Course Status : | Upcoming |
Course Type : | Elective |
Duration : | 15 weeks |
Category : |
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Credit Points : | 5 |
Level : | Undergraduate |
Start Date : | 08 Jul 2024 |
End Date : | 31 Oct 2024 |
Enrollment Ends : | 31 Aug 2024 |
Exam Date : | 08 Dec 2024 IST |
Exam Shift : | Shift-I |
Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.
Week |
Items |
Title of Video and Academic Script |
First Week |
Macroeconomic Policies and Their Impact |
Fiscal Policy of India-Components, Types, Benefits, Fiscal Deficit, Fiscal Consolidation, FRBM
& Case Studies. |
Foreign Trade Policy of India - Initiatives, Advantages, Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020, Highlights
of the Trade Policy 2022-27, Recent Developments in Foreign Trade Policy &
Case Study. |
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Monetary Policies of India- Framework, Objectives, Process, Tools, Transmission of the Policy, Role
of the Policy in the Development of the Economy & Case Study. |
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Labour Regulation of India- Laws relating to Industrial Relations and Wages, Social Security, Working
Conditions, Equality, Empowerment of Women, Prohibitive Labour Laws, Apprentice
Training, Regulations of Employment, Labour Laws 2022 & Case Study. |
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Second Week |
External Sector in India |
Foreign Trade of India- International Trade, Interregional Trade, Balance of Payment, Measures
for correcting the Balance of Payments, Importance, Challenges, Trends in Exports,
Imports and Government Measures to improve Foreign Trade in India. |
Export Promotion- Need, Role of Government, Challenges, Import-Substitution & Export
Incentive Schemes in India. |
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Counter Trade in India- Types, Importance, Benefits, India’s Status in Counter Trade & Future
of India’s Countertrade. |
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World Trade Organization- Objectives Features, Functions, Structure, Benefits of World Trade
Organisation to the Countries & World Trade Organisation Agreements. |
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Third Week |
Financial Markets in India |
Commercial Banking in India- Functions, Types, Difference Between Commercial and Retail Banking &
Role of Commercial Banking in the Development of the Economy. |
Reserve Bank of India (RBI)- History, Overview, Objective, Structure, Functions & RBI’s role in
the development of the Economy. |
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Reforms In the Financial Sector-Narasimha Committee’s Financial Reforms, Principles of Reform, Reforms
to the Financial Sector, Current Reforms, Future of the Financial Sector &
Case Studies. |
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Development Banking-Historical Background, Features, Objectives, Functions, Types, & Need
for Development Banks in the Current Scenario. |
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Fourth Week |
Indian Public Finance |
Growth And Composition of Public Finance- Objectives, Types, Components, Functions,
Comparison Between Public Finance and Private Finance & Importance of
Public Finance. |
Tax Revenue of Central and State
Governments-
Types, Components, of Tax and
Non-Tax Revenues, Importance of Taxation in the Development of the Economy &
Recent Developments in the Tax Revenue from Both the Governments. |
||
Concept Of VAT- Need, Importance, Process, Collection, Differences Between Sales Tax and
VAT Rates, Advantages & Disadvantages of VAT. |
||
Revenue, Budget, Fiscal, Primary Deficits, Purpose, Effects Types, Advantages
and Disadvantages of Deficit Financing- Revenue, Budget, Fiscal, Primary Deficits, Purpose, Effects Types,
Advantages & Disadvantages of Deficit Financing. |
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Fifth Week |
Policies Performance and Agriculture Finance in India |
Role Of Agriculture in the Indian Economy- Significance, Recent Contribution of Agriculture, Characteristics,
Challenges of Indian Agriculture, Government Initiatives & Case Studies. |
Agrarian Structure and Technology- Agrarian Structure of India, Micro, Small Medium Enterprise Schemes for
Agriculture, Technologies used in India, Subsidies provided by the Government
for Purchasing Modern Machinery, Recent Technology Innovations in Agriculture,
& Case Study. |
||
Trade Pricing and Procurement. Procurement Policy, Agriculture Marketing and Warehousing,
Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Loans for Food Parks and Food
Processing Units, Credit Facilities to Marketing Federations, Government
Schemes or Initiatives & Case
Study. |
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Agriculture Finance- History, Institutional Sources of Agricultural Finance in India,
Mechanisms of Agriculture, Credit in India, Issues with India’s Low Spending on
Agriculture & Future of Agriculture Finance. |
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Sixth Week |
Industrial Development |
Micro, Small Medium Enterprises in India - Market Size Statutory Bodies, Features, Micro, Small, and Medium
Enterprises, Role in the Indian Economy, Government Schemes, Recent
Developments & Case Study. |
Public Sector/ Private Sector- Importance, Types of Public Sector Undertakings, Categories of
Public Sector Undertakings in India and its Reform, Role of the Public and
Private Sector in the Development of the Economy, Limitations of the Public and
Private Sectors, Difference between Private Sector and Public Sector Enterprises
& Case Studies. |
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Special Economic Zones (SEZ)- Special Economic Zone Act 2005, Approval Mechanism and Administrative
Special Economic Zone, Incentives, Challenges, Expectations from the New
Special Economic Zone Law & Case
Study. |
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Entrepreneurial Sector- Entrepreneurship Evolution, Transformation, Importance of
Entrepreneurship to the Economy of India, Need for Entrepreneurship for
Economic Growth, Schemes for Entrepreneurs & Case Studies. |
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Seventh Week |
Service Sector in India |
Overview of the Service Sector- Market Size, Sector-Based on the Activity Nature, Work Condition, Assets
Ownership & Reasons for the Shift from the Primary Sector to the Service
Sector. |
