Mallik, Khulana https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7654-5373
Das, Amarendra https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8727-325X
Article History
Received: 6 October 2025
Accepted: 14 February 2026
First Online: 20 March 2026
Declarations
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: There is no conflict of interest of the author in conducting and presenting the findings of the research.
: This paper has received the Professor Prasanta K. Pattanaik Best Paper Award 2024 at the 56th Annual Conference of Odisha Economic Association held at Sambalpur University during February 10–11, 2024. We thank all the participants for their valuable comments and suggestions.