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1. UTTARKASHI AND MGNREGA

Mr. Mohit Pandey , Dr. Rudrani Bhattacharya

6-15

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IMPACT OF DISABILITY ON EDUCATION, HEALTH AND EARNING: A STUDY

Dr. Manzoor Hussain, Dr. Irshad Ahmad Lone, Dr. Shoiab Ahmad Bhat

16-25

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A STUDY OF THE OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AND COPING STRATEGIES OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS WORKING IN HYDERABAD DISTRICT

Dr. Asma Nikhat

26-33

4. POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS: NEED FOR CHANGE

Dr.Mohinder Singh, Dr.Amit Kumar

34-46

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CREDIT GROWTH OF BANKING SECTOR – A CAUTION IN BASLE-III REGIME

Lakshmi kanta Datta, Debasis Mithiya

47-58

6. ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN BANKING

Kowsalya KR

59-75

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DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE MEDIATING THE RELATIONSHIP OF

PERCEIVED IMPORTANCE AND CORRECTNESS OF PURCHASE JUDGMENT - AN INVESTIGATION IN A BEHAVIOURAL FINANCE CONTEXT.

M. Rakesh Krishnan

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CONSUMER BUYING BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS FMCG PRODUCTS WITH REFERENCE TO TOILET SOAP

Dr Artta Bandhu Jena, Mr Snehasis Panda

90-113

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DOES THE STRAITS TIMES INDEX HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE SPOT NIFTY? AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE INTERLINKAGES BETWEEN THE SGX NIFTY FUTURES, STRAITS TIMES INDEX AND THE SPOT NIFTY.

Venugopal Santhosh Kumar

114-125

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DOES CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IS RELEVANT TO FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF AGRICULTURAL AND ALLIED SECTOR IN INDIA?

Nikhil Kaushik, Dr.Madhur Raj Jain

126-150

11. EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT - A STUDY OF INDIAN CORPORATE SECTOR Dr. Anil Sardana

151-157

12. ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN INDIAN TOURISM SUPPLY CHAIN Biranchi Prasad Panda, Swapna Bharati Panda

158-172

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NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME IN HEIS AND INCLUSION OF YOGA & MEDITATION

Dr. Jitendra Sahoo

173-178

14. THE LIFE AND EXISTENCE OF THE ISHAKHON IBRAT’s AND _{IMPLEMENTATION OF HIS LIFE ON YOUNGSTERS OF UZBEKISTAN}

Abdullaeva Manzura

179-182

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A CRITICLA REVIEW OF LITERATURE ON E- BANKING SERVICES OF COMMERCIAL BANKS

Dr. Kishore Kumar Das, Chittaranjan Khuntia

183-195

16. TEACHERS ACADEMIC INVOLVEMENT AND CURRICULAR CHALLENGES IN STUDENT CENTRIC LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION Linus Benedicta D Souza, Dr. Flosy C. R. D Souza

196-201

17. TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT VIS-A-VIS PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY Saroj

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CURRENT SCENARIO OF HARYANA ECONOMY IN THE CONTEXT OF GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, PER CAPITA INCOME, PUBLIC FINANCE AND TAXATION

Anita Taneja

214-219

19. PUBLIC HEALTH CARE OF INDIA : AN OVERVIEW Dr. Rajvinder Kaur

220-227

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URBANIZATION AND ENVIRONMENT: LESSONS FROM THEORY AND PRACTICE FOR URBAN POLICY

Sujit K Chauhan, Vishal Yadav

228-243

21. ‘CHILD ABUSE A SERIOUS THREAT TO THE SOCIETY’: AN OVERVIEW Dr. SandeepKaur

244-256

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IMPACT OF NON-PERFORMING ASSETS ON THE PROFITABILITY OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE BANKS

Dr Sukhvir Singh, Mrs Amrinder Kaur

257-275

23. RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES IN INDIA: A REVIEW Sana Fatima

276-286

24.

EAST-WEST ENCOUNTER: A STUDY OF GITA MEHTA’S SNAKES AND LADDERS

Dr Satinder Singh

287-290

25. ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT Dr Barjinder Singh Tohra

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UTTARKASHI AND MGNREGA

Mr. Mohit Pandey*; Dr. Rudrani Bhattacharya**

*Student,

MGNREGA and Uttarakashi, Uttarakhand, INDIA.

