Indian Economy - II

Paper Code: 
ECO 224
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Objective: 

To understand the various issues of Indian economy.

12.00
Unit I: 
Agricultural Sector I

•    Progress in Agriculture under the Five year Plans
•    Land Reforms
•    Green Revolution
•    New Green Revolution
•    Irrigation & Other Agricultural Inputs

12.00
Unit II: 
Agricultural Sector II

•    Rural Credit in India
•    Agricultural Marketing & Warehousing
•    Agricultural Prices
•    Food Security in India

12.00
Unit III: 
Industrial Sector

•    Growth & Pattern of  Industrialization
•    Industrial Policy 1956, 1977, 1980 & 1991
•    Public Sector Enterprises & their Performance
•    Small Scale Enterprises

•    Disinvestment of Public Enterprises
•    Privatization

12.00
Unit IV: 
Service Sector

 

  • Growth and contribution of Service Sector
  • Information and Communication Technology
  • IT and ITES Industry
  • Foreign Trade in Services
  • BPO

 

12.00
Unit V: 
Prices, Money & Banking

•    Analysis of Price Behaviour In India
•    Commercial Banking In India
•    Review of Monetary Policy of RBI
•    Money & Capital Markets in India
•    Working of SEBI in India
 

Essential Readings: 
1. Datt, Gaurav and Mahajan Ashwani, Datt & Sundharam’s Indian Economy, S. Chand        & Company Limited, New Delhi, latest edition.
2. Mishra, S.K. and V.K. Puri, Indian Economy, Himalaya Publishing House (latest                edition).
3. Kapila, Uma, Indian Economy since Independence, Academic Foundation (latest              edition).
4. Dhingra, I.C., The Indian Economy: Environment and Policy, Sultan Chand and Sons,      New Delhi (latest edition).
5. Economic Survey, Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India, New Delhi (latest).

 

Academic Session: 
2018-19
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