Syllabus For The Subject INDIAN ECONOMICS

UNIT - 01

CONCEPT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - CONCEPT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - MEANING -

SUPPLY AND DEMAND - DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND

ECONOMIC GROWTH - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS -

DEFINITIONS OR INDICATORS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - PER CAPITA INCOME -

MEANING OF THE TERM UNDER DEVELOPED - DIFFERENT CRITERIA OF

UNDERDEVELOPMENT - FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF A

COUNTRY - NON - ECONOMIC FACTORS - OTHER NON-ECONOMIC FACTORS.

UNIT - 02

FEATURES OF AN UNDER-DEVELOPED ECONOMY IN INDIA:

EXONOMIC FACTORS - PER CAPTIA INCOME - EXPORT OF RAW MATERIALS AND

MINERALS - POOR MARKETING AND CREDIT FACILITIES - AGRICULTURAL FACTORS -

IDENTIFICATION - JOINT FAMILY SYSTEM.

UNIT - 03

CAPITAL FORMATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CAPITAL FORMATION IN INDIA:

DEFINITION OF FORMATION - RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ECONOMIC GROWTH AND

CAPITAL FORMATION - CAPITAL FORMATION IN INDIA - PUBLIC SAVINGS - SAVINGS OF

PUBLIC ENTERPRISES - SAVINGS VIA DIRECT AND INDIRECT TAXES.

UNIT - 04

HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION:

MEANING AND METHODOLOGY - FRAMEWORK OF MANPOWER PLANNING - BUILDING

HIGH-LEVEL MANPOWER - GENERATION OF SKILL - UTILIZATION OF SKILL - EFFECTIVE

ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT - MAN POWER PLANNING IN INDIA IN TERMS OF

EDUCATION AND TREATMENT OF UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM - ECONOMIC AND

POLITICAL STRUCTURE OF AN UNDER DEVELOPED COUNTRY.

UNIT - 05

NATIONAL INCOME AND HUMAN RESOURCES:

NATIONAL INCOME AND HUMAN RESOURCES - NATIONAL INCOME - Y AS EXPENDITURE

OR THE VALUE OF OUTPUT - OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS - THREE METHODS OF

COMPUTING NATIONAL INCOME - LIMITATIONS IN INDIA THE OUTPUT OF THE NONMONETISED

SECTOR - NON AVAILABILITY OF DATA ABOUT THE INCOME OF SMALL

PRODUCERS ON HOUSEHOLD ENTERPRISE - LACK OF DIFFERENTIATION IN ECONOMIC

FUNCTIONING - HUMAN RESOURCES - INDIA POLICY.

UNIT - 06

POPULATION PROBLEM IN INDIA AND POPULATION POLICY:

HIGH LIGHTS OF INDIAN POPULATION - NATURE OF THE POPULATION PROBLEM IN INDIA

- CUASES OF GROWTH POPULATION - EFFECTS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -

POPULATION POLICY - POPULATION CONTROL AND GOVERNMENT POLICY - METHODS

OF POPULATION CONTROL.

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ECONOMICS

1 Yr.

INDIAN ECONOMICS[BA(ECO)](1020201)

UNIT - 07

CONTRIBUTION OF AGRICULTURE TO DEVELOPMENT:

FACTORS CONTRIBUTE TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - FEATURES OF INDIAN

AGRICULTURE - AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA - AGRICULTURAL

PRODUCTIVITY - PRODUCTIVITY TRENDS - AFTER INDEPENDENCE - CAUSE FOR LOW

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY - MEASURES TO IMPROVE ITS PRODUCTIVITY -

AGRICULTURAL POLICY DURING THE PLAN PERIOD - SPECIAL PROGRAMMES FOR

SMALL FARMERS - PILOT PROJECTS FOR TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT.

