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Manufacturing industry plays a paramount role in the world economy, accounting for almost 16% of the global GDP in 2018. Manufacturing has been identified as the key driver of dynamic growth and development of the country. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused immense devastation around the world. Due to the downturn in the manufacturing industry along with the factory blackout, the Coronavirus epidemic reduced the global FDI by 5 per cent -15 per cent. The aim of this chapter is to highlight the need to understate the vital role of manufacturing industry in the Indian context. It will further discuss and elaborate on the impact of the 2020 pandemic on the manufacturing industry and would suggest a framework to manufacturing industry how it can come back in a new normal position post-COVID-19 scenario. Manufacturers who acknowledge this new standard discussed in the present chapter and will operate on it will have enough growth opportunities and can have long-term sustainable success.

The current study looked into the relationship between self-esteem and the use of cryptocurrencies and overconfidence bias. Three hundred thirty-seven investors from the northern portion of India total took part in the survey. AMOS 20.0 was used to create and test the conceptual framework. A questionnaire was used to extract data about the participants' investments in order to determine the level of their overconfidence bias and bitcoin participation. The outcomes confirmed the hypothesis. The results of the mediation study showed that there is direct and indirect influence of self-esteem on cryptocurrency investment behavior showing partial mediation effect.

One of the most important factors in an investor's personal financial decision-making process is their trading decision. Emotional intelligence appears to influence investors' behavioural biases, stock preferences, and risk tolerance, according to a number of studies. The underlying mechanism through which emotional intelligence is related to investors' trading behaviour has not yet been studied, according to academics. In order to determine whether optimism bias serves as a link between investors' emotional intelligence and trading behaviour, a mediational study was conducted. The study's findings indicated that individuals with poor emotional intelligence engage in stock trading at a higher rate than individuals with high emotional intelligence. Additionally, it was discovered that optimism bias acted as a mediator between emotional intelligence and investors' trading decisions.