Growth & Contribution of the Service Sector to Gross Domestic
Product-Contribution of Primary
Service Sectors Secondary Service Sectors, Tertiary, Quaternary Service
Sectors, Recent Developments, Government Initiatives, Future of the Service
Sector & Case Study. |
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Composition & Relative Importance of the Service Sector- Impact of Covid:19 and Sequential Recovery, Trends in High-Frequency
Indicators, Foreign Direct Investment Inflows into the Services Sector, Trade
in the Services Sector, Importance of the Services Sector to India’s Economy &
Case Study. |
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Factors & Challenges in the Service Sector- Factors, Challenges, Suggestions, Government Initiatives & Role of
the Service Sector in the Modern Development of India. |
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Eighth Week |
Transport Services |
Road Transport- Importance, Classification, Challenges, Government Initiatives towards
Road Infrastructure & Recent Developments. |
Rail Transport- Importance, Challenges, Investment in Indian Railway, Government
Initiatives & Future of Indian Railways. |
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Air Transport- Importance, Challenges, Key Investments and Developments, Government
Initiatives & Future of the Air Transport. |
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Water Transport- Types, Major Ports Authorities Bill 2020, Advantages, Disadvantages,
Government Initiatives, Legislation, Future of Water Transport & Case Study. |
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Ninth Week |
National Income of India And Inflation |
Concept of National Income & Methods of Measuring National Income -Types of Income, Basic Economic Activities. Circular
Flow of Income, Measuring of National Income by Value-Added Method, Income Method,
Final Expenditure Method, National Products & Other Aggregates. |
Causes of Inequality in Income, Issues, Measures to Overcome the
Computation of National Income & Government Initiatives to Reduce Inequality)- Causes, Issues faced in the Computation of the
Income Method, Product Method, Expenditure Method, Measures & Government
Initiatives to Reduce Inequality. |
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Causes, Theories of Inflation & Anti-Inflationary Policies-Causes, Classical Theory of Inflation, Keynesian
Theory of Inflation, Monetarist Theory of Inflation & Anti-Inflationary
Policies of Inflation. |
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Inflation Accounting and Measures to Control Inflation-Objectives, Merits, Limitations, Monetary,
Fiscal Measures Administrative Measures & Adoption of Policies by the
Countries to Combat Inflation. |
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Tenth Week |
Unemployment and Poverty in India |
Nature, Types, Approaches, Remedial Measures & Causes of
Unemployment- Nature and Approaches, Problems Types, Causes, Government
Initiatives to Control Unemployment, & Case Study. |
Skill Development Programmes-
Short-Term, Long-Term,
Apprenticeship, Entrepreneurship Training Schemes & Other Schemes. |
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Nature, Causes of Poverty, Poverty Line & Estimates- Types, Causes, Poverty Line and Estimation, Measures, Agenda- 2030 &
Case Study. |
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Major Poverty Alleviation Schemes- Measuring of Below Poverty Line, Poverty Alleviation in India
Five-Year Plans, Poverty Alleviation Schemes, Actions Required to Address the
Issues Related to The Poverty & Role of Public Distribution System in the
Poverty Alleviation Schemes. |
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Eleventh Week |
Environmental Degradation |
Meaning Of Environment and Causes for Environmental Degradation- Meaning of Environment, Functions, Population
Effects on the Growth of the Environment, Causes, Effects of Environmental
Degradation, Suggestions for Environmental Degradation & Case Studies. |
Forest Resources- Importance, Major and Minor Forest Products, Uses of Forests, Problems
of Indian Forestry & Various Forest Conservation Measures |
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Water Management- Types, Uses of Water Resources, Water Pollution Control Measures,
Effects of Water Pollution, & Government Measures to Prevent Water
Pollution |
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Environment Policies-
Wildlife (Protection) Act,
1972, Water Prevention & Control of Pollution Act, 1974, Environment
Protection Act, 1986, Scheduled Tribes &Traditional Forest Dwellers
Recognition of Forest Rights Act, 2006, & the National Green Tribunal Act,
2010. |
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Twelfth Week |
Economic Reforms |
Globalization-
Meaning, Characteristics, Forms, Factors Effects & Impact of
Globalization on the Indian Economy |
Resource Mobilization-
Types, Need, Role of
Fiscal Policy in Resource Mobilization, Issues & Steps to Address Issues of
Resource Mobilization. |
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Macroeconomic Stabilization and Structural Reforms-Variables to Measure the Macroeconomic
Stabilization, Reforms taken by the Government of India for Macroeconomic
Stability in the Country, Economic Reforms of 1991, Current State of the
Economy & Recent Developments. |
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Role of Multinational Corporations in Foreign Investments-Introduction, Advantages, Disadvantages, Methods
of Foreign Investment by Multinational Companies. Role, Critique of Multinational
Corporations & Case Study. |
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Thirteenth Week |
Economic Planning in India |
Nature, Process, Types & Objectives of Economic Planning of India- History, Process, Importance, Types, Objectives & Significance of
Economic Planning. |
Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-2007), Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2012),
Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-2017) & Niti Aayog)- Objectives of the Tenth, Eleventh & Twelfth
Five-Year Plan, Economic-Wide Measures taken in the Tenth Five-Year Plan, Objectives,
Features, & Composition of Niti Aayog, Achievements, Documents, & Three-Year
Action Agenda of Niti Aayog, Key Initiatives of the Niti Aayog & Changes in
the Planning of India. |
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