Email id: [email protected]

**Ast. Prof, NIPFP, INDIA.

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Purpose:-This study compares two blocks of Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) the purpose is to find out comparative reality between the blocks because both the blocks have a slightly different size of population, geographical condition, economic opportunities and vegetation. Objective:-The study will evaluate last five year performance of MGNREGA (MG) in Uttarkashi of two blocks Bhatwari and Purola on four parameters like beneficiary details, delay in payments, work demanded and employment provided with the help of graphs. It will conclude with village reality, problems with MG scheme and suggestion how to improve. Results:-In Purola higher percentage of 51-80 age group are engaged in MG which depicts the lack of social security for senior citizens whereas data suggest that skilled male acquire more work than skilled female workers in both the blocks purola also have higher percentage of employment provided to its people than Bhatwari though much allocation of funds granted to Bhatwari due to higher population percentage.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2017: 4.

 B.G. Harisha,N. Nagaraj*b, M.G. Chandrakantha, P.S. Srikantha Murthya,. ―Impacts and

Implications of MGNREGA on Labour Supply and Income.‖ Agricultural Economics

Research Review, 2011: 10.

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and Their Impacts." Economic & Political Weekly, MARCH 28, 2015: 9.

 Mathew K Sebastian, P A Azeez. "MGNREGA and Biodiversity." Economic and Political

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 Usha Rani Ahuja, Dushayant Tyagi*, Sonia Chauhan and Khyali Ram Chaudhary. "Impact of

MGNREGA on Rural Employment and Migration." Agricultural Economics Research

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 Paul Niehaus and Sandip Sukhtankar*. ―Corruption Dynamics: The Golden Goose Effect†.‖

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, November 2013: 41.

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http://nrega.nic.in/netnrega/writereaddata/Circulars/2058Notification_wage_rate_2017-2018.pdfMGNREGA wage rate of year 2017/2018 of various states of India.

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IMPACT OF DISABILITY ON EDUCATION, HEALTH AND EARNING: A

STUDY

Dr. Manzoor Hussain *; Dr. Irshad Ahmad Lone **: Dr. Shoiab Ahmad Bhat***

*Sr. Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Kashmir, INDIA. Email id: [email protected]

**Contractual Lecturer Government Degree College, Hadipora (Baramulla), INDIA. Email id: [email protected]

***Contractual Lecturer, Government Degree College,

Baramulla, INDIA.

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People with disabilities do not have equal access to health care, education and earning opportunities. They do not receive the care, affection and services that they require, and get alienated from everyday life activities. People with disabilities is also an important development issue with an increasing body of literature showing that persons with disabilities experience worse socioeconomic outcomes and poverty than persons without disabilities. The concerns and issues related to disabled need both awareness and scientific understanding. Based on a sample of 240 respondents selected from Srinagar district of Kashmir valley, the study examines the impact of disability on education, health and earning. A random sampling technique was used to collect information from the respondents. Besides, community members and socially notable persons were approached to seek their observations. For the present study, an explorative research design was used. This paper provides useful insights into the impact of disability on the education, health and earnings of disabled population and their unequal access to health care, education and earning opportunities.

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disabled‖, Economic and Political Weekly, pp. 4026-4029.

[2] Lee R. 2003, ―The demographic transition: three centuries of fundamental change‖, The

Journal of Economic Perspectives, pp.167-190.

[3] Parmenter T.R. 2008, ―The present, past and future of the study of intellectual disability:

challenges in developing countries ―, Salud Publica de Mexico, pp.124-131.

[4] McConachie H. et al. 2006, ―Participation of disabled children: how should it be

characterised and measured? Disability and Rehabilitation‖, pp.1157-1164.

[5] Forsyth R. et al. 2007, ―Participation of young severely disabled children is influenced by

their intrinsic impairments and environment‖ , Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, pp.345-349.

[6] Commission on Social Determinants of Health, 2008, ―Closing the gap in a generation:

Healthequity through action on the social determinants of health‖, Geneva, World Health Organization.

