defines as the twentieth century syndrome born out of human race towards modern progress and its ensuring complexities. At one point or other, everybody suffers from stress. Seyle [1936] defines stress as a "dynamic activity where in an individual is confronted with an opportunity, constraint or demand". The banking sector is one of the high stress creating sectors among the women workers. Women employees of banks are under great deal of stress, these stresses contribute to decrease organizational performance and also increases health related issues such as anxiety, depression, head ache, Back ache and eye disorders and this results in decrease in quality of work, high staff turnover and absenteeism. Stress due to work load can cause general psychological behavior in their social life also. Women Employees of bank are supposed to be proactive proficient enough to bear responsibility. Lack of administrative support, excessive work demand, problematic customer relations, coworker's relationship, family and work life balance are the major components of stress. Despite of feeling relaxed with the advent of modern technology and innovations in banking sector, women employees are feeling overloaded with work and stressed out. It has become hard for the women employees to cope up with changes. Indian banking industry is the back bone of the country's economy, it has always played a key role in prevention of economic cataclysm. The nature of job of banking employees is a tiresome one as it involves a long working hours, inappropriate reward system, role conflict and lack of job autonomy. Stress Management is getting more and more consideration these days particularly in financial sectors. There is no such think like stress - free job. Everyone in their work is exposed to tension and anxiety as they get to the duties assigned to them. Banking industry is not an exceptional one. By controlling stress individual and organization can be managed more effectively. This paper seeks to determine the impact of various constituents of occupational stress on the women employees of the banking sector.

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022276   Nasreen N;Khan N (School of Education and Behavioural Sciences, Kashmir Univ, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir) : Administrative participation among male and female college teachers of Kashmir. Int J multidiscipl Res Dev 2018, 5(1), 35-7.

The present study was to access the administrative - 11 - participation among male and female college teachers of Kashmir valley. The sample for the present study consisted of 400 college teachers selected from different colleges of Kashmir valley. Out of 400 colleges teachers 200 were males and 200 were female teachers. In order to access the administrative participation among male and female college teachers Administrative Participation Scale developed by Haseen Taj was used. The study revealed that significant difference was found between male and female college teachers on composite score of administrative participation which implies that male college teachers are more involved in the administrative affairs of the college than the female.

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022275   Mukherjee P N;Tripathi M M (School of Business Management, NMIMS University, Mumbai, Email: parthasarathi.mukherjee@nmims.edu) : Analysis and evaluation of distribution and consumption of vegetables in Mumbai metropolitan region. SMART J Business Mgmt Stud 2018, 14(1), 82-90.

In this research paper, the Researchers have analyzed and evaluated the distribution and consumption of vegetables, in Mumbai Metropolitan region as well as that of the existing agricultural supply chain, from farmers supplying to this region till APMC and further to the consumers. The project also compfises of designing an organized, efficient and effective Agro-Supply Chain Model. The methodology, for implementation in the NMR region, was also studied and worked out. The objective was to reduce or eliminate intermediaries, wastages and cost, leading to a more effective and efficient supply chain management model, for agricultural product, leading to the development of a profitable enterprising business activity, reducing inflation and offering better value for money product i.e. vegetables for consumers.

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022274   Mahammadhusen K;Kanani P R;Salman S;Joshi J (Agricultural Economics Dep, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh-362 001) : Self help groups (SHGS): myth or reality for woman empowerment. Indian J soc Res 2017, 58(3), 271-81.

Woman empowerment plays greater role in the economic development of the nation by furnishing the equal opportunities to woman, so that they equally compete with man. The paper examined several studies to examine the impact of Self Help Group (SHGs) in woman empowerment. It was substantiated from the literature that SHG plays considerable role in attaining the financial inclusion especially for women and low-income families. After post SHGs formation, the member became more empowered in social, political, economical etc. arenas which enable them to access the greater control over their choice. The existing myth about microfinance hindering the reality of SHGs as it believed that microcredit help the poor to improve the quality of life by making them more prosperous. There is need to create awareness among women and put greater regulation on Micro-Finance Instutition.

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022273   Krishna M M;Giridhara K V (M. Com. Dep, Akshara P.G. Center, Shivamogga-577 203) : Social networking sites as a tool of marketing. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2017, 6(5), 41-5.

