Syllabus

Core Modules

1.                Economy and Its Processes

2.                Basic Problems of an Economy

3.                Economic Development and Indian Economy

1.                Statistics: Meaning and Scope

2.                Making Statistical Data Meaningful

3.                Presentation of Statistical Data

4.                Statistical Methods

5.                Index Numbers: Meaning and Its Construction

6.                Index Numbers: Problems and Uses

1.                Income Flows

2.                National Income: Concepts

3.                National Income: Measurement

4.                Uses of National Income Estimates

1.                What Micro Economics is all about

2.                What Affects Demand

3.                What Affects Supply

4.                Price Determination

5.                Cost

6.                Revenue

1.                Profit Maximisation

2.                Government Budgeting

3.                Money Supply and Its Regulation

4.                Need for Planning in India

5.                Achievements of Planning in India

6.                Recent Economic Reforms and the Role of Planning

·                 Students Assignment-1

·                 Students Assignment-2

·                 Students Assignment-3

Optional Modules

(You have to choose any one module)

1.                Agriculture

2.                Industry

3.                Interdependence of Agriculture and Industry

4.                Transport and Communication

5.                Energy

6.                Financial institutions

7.                Social Infrastructure: Housing, Health and Education

1.                Direction and Composition of India’s Foreign Trade

2.                Foreign Exchange Rate

3.                Balance of Trade and Balance of payments

4.                Inflow of Capital: Foreign Capital and Foreign Aid

5.                New Trade Policy and Its Implications

6.                Population and Economic Development

7.                Population of India: Structure, Problems and Measures