Money and Banking

Paper Code: 
ECO 512
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  1. To grasp the concept of money and the foundation of monetary theory; and
  2. To understand the nature, types and control of inflation.
8.00
Unit I: 
Money
  • Meaning, functions and classification of money;
  • Demand for and  supply of money;
  • Theory of Money supply and Money Multiplier Process;
  •  The concept of Plastic Money.
9.00
Unit II: 
Quantity Theory of Money
  • Transactions and Cash Balance Approach;
  • Keynesian Theory;
  • Friedman’s reformulation.
9.00
Unit III: 
Value of Money & its Changes
  • Inflation - Definition, causes and effects;
  • Demand-pull and cost-push inflation & concept of inflationary gap;
  • Trade – off between inflation and unemployment;
  • Measures to control inflation;
  • Deflation;
  • Inflation versus Deflation.
9.00
Unit IV: 
Commercial Banks
  • Commercial banks - functions;
  • Balance sheet of Banks- assets and liabilities;
  • Credit Creation: Mechanism, purpose and limitations;
  • Reforms of the banking sector (1992 - 2003).
10.00
Unit V: 
Co-operative Banks
  • Co-operative Banks – Characteristic Features;
  • Types & Structure;
  • Weaknesses of Co-operative Banks;
  • Government’s initiatives and Co-operative Banking Reforms since 1991.
Essential Readings: 
  1. Gupta, S.B. (1983), Monetary Economics, S. Chand & Co., New Delhi.
  2. Mitra, S. (1970), Money and Banking, Random House, New York.
  3. Mithani, D.M.,Money, Banking, International Trade & Public Finance, Himalaya Publisher.
  4. Sundaram,K.P.M., Money, Banking, & International Trade, Sultan Chand.
References: 
  1. Rangarajan, C. (1999), Indian Economics: Essays on Money and Finance, UBS Publisher, New Delhi.
  2. RBI (1983), Functions and Working of RBI, Bombay.
  3. RBI (2000), Report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India (Annual), Mumbai.
  4. Reddy, Y.V. (2000), A Review of Monetary and Financial Sector Reforms in India-A Central Banker’s Perspective, UBSPD, New Delhi.
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