The inception of Social Networking Sites has brought a big transformation in the trend of online usage for - 10 - web-content, interpersonal communication, personal and brand promotion, and brand selection as well buying of goods and services. Hence, there exists a massive web traffic and which provides a good platform for marketers to promote produces through Social Networking Sites. Marketing through Social Networking Sites has gained popularity as it directly approaches to its prospective and their conversion rate is also very high. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the probable factors influencing consumers' purchase intention under Social Networking context. This study has twin objectives with six hypotheses to test the preoccupied assumptions. The study also suggests how to use Social Networking Sites as a powerful Marketing tool for business with an opt conclusion.

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022272   Kapoor M C;Anand S (Anaesthesia Dep, Max Smart Super Specialty Hospital, Saket, New Delhi, Email: mukulanjali@gmail.com) : Quota in specialty and super-specialty courses: What does the judiciary say?. Natn med J India 2017, 30(3), 159-60.

Reservations in super-specialty courses have been controversial for decades. A number of practising doctors, medical students and others in society have wanted to do away with reservations in specialty and super-specialty courses, while there are others in favour of persisting with reservations. Article 15(4) of the Constitution of India states that nothing shall prevent the State from making any special provision for the advancement of any socially and educationally backward classes of citizens or for the Scheduled Castes/Tribes. However, Article 14 of the Indian Constitution should also be considered. The judiciary, particularly, the Supreme Court of India, in its judgments has strived to strike a balance between the two constitutional provisions. The Supreme Court, on various occasions, has observed that reservations in super-specialty courses should be done away with, as such reservations would be detrimental to the advancement of medical science and research and will also not serve national interest. We present the observations of the Supreme Court of India through its various judgments, with a focus on the recent case of Dr Sandeep versus Union of India, where the honourable court stated that the government should do away with reservations in super-specialty courses.

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022271   Kachwala T;Bhadra A;Bali A;Dasgupta C (School of Business Management, NMIMS University, Mumbai, Email: tkachwala@gmail.com) : Measuring customer satisfaction and service quality in tourism industry. SMART J Business Mgmt Stud 2018, 14(1), 42-8.

Measuring Customer Satisfaction (CS) and Service Quality (SQ), in the Tourism Industry, is warranted by the significance of the tourism segment and the competition amongst different tourism destinations. The quality of services improves competitiveness and customer loyalty. Tour operator is the key player, influencing the quality. He is the principal service provider who is responsible for delivering the promised service mix, including all arrangement such as flights, transportation, accommodation, excursion and guidance, throughout the service delivery period. Many of the tour operators are struggling to provide quality services.

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022270   Gosain P (Amity Law School Delhi, Amity Univ Campus, Noida, Uttar Pradesh) : Legal aid-constitutional imperative. Int J multidiscipl Res Dev 2018, 5(2), 35-9.

Legal aid to the poor is quintessential for protecting the rule of law which is prerequisite for the existence of the well-organized society. Until poor illiterate people are not legally supported, they are denied equality to seek desired justice. Therefore, an initiative has been put forth towards making the legal services serve the needs of poor and those deprived; the Indian Judiciary has taken an active role in providing free legal aid to the poor. Since the ambition of the constitution is to provide justice to everyone and the directive principles are an integral part of the constitution, it dictates that judiciary has been conferred duty to defend rights of the poor as also of society as a whole. The judiciary through its noteworthy judicial interventions has guided the legislature to enact a suitable legislation to guarantee justice to the weakest sections of the society. Public Interest Litigation is one prominent example through - 9 - which Indian judiciary has played the role of the custodian of the rights of Indian citizens especially the poor. By Public Interest Litigation and judicial activism, there have been substantial changes in the judicial techniques, where it confers to make justice affordable by introduction of Lok Adalat system to provide free legal aid and prompt justice to the poor. Through this article, the author signifies the prominence of free legal aid in India where a significant section of the population has still not been able to benefit from the constitutional assurance for seeking justice.

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022269   Gill M (NO, IK Gujral Punjab Technical University, Punjab, Email: manbirdhaliwal26@yahoo.co.in) : Empirical analysis of women entrepreneurs in Punjab's MSME sector. SMART J Business Mgmt Stud 2018, 14(1), 58-68.