[7] Hussain, M. 2014, Focus on Disability and Social Development: Addressing Issues on

Health, Mental Health, Education, Employment and Technological Advancements, International

Journal of Physical and Social Sciences, V. 4, Issue 6, p. 78-92. Retrieved from http://www.ijmra.us and acessed on 10-04-2018

[8] Nagata K.K. 2003, ―Gender and disability in the Arab region: the challenges in the new

millennium‖, Asia Pacific Disability Rehabilitation Journal, pp.10-17.

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inclusion‖, Bristol Policy Press.

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DREDF Staff Attorney, p.1.

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A STUDY OF THE OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AND COPING

STRATEGIES OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS WORKING IN

HYDERABAD DISTRICT

Dr. Asma Nikhat*

*MA (Eng), PhD (Education), Osmania University, M A Ideal School, Kishan Bagh,

Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA Email id: [email protected]

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The present study was conducted to find out the occupational stress and coping strategies adapted by the secondary school teachers to overcome work stress. A sample of 100 secondary school teachers working in Hyderabad district were chosen randomly. For finding out the stress levels of the teachers the occupational stress scale developed by Dr. Meenakshi Sharma and Dr. Satvinderpal Kaur(2014) was chosen and for knowing the level of coping strategies adapted by them a researcher developed 4 point rating scale was used. Appropriate statistical techniques were adopted to analyze the data. The results of the study indicated that the major source of work stress was work load and to overcome it the teacher resorted to social and community support strategies. The higher the number of coping strategies the lower is the occupational stress. The very purpose is distress education for children but lack of clarity is causing stress among teachers and ultimately the students. The results also confirmed that to release the stress the secondary school teachers were resorting to social and community support strategies. Speaking about the problem to the family members and friends was found to be very effective in handling the stress as they are the only ones who offer immense social, moral and emotional support.

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JayashreeNayak (2008), Factors influencing Stress and coping strategies among the Degree College Teachers of Dharwad city, Karnataka, Ph. D thesis University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad.

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POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS: NEED FOR CHANGE

Dr.Mohinder Singh *; Dr.Amit Kumar**

*Professor (Retd.), Presently Administrator, RPIIT Group of Colleges,

Karnal (Hr.), INDIA.

**Assistant Professor, Mata Gujri College, Fatehgarh Sahib (Pb.), INDIA. Email id: [email protected]

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ABSTRACT

The police force is far from efficient, it is defective in training and organization, it is inadequately supervised, it is generally regarded as corrupt and oppressive, and it has utterly

failed to secure the confidence and cordial cooperation of the people‟

– A.H.L.Fraser, Chairman of the Second Police Commission

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follow up actions, political and administrative commitments, e-governance, autonomy and accountability.

KEYWORDS: Police, Corruption, Government, Accountability, Information, Crime, Violence,

Law, Board,Malpractice, Transparency, Command, Rigidity

______________________________________________________________________________ REFERENCES

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Limited, New Delhi, 2015, p 300.

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Publishing Housing, New Delhi, 2011, p. 46.

4. Ibid.

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Journal of Criminology and Sociological Theory, Vol. 6, No. 4, December 2013, 228-234

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11. Ibid.

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Quality Forum, February 2014, p. 27.

13. Ibid.

14. Ibid.

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16. Plant, Joel B. and Scott, Michael S., Effective Policing and Crime Prevention, A

Problem-Oriented Guide for Mayors, City Managers, and County Executives, U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2009, p. 55.

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September 2003), U.S. Department of Justice Community Relations Service,

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CREDIT GROWTH OF BANKING SECTOR – A CAUTION IN BASLE-III

REGIME

Lakshmi kanta Datta *; Debasis Mithiya **

* Assistant Professor of Statistics,

International Institute of Management Sciences, Kolkata INDIA.

** Guest Professor of Economics, Department of Business Administration, International School of Hospitality Management,

Kolkata, INDIA.

