Employees are the most valuable assets of an organization. Their significance to organizations calls for not only the need to attract the best talents, but also the necessity to retain them for a long term. Organization planning should be giving clos... e attention to why attrition is occurring in the pre-set. To ignore why people are leaving the organization is to ignore the organization’s greatest asset - its people. People are needed to accomplish the task, but people are more than just tasks they perform. They are dreams, hopes, ambitions, creativity, and innovation. To recognize and cultivate these valuable assets is one of the surest ways to build an organization that leads rather than follows in domestic and global markets. Thus, Organizations should create an environment that fosters ample growth opportunities, appreciation for the work accomplished and a friendly cooperative atmosphere that makes an employee feel connected in every respect to the organization. Retention plans are an inexpensive way of enhancing workplace productivity and engaging employees emotionally. Proficient employees keep the quality up and business operations run smoothly along with the cost saving in the long run. The current paper delves into the reasons, why IT sector in India is facing high attrition rate, and formulate various strategies of employee retention.Read More...Read Less...

Labour force participation of poor women is often a coping mechanism in response to shocks. Household shocks can occur for a variety of reasons, the most common of which is agricultural distress or other natural hazards in rural areas. This shifts pe... ople away from agriculture and forces them to commute daily or migrate to the city’s slums, squatters, and pavements in search of work in the informal sector. Informalisation of work is directly associated with cheap labour which adds to the vulnerability of the households. Also, the unpredictability of employment and the insecurity of household income have a considerable influence on the wife’s decision to work. The aforementioned assertion is supported by a linear regression analysis conducted on women’s workforce participation where the economic and social status of the household, the number of unemployed days per household and total household income typically contribute to a dependence on female wages for basic survival. The policy prescription would be to focus on the expansion of employment opportunities for all in their place of origin. This would improve prospects for female workers while also limiting population spill-over into urban informal sectors and the already overcrowded slums, thereby regulating the urbanisation of poverty.Read More...Read Less...

Drive for “digital financial inclusion” has been a key policy factor in India for the last decade. Payments Bank is one of the recent most important strategy factors to fulfil this objective. This paper briefly discusses the structure and functio... ns of payments banks as conceptualized and implemented. The primary goal of payments bank was enhancing the range of digital financial inclusion by leveraging the user friendly app-based financial service platform to provide effective services in a more accessible form for low-income households and small business firms. This study attempts to understand the expectations of the policy makers regarding the role of these new financial entities and their opportunities and challenges. In the last few years after their introduction, payments banks have not been able to perform satisfactorily in the profitability front probably due to their huge initial infrastructural costs. However, it is expected that in the years ahead, payments banks are going to play a larger role in achieving financial inclusion in India. In this paper, we have discussed the performance of the payments banks in the last few years and the opportunities and challenges they are likely to face in the future years.Read More...Read Less...

Knowledge in the area of online apparel shopping, vis-a-vis other product categories, remains sporadic and fragmented; and provides a fertile ground for the ongoing research. While the initial works resulted in the development of a holistic model, th... ere are still limitations in understanding this experience in the Indian context, and more specifically in the state of West Bengal. Therefore, the present paper provides deeper insights to identify the major factors influencing online shopping behaviour towards apparels, in the state of West Bengal. The outcomes of the study are manifold. Quality and Brand Image, Website Effectiveness, Intention to Buy, Impulse Purchase, Fashion Consciousness and Price Sensitivity, have been enumerated as the broad factors, influencing the adoption of online apparel shopping in the state of West Bengal. The current paper is timely and advantageous, as it offers deeper insights into a range of consumer behaviour dimensions, with regard to online apparel shopping. The results of the study may be of interest to academicians, management practitioners, retailers and policymakers.Read More...Read Less...

Tourism is one of the best trades as it offers employment to the local youth, foreign exchange earnings, diplomatic and cultural relations, and overall boosts the economy. According to World Tourism Organization (WTO), tourism is the leading sector i... n the globe in terms of employment creation and income generation. As per the Statista Research Department Report, Foreign exchange earnings have reached 30 billion U.S dollars and 87 million employments from the travel and tourism sector in India in the financial year 2019. Tourism is a modern concept as it has great potency for sustainable development of nature-based resources, vast wildlife, beautiful forest, and landscape. Haflong is the only hill station of Assam, located at the foothill of Borail range in southern Assam. The Haflong region is widely known for her natural lake, cultural diversity, bird mystery, and enchanting nature. The tourism potentiality of the region includes Nature tourism, Eco-tourism, Cultural tourism, Religious tourism, Wildlife tourism, and River tourism. Geographical isolation, poor infrastructure amenities, political instability, and lack of awareness are some of the challenges. The present paper intends to highlight various potential tourist spots and explore the bright prospects and problems of tourism in the Haflong region. The data are collected from secondary sources only.Read More...Read Less...