At all India level, dominance of male owners, pervades in each of the three segments of MSME Sector, although it is relatively less pronounced in the case of Micro Sector. In the State of Punjab too, percentage of women entrepreneurs, as compared to male entrepreneurs, in the MSME Sector, is very low. The participation of women, in the MSME Sector, was identified in three different roles. Some women are owners of enterprises, some are managers of enterprises and others are employees. This paper is an attempt, to study the position of Women Entrepreneurs, in the MSME Sector of Punjab and to study the relationship between various financial, social and economic variables and the profile of registered women entrepreneurs, under the MSMED Act, 2006, to provide direction to planners and policy makers, to formulate suitable measures for the growth of women entrepreneurs, in Punjab's MSME Sector. The findings were based on secondary data, collected from all the District Industry Centres (DICs) of Punjab. The results indicated that there were 645 registered women entrepreneurs, as on March 31st, 2014. The maximum was recorded in Ludhiana District, followed by Amritsar and Patiala District, in the Micro Segment, manufacturing various goods.

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022268   Devi U;Sabharwal K (Extension Education & Communication Management Dep, CCS Haryana Agricultural Univ, Hisar-125 004, Email: kantasab@rediffmail.com) : Constraints perceived by farm women in getting technical information. Ann Agri Bio Res 2017, 22(1), 113-16.

The investigation was carried out to study various constraints faced by the farm women in getting the technical information regarding different cash and fodder crops. The Haryana state was divided into eight agro-ecological zones - at least one district from each zone and one block from each district and two villages from each block were selected purposively for the present study. Thus, 20 villages from 10 districts were selected purposively on the basis of crops grown in area. A proportionate purposive sample was drawn for each village which was comprised of 800 rural women. The data were collected with the help of structured interview schedule. The collected data were processed, tabulated and analyzed by using frequency, percentage, mean weight - 8 - score, ranks, etc. It was, therefore, concluded that among the total samples most serious constraints perceived by the farm women were social, physical, time and economic constraints. In Yamunanagar, most serious constraints were time and social constraints perceived by the respondents in technical information. Whereas in Karnal and Kurukshetra districts, lack of technical expertise, physical and time constraints were carrying. In Jind and Kaithal districts, physical and time constraints were perceived most serious constraints by the farm women in getting technical information about wheat cultivation. Whereas in Rewari district, social, physical and time constraints were perceived most serious. Most serious constraints such as physical, social and language were faced by the respondents of Sirsa and Fatehabad districts and same trend was followed in Bhiwani and Mahendergarh districts in which most serious constraint was social followed by time constraint by the farm women of bajra growing area.

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022267   Deepika;Kathpalia J (Sociology Dep, CCS Haryana Agricultural Univ, Hisar-125 004, Email: deepikadeswal3@gmail.com ) : Gender discrimination of girl child in education among parents in rural communities of Haryana. Ann Agri Bio Res 2017, 22(1), 64-7.

The female child in India is often deprived from her right of education. The number of girl dropping out of school far exceeds the boys because girls are expected to help at home, either with household work like washing and cooking or with taking care of younger siblings. Parents prefer their sons over their daughters because they are supposed to be the helping hands for the parents. The boys are given education as it is considered a sign of pride and prestige to educate the boys. A hidden fear in the minds of males is that after getting education the females may start interfering in the decision making process. They are kept economically dependent on males no matter how hard they work to contribute to the families' income improved, their work is not recognized as a part of contribution to the household economy. They are also deprived on sharing their property. So, the study was aimed at analyzing the level and nature of discrimination in education. Data were collected from Chaudhriwas, Kalwas, Dahima and Bhojraj villages of Hisar-I and Hisar-II blocks covered under Hisar district of Haryana state by selecting 200 parents. Attitudinal comparison of parents regarding education of children father respondents found significant attitude than mothers. And in nature of education 37% of the mothers out of 100 liked more faculty in Arts for their daughters and 38% in non-medical for their sons, whereas fathers had 33% faculty in medical for their daughters and 35% for their sons.

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022266   Bhadra A;Kachwala T T (School of Business Management, NMIMS University, Mumbai, Email: amit.bhadra@nmims.edu) : Effect of brand value on brand loyalty: a study of consumer products. SMART J Business Mgmt Stud 2018, 14(1), 11-21.

