Anweshan - journal of Department of Commerce
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ANWESHAN is a bi-annual refereed journal of the Department of
Commerce, University of North Bengal. Articles are selected through a
blind review process.
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Item Open Access Study on The Labour Welfare of Tea Plantations in North Bengal Region(University of North Bengal, 2019-03) Roy, Nirmal Chandra; Biswas, DebasishLabour is one of the most important assets in any organization for the enhancement of productivity. The concept of ‘labour welfare’ is dynamic. Multifarious dimensions of labour welfare enable labourers to maintain a portly and a comfortable life. Consequently, it leads to higher productivity of labour and proficiency of an enterprise. It also amplifies the value of the existent labourers by circuitously release the compulsion on their purse. The Plantation Labour Act enshrines the welfare of the labourers by way of ensuring facilities such as canteens, crèches, transportation, recreation, education for the children, suitable house accommodation of plantation workers and for their families in and around the work places of plantation, etc. In the present study, a deliberate effort has been drawn up to showcase the existing scenario of labour welfare facilities among the tea estates owned by different tea companies located in the North Bengal region of West Bengal. For the purpose of the study, 33 tea estates have been selected scientifically from the study region. ANOVA technique has been used to analyze the collected data. The study has found the significant imparity based on the labour welfare expenses among tea estates of the study region.Item Open Access Growth-Inflation nexus in USA: A Threshold Regression Approach(University of North Bengal, 2017-03) Bhowmik, Debesh; Biswas, Debasish; Mitra, DebabrataThe paper endeavors to find out the nature of inflation of USA during 1961-2015 and to find out the nexus between inflation and growth using Granger causality, Johansen co-integration and vector error correction models. It also showed threshold limit of inflation of 1.75-3.0 per cent in USA using GDP deflator as inflation and taking World Bank Data. It finds one structural break at 1992 and no random walk with drift. Growth inflation nexus is negative. They are co-integrated and showed unidirectional causality. Error correction process is very fast and significant but vector error correction model is stable but divergent. Federal Reserve Bank is in favour of fiscal and monetary policy reforms to curb inflation.Item Open Access Business Education and the Skill of Employability: An Empirical Study on East and West Midnapore Districts of West Benga(University of North Bengal, 2016-03) Biswas, Debasish; Mitra, DebabrataBusiness education has a vital role to play in today’s dynamic global arena where at every moment the new challenges are to be met. In order to meet the growing demands most of the multinational and transnational corporations need MBAs who are adaptable, flexible with entrepreneurial attitude and who can act as change agents in the organization. But there is a huge gap between what industry looks for and what is available in terms of skilled students. Enhancing employability skills in business education is considered as an important challenge for all universities, colleges and institutes. We have deliberately made an attempt to judge the employability skills of Management students and we are also interested to know the perceptions of employers as well as teachers of different management institutes in terms of their employability. This study will also try to focus on the existing gap between employers and academicians in terms of employability of students. Above all our study will be helpful in exploring new vistas of skilled development in business education that will serve future job market requirements in business education in a better and efficient way.