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growth, Credit to GDP gap is positive and where the credit growth is low or declined, the credit to GDP gap is negative. The framework assigns the credit-to-GDP gap a prominent role as a guide for policymakers

KEYWORDS: Banking Regulations, Basel III, Credit to GDP gap, Financial Sector

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Bhatia, M., and Mehta, P. (2015). Basel III Accord and its Implication on Indian Banking: An

Evaluation, International Journal of Engineering Technology, Management and Applied

Sciences, Vol 3 (3), pp. 115-121

Jayadev, M. (2013). Basel III Implementation: Issues and Challenges for Indian Banks, IIMB

Management Review, Vol 25, 2, pp. 115-130

Saboo, P. C., Mathur, T, N. and Jain. M. (2016). Implementation of Basel Capital Framework in Public Sector Banks in India: Challenges and Opportunities, International Journal of Engineering Technology, Management and Applied Sciences, Vol 4(9), pp. 1-18

Sabunwala, Z. Z. (2012). Impact of Basel III Norms on Banking Sector in Emerging Markets,

IBMRD‟s Journal of Management and Research, Vol 1, pp. 34-40.

Sarmah, Ananya and Bharadwaz, Dhritabrata Jyoti. (2017). Basel III in Indian Banks: A Review

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ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN BANKING

Kowsalya KR*

*Lecturer,

Department of Commerce (SFS), Madras Christian College,

(Tambaram), INDIA. Email id: [email protected]

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ABSTRACT

A bank is a financial intermediary and money creator that create money by lending money to a borrower, thereby creating a corresponding deposit on the bank's balance sheet. The study aims to find the role of technology in banking and also the advantages of using such technologies in banking. The study also reveals reveals the impact of the technologies in the banking sector. The study also carries the details related to the usage of technology among different age groups. The study proves that even in spite of technological advancements people still prefer direct banking due to various reasons. Yet people are not aware of the utmost utilization of technology since they have a threat towards safety. The study emphasizes on the percentage of awareness on maximum utilization of technology. Banks should take effective measures in creating awareness towards the effective usage of technology.The study locates the effect of two imperative issues, technology and relationship, on banking decisions. Data were collected using structured questionnaire from branch managers of 30 sample banks, where no individual bank was selected twice.

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DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE MEDIATING THE RELATIONSHIP OF

PERCEIVED IMPORTANCE AND CORRECTNESS OF PURCHASE

JUDGMENT - AN INVESTIGATION IN A BEHAVIOURAL FINANCE

CONTEXT.

M Rakesh Krishnan*

*Asst. Professor, Management Studies,

Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kerala, INDIA

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KEYWORDS: Individual Investor, Investment Domain Knowledge, Investment Importance Perception, Enduring Importance.

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M u l t i d i m e n s i o n a l

R e s e a r c h

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CONSUMER BUYING BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS FMCG PRODUCTS

WITH REFERENCE TO TOILET SOAP

Dr Artta Bandhu Jena*; Mr Snehasis Panda **

*Senior Asst Prof,

Department of Business management, Fakir Mohan University, Balasore,

Odisha, INDIA.

** Research Scholar,

Department of Business management, Fakir Mohan University, Balasore,

Odisha, INDIA,

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ABSTRACT

A consumer is consuming various goods and services as per his/her requirements and needs. Now, a customer is getting many alternatives with superior and quality based goods and services. The various choices and needs of customers are the big challenges to a marketer in the present competitive market among competitors. Thus, the marketers should offer the goods and services in such manner to cater the various needs and requirements of customers. The marketers must study the behaviour of consumer before producing the goods and services as well as before offering the same to market. There are various factors which influence customers in making purchase decision, purchasing power, group influences, personal preferences, economic conditions and sustained marketing campaign. Consumer also goes through a life cycle and even there are behavioural changes which may take place. Above all, marketers have to carefully study the behaviour of consumer and changes have to be incorporated in product designing and pricing. A proper study would be helpful to find out the reasons thereof and the facts can be presented in such a manner that marketers can take the appropriate marketing decisions. The Balasore district of Odisha has been selected for the study. Against this backdrop, the present study discusses the behavior of consumers with regard to Toilet Soap.

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DOES THE STRAITS TIMES INDEX HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE SPOT

NIFTY? AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE INTERLINKAGES

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Venugopal Santhosh Kumar*

*Head of Department, Central Academics, Manipal Global Education Ltd,

Bengaluru, INDIA.