In a market place, cluttered with brands, it is difficult for a brand to stand out and be seen as distinctive. Several theories have been proposed on how a brand can be built and what marketing actions can lead to the creation of a brand. One of the models, for building Brand Value, is the Brand Asset Valuator, by Young and Rubicam, a leading advertising agency. The Brand Asset Valuator Model proposes that a brand can be built, on the basis of differentiation, revelance - 7 - of the brand to the customer, the esteem in which the brand is held and the knowledge customers possess about the brand. This study aims to understand the relationship between the brand value and customer loyalty to the brand. It shows that there is a significant correlation between the independent variable, brand value, its two primary dimensions, brand vitality and brand stature and the dependent variable, brand loyalty. Regression results showed that the variation between observed values of brand loyalty and values of brand loyalty, predicted by the Model, could be explained, within the 95% level of confidence. The findings indicated that marketing activities, carried out to build brand value, can be justified by their effect on brand loyalty.

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022265   Arora O S;Sharma P C (NO, Ansal University, Gurgaon, Email: omanasarora@yahoo.co.uk) : Challenges faced by women professionals in seeking job after a career break in it companies in north India (Delhi/NCR). SMART J Business Mgmt Stud 2018, 14(1), 22-31.

Many studies have been attempted, to examine the extent of women's participation in India workforce and their growing contribution towards the country's economic progress. Their contribution, as proved in these studies, is substantial but also ridded with issues and one of them being career breaks due to personal commitments. This domain has attracted little attention by Indian corporate houses and even polity makers and friendly workplace/policies are yet to be initiated, for such women professionals. This study aims to review the current status of hiring women, after a career break, in India IT and IT enabled companies and focus on the reasons for them taking a break from career. A survey of fifty women employees, in Delhi-NCR, was carried out, which revealed that health issues, marriage, child care, elder care and spouse relocation were among the major causes of career break. Lowered/same scale of remuneration, health issues, and need for re-skilling were some of the issues, faced by women seeking employment, after a career break in this sector.

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022264   Aggarwal S;Jhamb A (NO, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab) : India cannot be a superpower by 2020 - a special comparison by Chinese economy. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2017, 6(5), 24-7.

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021315   W/gebriel K G;Tsegay D L (NO, , ) : Spatial database model for transport management using service oriented architecture (SOA) in tigray, Ethiopia. J Remote Sensing GIS 2017, 8(2), 1-14.

Transportation management and planning is a thought-provoking task to many developing countries, due to limited financial and technical resources. This is a critical problem too in Ethiopia, in Adwa city particular. The current road transportation in Adwa is not well managed, mainly because of lack of appropriate organization and access of up-to-date geo-information, leading to unhurried and depressed decision making. Due to the rapid expansion and urbanization developments in Adwa, the city instantaneously needs to develop a transportation management database, while optimizing its limited resources. This study was conducted by assessing the current transport management and planning activities, and then developing the spatial datable model using the available low-cost open source spatial database technologies, in order to improve it. Methods included, on one hand, the use of questionnaires, field survey, documentation and interview to identify the current status and on the other hand, use of UML to create a geospatial database model that will store road transport information. The study showed that with the use of low-cost, open sources spatial database technologies, road transport management and planning can be significantly improved.

021314   Sridevi T;Sarangi P P (NO, Bhavan's Centre for Communication and Management, Bhubaneswar, Odisha) : Demonetisation policy: Its impact on the real estate sector. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2017, 6(7), 120-4.

The sudden demonetisation policy, which sucked out over 80 percent of the currency in circulation, has hurt the Indian economy with the RBI itself downgrading the growth forecast for this fiscal to 7.1 percent from 7.6 percent earlier. The abolition of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes had come as a shock to several Indian industries, especially the real estate market. The real estate market in India has already been witnessing a slow growth and with this move, this sector has become stagnant and will remain this way till there is clarity over money circulation and transactions. Unaccounted money or black money has been affecting the Indian economy for a while and the real estate sector is believed to be a popular channel for such funds. While many have welcomed this move, some have expressed their concern for the - 14 - real estate market. This present paper is an attempt to understand the impact of this historical move on the real estate sector which is the second largest employer after agriculture and has been estimated to grow at 30 per cent over the next decade.

