For sustainable growth in agriculture, there is a need to improve productivity and reduce the costs. Farmers Club programme initiated by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) in 1982, is one such initiative. These clubs are grassroots level informal forums. Such clubs are organized by rural branches of banks with the support and financial assistance of NABARD for the mutual benefit of the banks concerned and rural people. The programme is aimed at transmitting the latest agriculture techniques to the farmers field, orienting them to establish better relationship with banks, adoption of latest post-harvest handling technology, value addition and enjoy the benefits of collective bargaining power for procuring inputs and select their produce. In view of the utility of such informal forums of Farmers Clubs, an initiative is undertaken to study the impact of these clubs on the agriculture performance. The present study aims to analyze the working, growth and development of Farmers Clubs in Gujarat along with empirically examining the perspective of member and non-member of Farmers Club programme in Anand district. The study also aims to analyze the awareness and satisfaction level of the respondents towards the Farmers Club programme.
This study is carried out to analyze how SERVQUAL factors together with customer satisfaction and customer trust to influence the purchase intention for the insurance industry in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The primary data for the study was collected through a self-administered questionnaire. 379 responses were collected from the households of the selected region through the convenience sampling method. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were employed to check how tangibility, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy, customer satisfaction, and customer trust influence the purchase intention of the households. The structural equation modelling (SEM) revealed that empathy, tangibility, reliability, and customer satisfaction positively influence the purchase intention of the respondents for the insurance policies.
Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) are considered as quickest routes to expansion. M&A is a prudent decision when compared to laying a green field project, which involves longer gestation period and huge investments. Companies are attracted to M&A for availing economies of scale, economies of scope, enormous size and expansion of domestic and foreign markets. Rise in the disposable income of customers, has converted an all time luxury into a necessity. Indian automobiles market is an eyewitness to such a growing necessity. Indian companies are inclined to M&A to reduce competition and grab larger market share. Automobile majors often try to bond with foreign players especially for new technology and tapping the new market in home country as well as cross border countries. Present study tries to analyze the motive of Tata Motors Limited for acquiring foreign brands and also tries to study the post merger financial performance of the company.
The article examines the intervention of World Maritime Bodies like United Nation (UN), International Maritime Organization (IMO), International Labor Organization (ILO) and its various associated NGOs/Independent organizations in increasing the participation of women in maritime sector. The maritime sector is amongst the age old sector that always has been male dominated with the participation of woman is as low as less than one percent. The percentage is alarmingly low and in order to increase the participation the World Maritime bodies took various steps through various interventions and regulations. Although, the first globally recognized initiative taken by International Maritime Organization (IMO) only in year 1988 known as “Integration of Women in the Maritime Sector”. Since then IMO, International Labor Organization (ILO), World Maritime University (WMU), various NGO’s and private sectors have been consistently working towards the mission. Various programs, conferences, guidelines and women associations in maritime launched across the world but even after 33 years of International Organization’s intervention the percentage of women in Maritime sector is below Two percent only. The paper highlights and examines the various initiatives taken in last 33 years by world maritime bodies in a chronological order highlighting the effectiveness and limitations leading to a situation of stalemate in the working women population in maritime sector.
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