In this study we had conducted a survey among Customers of Bank in order to know whether they are aware of the concept of Bancassurance and exploring the reasons why customer would like to buy insurance products from banks. Customer attitude to two different distribution channels was calculated by getting the mean of 24 statements on Likert scale. 74% of the sample was aware of the fact that their banks sell insurance products. It was reported that the reference (56%) and bank employees (54%) are the two main information sources for these customers. The respondents emphasized Trust, convenience in terms of location as the main reasons for buying the insurance products from banks instead of Insurance agents and after analyzing 24 statements administered among target sample population we can conclude: Customers feel that insurance agents have more expertise in insurance products than bank employees and can give better advice. It was also found that banks employees give them all the information needed than insurance agents and customers trust bank more than insurance company for all their financial requirements. Therefore, banks in India should try to exploit the existing opportunities to cross-sell insurance products through their branch network.

Working capital management is important for every organization as it refers to the effective management of current assets and current liabilities. The aim is to make sure that the firm is capable to continue its operations and it has sufficient cash flow to satisfy both maturing short-term debt and upcoming operational expenses. In this paper, an attempt has been made to study the management of working capital in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, a leading public sector enterprise in India over a period of 10 years (That is from 2009-10 to 2018-19). The paper also attempts to study the components of working capital and analyze the relationship between liquidity and profitability of HPCL. The study is based on secondary data collected from annual report of HPCL for the past 10 years, Pearson correlation and regression model are used for this purpose. From the study it is found that there is a significant relationship between liquidity and profitability.

Indian agriculture activities are severely dependent on rainfall that occurs in monsoon year. The behavior of the monsoon is unusual that cause natural disasters like lack of rainfall or floods, cyclones, etc.  Majority of the cropped area is affected by drought. About 12 million hectors of the agricultural land is affected by the calamities and this land does not have irrigation facility. Crop insurance is a tool to protect  the farmers  from  financial loss as a result of crop loss out of nearly all natural factors past their manage consisting of weather,  natural calamities , floods, pests, illnesses etc. There is a need for the crop insurance to protect the farmers against the financial loss due to crop loss. There are various schemes under crop insurance which aim to provide financial support to farmers. This is the motivation behind the study. The research is carried out to understand the effectiveness of crop insurance. A sample of 348 Farmers was considered to collect opinions through a structured questionnaire in Chikmaglur district, Karnataka. The factors under the study were Awareness, Financial security, income stability, Loan repayment towards the future acceptance of crop insurance.

In simple words financial inclusion is defined as “the process of ensuring access to financial services and timely and adequate credit where needed by vulnerable groups such as weaker sections and low income groups at an affordable cost” (Rangarajan, 2008). The main aim of financial inclusion (FI) is to provide easy access to financial services to the underprivileged population of country. It is an attempt to raise the underprivileged population by making available of finance and there by achieving inclusive growth. This paper studies the financial inclusion of regional rural banks in Kerala. Both primary and secondary data used for the study.197 respondent’s data were collected through questionnaire and surveys. The research methodology used in this study was correlation analysis and descriptive statistics. The result of the correlation analysis shows there is positive correlation between independent and dependent variables also the peoples were aware about the inclusions that introduced and newly adapted by the banks. So, the aim of this study is to understand the various financial inclusion measures taken and its impact on creating awareness, benefits and better services to its customers by KGB.

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