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021313   Shukla K;Shahane S;D'Souza W (MBA (HHM) Dep, Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra, Email: kasturiagnihotri@rediffmail.com) : Role of demographic and job-related variables in determining work-related quality of life of hospital employees. J Postgrad Med 2017, 63(1), 4-10.

Considering a huge working population in health sector faced with stressful work life, limited autonomy in work and declining work contentment calls for an overemphasis on evaluating and monitoring their satisfaction associated with work-related quality of life (WRQoL). This study evaluates WRQoL of hospital employees and validates the bilingual (English and Marathi) version of WRQoL scale. The study was conducted during March-April'2014 on employees of a corporate hospital of Pune, India after ethical approval and informed consent from employees. The bilingual WRQoL scale has been tested for reliability and validity, and WRQoL scores have been reported. A total of 132 hospital employees (mean age 31 [±8] years, 55% males) who participated in the study reported overall moderate WRQoL scores. The scale showed high internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.82, P <60> 0.0001) and moderate to high validity. WRQoL did not significantly vary across marital status, family size, and gender. "Stress at work" score of WRQoL increased with age of employees. Higher work experience, employment at higher positions and those working in clinical and diagnostic departments reported a higher WRQoL. WRQoL scale is a reliable and valid instrument. Better WRQoL in employees placed in higher organizational positions indicates a need for focused measures to enhance WRQoL of employees in lower hierarchical levels, especially in control at work and home life interface domains. WRQoL needs regular monitoring for employees in lower positions and aging employees.

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021312   Reddy Y M;Kennedy S H (Management Dep, Rayalaseema Univ, Kurnool) : Employer's perception on the employability competencies of management graduates. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2017, 6(7), 42-5.

The objective of this paper is to discuss the research findings of employer's perception on various parameters of competencies of management graduates. The questionnaire was applied as the main instrument to record the employers' perception about employability skills of - 13 - management graduates. The sample respondent comprises HR managers, and recruiters from various industries. Validation of the research instrument is done by taking the opinions of two academicians and one industrial expert. The findings of reliability test indicates that questionnaire design is reliable with Chronbach's alpha α=0.755. The results showed that all 25 competencies were considered very important by the employers. The very important aspects according to study were interpersonal communication, Customer service orientation, written communication.

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021311   Mehta M (NO, Shri Chimanbhai Patel Institute of Management and Research, Ahmedabad, Gujarat) : Study on impact of EVA, value of firm and cost of capital as per NI approach on the share price of pharmaceutical industry. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2017, 6(8), 91-7.

Indian Pharmaceutical industry is the most important industry of the Indian economy. In this paper, cost of capital has been found out using NI approach of capital structure and based on that Economic value added by the firm is found. Impact of EVA and overall cost of capital was found on the share prices of the sample and it was found that firm's absorption capacity of cost of capital has significant impact on the share prices.

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021310   Keshvarz L;Farahani A;Saldehi M H S (NO, Payam noor Univ, (PNU), Iran, Email: hadi.sayfi@yahoo.com) : Organizational intangible assets (human, social and psychological capitals) and corporate entrepreneurship - case study: ministry of sport and youth of islamic republic of Iran. Int J pharm Res Allied Sci 2017, 6(3), 79-92.

Today's organizations need to pay attention to entrepreneurship due to growing environmental changes. A set of resources and tools are required for institutionalize entrepreneurship in organizations. Organizational intangible assets are the most important tools, and organizational assets are for distributing entrepreneurship. The aim of the current study is to explain the impacts of organizational intangible assets on corporate entrepreneurship and to provide appropriate model. The study population consisted of all staff of the Ministry of Sports and youths and 275 of them were selected based on stratified random sampling method. For collecting data, four questionnaires of human capital, social capital, psychological capital and corporate entrepreneurship had been used. For determining organizational intangible assets and corporate entrepreneurship, the mean test for population had been used; and Pearson's correlation coefficient test and structural equation modeling had been used to determine the relationship between variables. Results showed that the average organizational intangible assets and its components were significantly higher than normal and the average entrepreneurship was at a moderate level; there was a significant correlation between organizational intangible assets and its aspects with corporate entrepreneurship and the study model had confirmed the impact of organizational intangible assets and its aspects on corporate entrepreneurship. Based on the results, improvement of organizational intangible assets in the Ministry of Sports and Youth is effective in promoting corporate entrepreneurship.

