INDIAN ECONOMICS - II

By DR. MAHANANDA KANJILAL | DURGAPUR WOMEN'S COLLEGE , WEST BENGAL

Learners enrolled: 358

Indian Economics – Paper 2 is a 50 Module course, examines sector-specific polices and their impact in shaping trends in key economic indicators in India.

This course within the broad domain of ECONOMICS is based on Core Course of the UGC CBCS syllabus of B.A. / B.Sc. (Honours) in Economics.

This course focuses in detail on the major trends in economic indicators and policy debates in India in the post-Independence period, with particular emphasis on paradigm shifts and turning points. It also studies different issues of development of India and make a comparative assessment with other countries. This course also examines sector-specific polices and their impact in shaping trends in key economic indicators in India. It highlights major policy debates and evaluates the Indian empirical evidence.

The course, to be covered in 50 modules, will be delivered over a period of 15 WEEKS. 3 to 4 lectures will be released every week.

Summary

Course Status :	Upcoming
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	15 weeks
Category :	Economics
Credit Points :	5
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	13 Jan 2025
End Date :	30 Apr 2025
Enrollment Ends :	28 Feb 2025
Exam Date :	24 May 2025 IST
NCrF Level	5.5
Exam Shift :	1st Shift

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

WEEK 1

1. Fiscal Policy of India, objectives and fiscal Responsibilities

2. Indian Tax structure, Problems and Reforms

3. Public Debt and Deficit Financing and Fiscal Imbalance

WEEK 2

4. Federal Finance in India

5. India’s Foreign Trade, value, composition and Direction

6. Trade policies of the Government of India & Impact of Globalisation

WEEK 3

7. Foreign capital and Aid- Forms and Importance, Government Policies

8. WTO and India, India’s exchange rate policy, MNCs, FERA and FEMA

9. Reserve Bank and Monetary Policies- Functions and Monetary policy

WEEK 4

10. Commercial Banking in India

11. Indian Money market, Price Trends and Inflation

12. Capital market and Institutional Financing

WEEK 5

13. Industrial Relation in India, Magnitude and causes of Industrial Disputes

14. Industrial Relations: Policies of the Government

15. Social Security in India and legislations

16. Review of the Social Security measures through out the planning period

WEEK 6

17. Role of Agriculture in Indian Economy

18. Agricultural production in the Planning period and determinants of growth

19. Agricultural Productivity and causes of low productivity

WEEK 7

20. Agrarian Structure : Land Reforms and its evaluation

21. Farm Mechanisation Technology and Green revolution

22. Agricultural Finance and marketing- Rural Credit

WEEK 8

23. Agricultural price policy- Trends and evaluation

24. Public Distribution System in India and its evaluation – Problem of food security

25. Farm Input- seeds, fertilisers’ pesticides, Irrigation and Agricultural subsidies

WEEK 9

26. Role of Industrialization in economic Development in India

27. Industrial Growth in India- Performance and Problems

28. Industrial policies in India – Appraisal of New Industrial policy

WEEK 10

29. Public Sector in India- Role , Performance, Problems and policies

30. Privatisation of Public Sector- Disinvestment programme

31. Issues related to Private Sector

WEEK 11

32. Small scale and Cottage industries- Role , performance and problems

33. Industrial Sickness in India- Causes , Magnitude and remedies

34. Diversification of Indian Industries

35. Foreign Investment Inflows- A critical Appraisal

WEEK 12

36. Role ,Growth and contribution of service sector in India

37. Role of Service sector in employment Generation

38. Performance and Growth of some major services in Indian Economy

39. India’s IT and ITES industry, Development of Information and Communication Technology in India- Foreign trade in Service sector

WEEK 13

40. Sustainability of Service led Growth in India

41. Impact of Covid-19 pandemic on Indian service sector and growing importance of E–Governance and Digital development in India

42. Problem of inflation in India in post-pandemic period

WEEK 14

43. Role of RBI in controlling current inflation in India

44. Economic Impact of devaluation of Rupee in India in post-pandemic period

45: Agricultural sector and employment generation in India in recent years

46. Appraisal of New Agricultural Policy in India

WEEK 15

47. Impact of Covid pandemic on Indian agricultural sector

48. Industrial growth and employment generation in India-in recent years

49. Impact of Covid pandemic on industrial sector in India

50. Social security of Indian workers during Covid pandemic period

Books and references

1. A N Agarwal and Agarwal MK2020, Indian Economy, New Age International Publishers New Delhi

2. Jean Dreze and Angus Deaton, 2009, Food and Nutrition in India: Facts and Intepretations, Economic and Political Weekly, February

3. J Dennis Rajakumar 2011, Size and Growth of Private Corporate Sector in Indian manufacturing , Economic and Political Weekly, April

4. Kunal Sen 2010- Trade, Foreign Direct Investment and Industrial Transformation in India, in Premchandra Athukorala editor The Rise of Asia, Routledge

5. Himanshu. 2011, ―Employment Trends in India: A Re-examination, Economic and Political Weekly, September.

6. Misra and Puri 2021, Indian Economy, Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai

7. Pulapre Balakrishnan, Ramesh Golait and Pankaj Kumar 2008,- Agricultural Growth in India since 1991, RBI DEAP Study no. 27

8. Uma Kapila (2016), Indian Economy Since Independence, 19th edition, Academic Foundation.

Instructor bio

DR. MAHANANDA KANJILAL

DURGAPUR WOMEN'S COLLEGE , WEST BENGAL

Dr Mahananda Kanjilal is the Principal of Durgapur Women's College, West Bengal. She is also a Guest faculty of University of Calcutta, Department of Commerce, and IGNOU. She also taught in Vidyasager University for last 10 years. She obtained M.Sc. MPhil and Ph.D. in Economics. She has 29 years of teaching experience at UG and PG levels. She has completed 3 Minor Research Projects funded by UGC. She has presented her papers in many national and international Seminars and Conferences. She has many published papers and articles in national and international books and journals. Her thrust areas of research include issues related to municipalities and municipal finance and issues of urban economics.

Course certificate

If you complete the course and submit all the assignments in time and participate in the Proctored Examination you will be rewarded with 5 credit points and a “CERTIFICATE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT”.

MARKS DISTRIBUTION:

30% marks from Internal Assessment (IA) and 70% marks for Term End Proctored Exam.

(Securing 40% in both separately is mandatory to pass the course and get the certificate)