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Impact of alcohol tax on externalities associated with it

Alcohol industry in India stands third largest in the world with value of $35 billion, making it a significant contributor to the Indian economy.1 Kerala tops the charts in the
level of consumption of liquor as it has the highest per capita consumption of alcohol in the country. Alcohol is a demerit good as its consumption results in socially undesirable outcomes in the form of externalities in terms of increased prevalence of road accidents, health care costs and accounting for about 69% of all crimes in Kerala. However, the liquor industry makes significant contributions to the Keralan economy in the form of tax revenue and employment. In order to limit the economic costs of alcohol consumption, the Keralan government proposed an upsurge in the indirect taxation of alcohol. However, this affects the street price by a little margin as other taxes such as the sales tax have been removed. Regardless of the prohibitive cess on liquor and introduction of dry days and the continuous increase in the taxes have interestingly enough, showcased an upward spiral trend in the sale of liquor. Indirect taxation not only serves as a catalyst to generate revenue to aid government’s macroeconomic objectives but to also curb the negative consumption externalities. Therefore, the research question that stems from the aforementioned topic is: “To what extent has the increase in liquor tax in Kerala impacted the externalities associated with it since 2018?”

Published by: Anurag Mundara

Author: Anurag Mundara

Paper ID: V6I6-1139

Paper Status: published

Published: October 31, 2020

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Analysis of inequality – Adjusted human development index in relation to Nepal

This paper is exploratory in nature and attempts to present a detailed analysis of the Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI) of Nepal since its introduction in 2010 to 2018. By breaking down each dimension of the IHDI and evaluating trends in IHDI in relation to the HDI both qualitatively and quantitatively, the study has utilised secondary data published by the UNDP through multiple tables and graphs.

Published by: Anurag Mundara

Author: Anurag Mundara

Paper ID: V6I6-1136

Paper Status: published

Published: October 31, 2020

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Is it too early to worry about Artificial Intelligence takeover?

The high pacing advancement in the field of technology, especially Artificial Intelligence is becoming a cause of worry to human existence. It is nerve-racking to hear some top researchers, scientists, and leaders talk about the possibility of Artificial Intelligence taking over human intelligence leading to the possibility of technological singularity. It is also known that Eugene Goostman is the very first robot who has passed the Turing Test, though this statement holds a lot of controversies and is ambiguous; it is high time to take the threats that AI possesses to humanity seriously. The human beings will be replaced more and more with robots leading to humanity reach its not so bright apex. This paper focuses on the multiple hypotheses on AI, its threats, and why sometimes it is necessary to give some attention to science fiction.

Published by: Gajal Daga

Author: Gajal Daga

Paper ID: V6I5-1377

Paper Status: published

Published: October 31, 2020

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Do E-books overpower printed books: Student’s eye view

E-books are gradually gaining an important role in the academics as we are witnessing a shift towards digitalization. The aim of the study was to identify the preference for reading e-books or printed books among the students. A cross sectional survey was conducted among 500 students of age between 18-28 during the COVID-19 pandemic period. A questionnaire was formatted on google forms and circulated through various social media. The data collected was analysed statistically. The mean age of the students was 23+2.47 years, out of which 338(67.6%) were females and 157(32.4%) were males. Among the students 364(72.8%) suggested e-books were environmentally friendly and contribute to control the issue of global warming to a greater extent. Adding e books in academic libraries was supported by 386(77.2%) students. The ease of adding images to e-books have instilled an interest among students to opt for including e-books in their academic libraries device they preferred mostly for reading e-books were mobile phones 261 (52.2%).The shortcoming of mobile usage for reading includes distraction by the notifications which were agreed by 424(84.8%) students in our study. 66.8% preferred printed books majorly because of eyestrain, battery issues and radiation exposure. In this generation, Students prefer new technology but preserve the old customs. So e-book will become popular but will never replaces printed books.

Published by: A. Vinita Mary, R. Kesavan, B. Srinidhi, N. Sri Hamsika, D. Shalini, D. V.Srilekha

Author: A. Vinita Mary

Paper ID: V6I5-1420

Paper Status: published

Published: October 30, 2020

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E-commerce data analysis to find online shopping trend

E-commerce has transformed the way business is done in India. There are expected to be over 2B digital buyers in the world in 2020.Share in ecommerce market is 1.6% but revenue will increase 51% in near future. By 2040, around 95% of all purchases are expected to be via ecommerce. This paper presents an overview of the unique features that differentiate big data from traditional datasets. In addition, to discover trends in online shopping of users predicting whether the user will make revenue/not based on user characteristics and also to find customized offers based on user shopping data history and categorizing them.

Published by: Deva Dharshini D., Mani Barathi Sp S., Rekha V. S., Dr. M. Sujithra, Dr.P. Velvadivu

Author: Deva Dharshini D.

Paper ID: V6I5-1412

Paper Status: published

Published: October 30, 2020

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Improvements in veld grape batter quality from rice batter

The convenience and appeal of battered or breaded products have resulted in a sales increase of 100%. Because of the rapid growth of the population and increasing consumption of rice and rice products, rice flour is a logical alternative for wheat flour in traditional batter formulation. Cultivating and new product development by using veld grape gives more nutrients compared to rice batter. This creeper crop needs very less amount of water, where people can even grow at drought cornering situation. And moreover, it has more number of health benefits like, ability to solve bone problem, obesity reduction, curing digestion problem. The effects of both rice batter and veld grape rice batter were analysed for proximate analysis. The batter rheology and its fermentation behaviour were studied. Quality parameters such as taste, texture, colour and acceptability were also analysed using sensory analysis. The highest value for sensorial acceptability corresponded to the batter produced with a mixture of rice flour (60 g/100 g) and veld grape flour (40 g/100 g)

Published by: Chitra Devi, Sathiya Jeeve M., Mukesh C.

Author: Chitra Devi

Paper ID: V6I5-1325

Paper Status: published

Published: October 30, 2020

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