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021309   Gulnaz Banu P;Vijaya G S (NO, Jain Univ, Bengaluru, Karnataka) : Study on consumers' buying preferences: website-based vs. app-based products and services. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2017, 6(7), 57-63.

The aim of this study is to understand the consumer buying behavior via website versus mobile application. There are millions of people online at any point of time and all of them are potential customer for some or other retailer. With the advent of technology, many portals have been developed online, for the ease of customers as per their convenience like - websites, mobile applications. Since there are many portals and so many providers of services, it is vital to understand what customers are buying, form where they are buying, how they are buying and the reason behind buying from that particular place/portal. Customer behaviors are influenced by the advantages and disadvantages of these portals (websites and mobile applications) and also the demographics due to which they show varying behaviours. To understand the consumer behaviour, a questionnaire was designed and distributed online to 156 respondents and the sample consisted of people from Bengaluru. The result of this study would contribute to enhancement of knowledge and help analyze why one portal is working more than the other for the same retailer. It will help identify the major product/service categories that are availed via website and sectors availed via mobile application so that providers of different - 12 - services/products can develop marketing strategies to generate more traffic and sales.

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021308   Gokul Kumar S;Jayanthi M;Prasanth A (NO, , School of Management Studies, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology) : Study on the impact of institutional-specific and macroeconomic indicators on the non-performing assets of new private sector banks in India. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2017, 6(7), 125-32.

The research aims at analyzing the influence of institutional-specific and macroeconomic indicators on the non-performing assets of 7 new private sector banks in India for a period of 12 years from 2004-05 to 2015-16 using the econometric tools such as descriptive statistics, multiple correlation, augmented dickey-fuller test, granger causality and johansen co-integration test. The multiple correlation results portrayed a positive relationship for Gross Domestic Product Growth Rate (GDPGR) and Unemployment Rate (UR) whereas the Inflation Rate (IR) and Money Supply (MS) showed a negative relationship with the Gross Non-Performing Assets to Total Advances (GNPATA). The results of Augmented Dickey Fuller Test denote that the selected study variables don't have Unit Root with them. The Granger Causality Test results confirmed that all the institutional-specific variables such as CAR, CRR, PLR, SLR, RR and RRR don't granger cause the GNPATA. On the other hand, the macroeconomic variables such as IR, GDPGR and MS don't granger cause whereas the UR alone does granger cause the GNPATA. Further the Johansen Co-integration Test results confirmed the co-integration of all the institutional-specific and macroeconomic variables with the GNPATA of New Private Sector Banks.

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021307   Giri P;Singh Y (Management Studies Dep, JSSATE, Noida, Uttar Pradesh) : Demonetisation: An analysis of intended benefits and unintended consequences. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2017, 6(7), 37-41.

Demonetisation is the mechanism by which the government states to withdraw the money which is current legal tender. The government being sovereign can take such decision. The effect of this announcement is that the currency notes in circulation will now cease to be valid tender and can only be exchanged at the banks. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced to the citizens on Nov 8, 2016 that 500 and 1000 rupee notes are worthless, effective immediately - and they had until the end of the year to deposit or exchange them for newly introduced 2000 rupee and 500 rupee bills. The move by the government is to tackle the menace of black money, corruption, terror funding and fake currency. The total value of old Rs.500 and Rs.1000 notes in the circulation is to the tune of Rs.14.2 trillion, which is about 85% of the total value of currency in circulation. This means that the total cash has to now pass though the formal banking channels to get - 11 - legitimacy. There are higher chances of larger proportion of this unaccounted currency getting extinguished as the tax rate and subsequent legal issues could be prohibitively high for such money. The paper elucidates and analyses the various economic aspects of the recent demonetization move with an attempt to draw out critical derivatives of the decision on various economic variables.

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021306   Gebremedhin K;Tsegay D L (NO, , ) : Spatial based tour service in facilitating tourism development in Tigray, Hawzen Woreda. J Remote Sensing GIS 2017, 8(2), 45-53.

