Effect of New Business Opportunities on Change in Income Status – A Study of Kalisindh Thermal Power Project
Keywords:
Regression, Convenience Sampling, Business opportunities, Work experience, Petty contractorsAbstract
No person may be same in this world. Personal characteristics such as gender, age, marital status, work experience, education etc. may differ for every person. These personal characteristics distinguish them from each other. Their career may also depends on these personal characteristics; accordingly their income status too. They get benefits from the business opportunities developed in environment due to construction of any project. As they cash the opportunities, their income status may change. People with different personal characteristics may have different abilities to plan and execute the same work in a different manner. In this study relation between personal characteristics and change in their income status during last 5 years has been analyzed. Kalisindh Thermal Power Project is constructed near village Undal in State Rajasthan. Due to construction of this project business opportunities developed for petty contractors / traders / service providers. This paper presents the findings emerged from analysis of developed business opportunities for people having different personal characteristics. Required information has been gathered from petty contractors serving for this power plant as well as petty traders and petty service providers to the people living in township of this power plant by filling a structured questionnaire during survey. Convenience sampling method is used for selection of sample. Statistical tool used for the analysis is multiple regressions.
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