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ABSTRACT

This study examines the interlinkages between the Straits Times Index, Spot Nifty and SGX Nifty. The Straits times index and the SGX Nifty futures trade on the same exchange and since the global macro- variablesthat impact early trade are common across all exchanges we infer that these effects should have a similar impact on all stocks and derivatives traded on the exchange. We test this assumption using the Granger Causality and Johansen Cointegration test. The log of the returns is taken for the purposes of calculation and the data is tested for stationarity using the Phillips Perron test.For the purpose of lag selection we assess the data on 5 different criteria – Likelihood ratio, Final Prediction error, Akaike Information criterion, Schwarz information criterion and the Hannan Quinn criterion.The relationship between SGX futures and Nifty spot is tested using the Granger causality test.This test is run in order to confirm the presence of a relationship between the SGX futures and Spot Nifty. The methodology suggested by Johansen and Juselius is adopted for identifying the presence of co-integrating vectors between the SGX Nifty, Nifty spot and Straits times index.The Granger causality test confirms the presence of causality between SGX futures and Spot Nifty.The Johansen cointegration test clearly specifies the presence of co-integrating vectors.This research has substantial implications for investors, fund managers and researchers.

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DOES CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IS RELEVANT TO FINANCIAL

PERFORMANCE OF AGRICULTURAL AND ALLIED SECTOR IN

INDIA?

Nikhil Kaushik*; Dr.Madhur Raj Jain**

*Research Scholar,

Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, INDIA Email id: [email protected],

**Assistant Professor,

Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, INDIA Email-id: [email protected]

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M u l t i d i m e n s i o n a l

R e s e a r c h

( A J M R )

EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT - A STUDY OF INDIAN

CORPORATESECTOR

Dr. Anil Sardana*

*Associate Professor, Department of Commerce, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College,

New Delhi, INDIA.

Email id:[email protected]

ABSTRACT

The main idea behind this research paper was to assess self–perceived employee- empowerment level as found in sample of employees working in corporate sector in Delhi-NCR Region. Spreitzer (1995) scale was used to capture meaning, competence, impact and self-determination dimensions of empowerment. To collect data online questionnaire was created using Google drive. In total 107 employees from Delhi NCR region, employed at different level participated in the survey. All the respondents were given opportunity to rate their empowerment level on 5 point likert scale. To test the significance of tenure of employee on their empowerment level, F test was used. Mean score for employee empowerment is maximum for banking employees with long tenure i.e. 10 years and above whereas mean score for employee empowerment is minimum for employees with medium tenure i.e. 5-10 years. Statistical significant difference was found in employee empowerment mean score on the basis of length of service. An effort was also made to do the comparison of employee empowerment in the organization on the basis years served in their organizations. It is observed that there is statistically significant relationship between length of service and employee empowerment.

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M u l t i d i m e n s i o n a l

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ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN INDIAN TOURISM SUPPLY CHAIN

Biranchi Prasad Panda*; Swapna Bharati Panda**

*School of Business,

University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun, INDIA,

Email id: [email protected],

**Tourism Consultant, Bhubaneswar, INDIA, Email id: [email protected],

ABSTRACT

The association of computers, Internet and e-commerce has grasped the tourism industry to an indispensable extent. The tourism supply chain experience large investments in development of database, electronic media, publicity and web pages. Information and communication technology (ICT) brought sea change in the tourism industry, all over the world. The implications brought the inherent challenges and opportunities for Indian tourism. The use of modern technologies gradually became the competitive advantage and subsequently the strategic option. This paper studies various technology applications in the tourism industry. The study explores technology implications in decision making of various stakeholders in tourism industry at various stages of travel. The discussions in the paper include the preference aspects of tourists driven by the novelty and familiarity dimensions through travel services, destination choices, and the tourism market structure in this paper. The study relies on the website based information as a secondary source and analyzes thereof the ICT penetration in tourism. Result areas indicate the means of communications, the electronic database, the computer applications and information systems meeting the seasonal demands and preferences towards the destinations. The paper also includes some national and international comparisons to lay the directions of diffusion for implementing various technologies in tourism. Overall, the discussions refer to Indian tourism industry, where the authors try to do a technology forecasting and explore the future dimensions of technologies in tourism from the current literature review and research analysis.