Tourism is the temporary movement of people to destinations outside their normal places of work and residence, the activities undertaken during their stay in those destinations, and the facilities created to provide to their needs. Tigray has so many attraction tourist areas such as more than hundred twenty rock-hewn churches; most concentrated in the Wukro-Gheralta corridor, constitute the core of Tigray's open air museum. But the region has no its own tourism mobile GIS web site to offer basic booking functionality in space and time, and are unable to support customers in their searches. Clearly, complexity and quantity of e-tourism products might become a critical problem because users cannot look up entire databases in order to choose the most suitable products for them in for that the researcher developed a mobile GIS model for tour services. Methods included first investigate the places that are interested to tourists in order to provide basic spatial information through field survey and documentations, second identify the issues that affect tourism development and third develop a mobile GIS model for tourism order for disseminating this tourism geo information through Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), mobile phones and other handheld devices. A prototype of the system has been developed and tested; and its relevance was validated by the office of tourism. The study showed that with the use of GIS technologies, tourism development can be significantly improved in places where resources are limited such as in Hawzen Woreda office of tourism.

021305   Dhillon J;Sandhu V (Univ Business School, Guru Nanak Dev Univ, Amritsar, Punjab) : Integrating the activities of informal and formal sector in E-waste management: Potential benefits and challenges. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2017, 6(7), 133-6.

The usage of electronics has increased exponentially with the growth of information and communication technology which in turn have led to an abrupt rise in the volumes of e-waste generated globally. In developing countries, formal and informal recycling systems exist simultaneously. But the major portion of e-waste is processed by the informal sector using primitive methods. The workers in the informal sector do not have proper machinery, protective equipments and also lack training in - 10 - handling e-waste efficiently. This necessitates the integration of informal waste sector into their formal counterparts to lessen the negative effects. The paper presents an overview of the issues associated with processing of e-waste by the informal sector and examines the relation between the informal and formal sector. It also investigates the potential benefits and key challenges of integrating the informal sector into formal systems so as to increase the recycling capacity thus decreasing the amount of e-waste polluting the environment and imperiling the human health.

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021304   Binny;Gupta M (Maharishi Markandeshwar Institute of Management, Maharishi Markandeshwar Univ, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana) : "Health insurance in India-opportunities and challenges". Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2017, 6(8), 36-43.

Health insurance is the emerging service sector in India. India is a growing economy, people in urban and rural areas are now days more educated, health conscious, rise in their living standard and need of quality healthcare leads to need of health Insurance. Health insurance in India are provided by government sector as well as private sector players. After deregulation many private sector Insurance companies entered in the insurance market and offer a wide range of innovative products to the consumers. Liberalization also opened the doors for foreign player to enter in health insurance sector. As a result the scope of Health insurance sector is getting wider. Government of India is also focusing on the improvement of health care and health insurance services. Recent government envisioned health insurance for each citizen. It has planned to cover the medical treatments of the entire population like free drugs, insurance for serious ailments under Universal Health Insurance called National Health Assurance Mission. Growing middle class, educated youth, awareness of need for protection against lifestyle disease, tax benefits are the factors which are giving growth opportunities to health insurance sector to become fastest growing non-life insurance segment. These opportunities are facilitating market players to expand their business and competitiveness in the market. Companies are becoming more customer centric, drive down cost, using new technology etc which are helping them to grow. But there are some structural problems faced by the companies like high claim ratios, less understanding of product, changing need of customers etc. which emphasize companies to innovate products on all fronts. This paper is an attempt to study the present health Insurance scenario, opportunities and challenges of Health Insurance Companies in India.

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020336   Wakchaure R N (Recognized Research Guide, Savitribai Phule Pune Univ, Pune) : Impact of global economic crisis on indian economy. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2017, 6(6), 190-4.

Economic crises and there spread are increasing with the increase in globalization.. The present paper seeks to analyze the impact of global economic on Indian economy which is one of the fast growing economies of the world. Currently Indian economy is facing a challenge due to global melt down. Consequently, economic activities are bound to slow down. The global economic crisis or US Meltdown, has its origin in the United States housing sector back in 2001-02, but gradually extended over a period of time and eventually brought the entire world under its grip. Though in the beginning Indian officials denied the impact of global economic crisis affecting the Indian economy but later the government had to acknowledge the fact that economic crisis will have some impact on the Indian economy. The present paper confirms that various sectors of Indian economy are affected by global recession, to a certain extent.

