INDIAN ECONOMY-II

Paper Code: 
ECO 224
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
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, R. and K.P.M.  Sundaram, (latest edition), Indian Economy, S.Chand and Company Limited, New Delhi.

2.      Mishra, S.K. and V.K. Puri, (latest edition), Indian Economy, Himalaya Publishing House.

3.      Agarwal, A.N. (latest edition), Indian Economy: Problems of Development and Planning, Wishwa  Prakashan, Chennai.

4.      Dhingra, I.C. (latest edition), The Indian Economy: Environment and Policy, Sultan Chand and Sons, New Delhi.

5.      Kapila, Uma (Latest Ed.), Indian Economy since Independence, Academic Foundation.

6.      Govt. of India, Economic Survey (Annual), Economic Division, Ministry of Finance, New Delhi.

7.      Jalan, B. (latest edition), The Indian Economy: Problems and Prospects, Viking, New Delhi.

8.      Dutt, R. (latest edition), Second Generation Economic Reforms in India, Deep and Deep Publications, New Delhi.

Academic Session: 
2015-16
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