UNIT - 08

REFORMS AND PROBLEMS:

LAND REFORMS - TENANCY REFORM LEGISLATION - FEATURES OF PROGRESS OF

TENANCY LEGISLATION IN INDIA - IMPORTANCE OF LAND REFORM IN DEVELOPMENT -

FOOD PROBLEM - THE FOOD PROBLEM AFTER INDEPENDENCE - CAUSES OF FOOD

PROBLEM - GREEN REVOLUTION - HIGH YIELDING VARIETIES PROGRAMME - H.Y.V.P -

TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE - MEANING - NEED FOR TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE -

CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS - WATER MANAGEMENT - PESTICIDES.

UNIT - 09

INDUSTRIES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:

INDUSTRIALISATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - PRODUCTIVITY OF LABOUR -

MOBILISATION OF RESOURCES - PROBLEMS OF INDUSTRIALISTION - LARGE AND SMALL

- SCALE INDUSTRIES - ECONOMIC FACTORS - DEFINITION AND MEANING OF SMALLSCALE

AND COTTAGE INDUSTRIES - ROLE OF SMALL-SCALE INDUSTRIES IN INDIAN

ECONOMY - INVESTMENT - COLLAGE AND SMALL-INDUSTRIES IN THE PLANS - KARVE

COMMITTEE REPORT -1955-NATIONAL SMALL INDUSTRIES CORPORATION - JAPANESE

DELEGATION ON SMALL-SCALE INDUSTRIES.

UNIT - 10

LARGE SCALE INDUSTRIES:

COTTON TEXTILE INDUSTRY - MAIN PROBLEMS - JUTE INDUSTRY - MAJOR PROBLEMS -

JUTE ENQUIRY COMMISSION - IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY - STEEL ANTHORITY OF INDIA

LIMITED (S.A.I.L) - ACHIEVEMENTS OF SAIL - THE RAJ COMMITTEE - AN ASSESSMENT OF

THE PROGRESS OF THE INDUSTRY - SUGAR INDUSTRY - PROBLEM OF SUGAR

INDUSTRY - TEA INDUSTRY - PLANTATIONS ENQUIRY COMMISSIONS REPORT, 1956.

UNIT - 11

INDUSTRIAL POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DURING THE PLAN PERIOD:

SECOND FIVE YEAR PLAN AND THE INDUSTRIAL POLICY OF 1956 - INDUSTRIAL

PLANNING AND LICENSING POLICY 1967 - DUTT COMMITTEE REPORT 1969 - INDUSTRIAL

POLICY AND INDUSTRIAL LICENSING 1970 - INDUSTRIAL POLICY OF 1973 AND THE

CONCEPT OF JOINT SECTOR - THE INDUSTRIAL LICENSING POLICY 1975 - INDUSTRIAL

POLICY OF 1977 - NEW INDUSTRIAL POLICY OF 1977 - NEW INDUSTRIAL POLICY OF 1980.

UNIT - 12

ECHNOLOGY - ITS IMPACT:

THE PROCESS OF INDUSTRIAL INVENTION - THE TIMING OF AN INVENTION - CAN ALL

INVENTIONS BE ACCEPTED AS ECONOMICS - THE PROCESS OF INDUSTRIAL

INNOVATION - TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - TECHNOLOGY IN

UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRIES - PROBLEM OF CHANGE IN TECHNOLOGY - IMPACT ON

THE LEVEL OF EMPLOYMENT - TECHNOLOGICAL UNEMPLOYMENT - REMEDIES FOR

TECHNOLOGICAL UNEMPLOYMENT.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE:

1. ALAK GHOSH : INDIAN ECONOMY ITS NATURE AND PROBLEM

2. JAIN F.C : INDIAN ECONOMIC PROBLEMS

3. JATHER AND PERI : INDIAN ECONOMICS

4. LAWRENCE AVEIT : INDIAS SECOND REVOLUTION

5. RUDDAR DUTT AND K.P.M SUNDARAM: INDIAN ECONOMY

6. DR.S.SANKARAN : ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF INDIA

7. DHINGRA .C : THE INDIAN ECONOMY - RESOURCES PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND

PROBLEMS

8. N. AGARWAL : INDIAN ECONOMY - NATURE, PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS

9. CHITTATHOSH GANGULI: STUDIES IN INDIAN ECONOMIC PROBLEM.