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Rani, Usha
- Green Banking-Towards Sustainable Development
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1 Department of Commerce, St. Ann’s College for Women, Santhosh Nagar, Mehdipatnam, Hyderabad, IN
Source
International Journal of Innovative Research and Development, Vol 5, No 2Sp (2016), Pagination: 339-345Abstract
In the present day sustainability is becoming an integral part of all businesses. The global economy has initiated much focus on economic progress but at the same time neglected environmental issues. The existing situation of the environment has led to a call by the society for taking responsibility to safeguard the planet. We find a paradigm shift in the corporate sectors from the single bottom line that is profit to the wider approach of “Triple bottom line” in view of achieving economic, social and environmental performance simultaneously for attaining sustainable development. Today we find every sector of the world economy talking about their approach towards protection of the environment, and the financial sector moving towards their “going green” approach. Various financial services which have adopted green approach in their business are banks, stock brokerages, insurance companies and consumer finance companies.
This paper makes an attempt to understand and examine “Green Banking” and its role towards sustainable development. It also elicits the various initiatives taken by the Indian banking industry to protect the natural environment and bring about sustainable development in the society. It is felt that Green Banking is not only a Corporate Social Responsibility activity of an organization but also it is about making the society habitable without any considerable damage to the environment. Green Banking is the need of the hour for sustainable development of the country.
Keywords
Green Banking, Sustainable Development, Environment Initiatives and Banking Sector.- Comparission Of Unmet Need For Family Planning In Males And Females Residing In Field Practice Area Of Rural Health Training Centre (RHTC) Naila (Jaipur), Rajasthan
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International Journal of Innovative Research and Development, Vol 2, No 8 (2013), Pagination:Abstract
Background: - Unmet need for family planning is one of the indicators to assess the effectiveness of the family planning programme.
Objectives: - to assess and compare unmet need for family planning of married males and married females in the field practice area of RHTC Naila, Jaipur.
Materials and methods: - A community based cross sectional analytic type of observational study through 30 cluster sample technique was carried out on 968 eligible couples (married men and women of reproductive age group) residing in field practice area of RHTC Naila, attached to SMS Medical College, Jaipur.
Results: - Female’s were having significantly more (p<0.001) unmet need than males (20.9% v/s 10.2%). Limiting as well as limiting type of unmet need females predominate over males (p<0.001). Although difference between mean existing and desired number of children was observed significant (p<0.05) in females not in males but for girls child both felt significantly (p<0.001) more than desired. Although in males there was no significant difference was observed in desired and existing interval between children but in case of females it was significantly less (p<0.05) in ‘0’ to1st and significantly more (p<0.05) in 1st to 2nd child interval.
Conclusion: - Females were having more unmet need than males. Males as well as females felt that they have more number of girls. Females want to have earlier 1st child and delay the 2nd