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020335   Silpa G;Ramana D V;Reddy T N (Management, JNTUA, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh) : "Corporate social responsibility of indian IT companies-a study of CSR activities of select companies". Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2017, 6(6), 18-21.

Corporate Social Responsibility is the universal topic of these days as the exploiting Organizations have a consideration on the globe they use for their business. Companies in western countries do have procedural norms and policy frameworks to deal with the CSR activities, but in countries like India, though there is legal provision to perform CSR activities, many companies do violate and escalate their CSR expenditure. And hence an initiation is emphasized by the researcher to have an in-depth study on the effectiveness of CSR activities by the eligible IT companies. Though CSR has been practiced in most of the Organizations, there is not much information on to what extent that is being carried out. Even though, clause 135 schedule VII of Company Bill 2013, makes the organizations that are registered under the companies law or any previous laws (Section 1) of (Section-135) having net worth of rupees 500 crore or more or Turnover of rupees 1000 Crs or more or Net profit of rupees 5 crore or more during any financial year to adopt the corporate social responsibility mandatorily and they have to at least spend 2% of its average net profit made during the three immediately preceding financial years on CSR still there is question - 11 - of to what extent this has been implemented. This study is mainly focus on the actual theoretical framework of CSR activities happening in the select companies. This also would form the research base for the future research to study the wealth maximization of companies through their CSR activities. The study also works on understanding whether restructuring of corporate strategies happen as per the CSR efforts put up and the impact of CSR efforts and its relevance with competitive advantage of the organizations towards sustainability.

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020334   Sameer Kumar;Mukharjee S S (NO, CSJM Univ, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh) : Critical review of FDI on export and growth. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2017, 6(6), 230-2.

These Indian a differentiated monetary has soon quick development and exceptional flexibility since 1991.When, financial change were started with the dynamic opening of the monetary to worldwide and speculation remote direct venture has demonstrated push full to in hence the profitability and proficiency of the monetary however innovation exchange (in the frame the learning, specialized, advertising ability association, administration framework, new material items and showcase) and successful advancement of similar favorable position through fare the has been sorted out in the five segment are shown in this paper. 1st segment is introduction. 2nd segment is mythology and theory of the reviews. 3rd segment is the Benefit and need of FDI. 4th segment is examine effect of FDI on fare and development finally by investigation dada through different measurable device. 5th segment is conclusion or set out in finishing up area.

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020333   Mukherjee W;Banerjee S (MBA Dep, Institute of Engineering & Management, Kolkata, West Bengal) : Modeling random choice behavior in the context of the size of the choice set. Int J latest Technol Engng Mgmt appl Sci 2017, 6(6), 227-9.

The structure and properties of the Choice set from which individuals make deterministic or random choice, has got mathematical implications on the probability of the choice and utility earned thereof. In this paper, one of the choice set properties - size of the set, is analyzed in depth and the random component of the utility model is expressed in that context. Experimental design of the hypothesized relationships is proposed in the end.

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020332   Megaladevi P (NO, , ) : Purchase intention of online consumers: A study among the online consumers in Tamil Nadu. J Prod Res Mgmt 2017, 7(2), 34-41.

Online purchase is one of the imperative trading methods worldwide. Consumers' online purchase intention is based on several social-economic factors. Time constraint is one of the basic reasons for online purchases. People are satisfied with the products purchased online. Hence it is needed to understand the purchase intention of consumers when they prefer online. The present research aims to examine the factors influencing consumers' online purchase intention among consumers in Tamil Nadu. In the study, quantitative research method has been adopted. Structured questionnaire was distributed to 300 respondents in Tamil Nadu, who purchase online. The study found that trust worthiness, ease of use, usefulness and enjoyment, subjective norms and blog involvement are the important factors in foreseeing online purchase intention. The results of the research will help online marketers to get a better understanding on online purchase intention which will enable them to implement effective online marketing strategies. In the present study, trust - 10 - worthiness, ease of use, usefulness and enjoyment, subjective norms, product attitude and blog involvement are the factors in predicting online purchase intention.