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ACADEMIC TASK NO. III

Mittal School of Business
Name of the faculty member: Dr. Tawheed Nabi
Course Code: ECO518 Course Title: Macroeconomics & Policy
Class: MBA Term: Autumn Section: Q1952 Batch: 2019
Max. Marks: 30 Date of Submission: 24 April 2020

S. Roll No Objectives of Topic Details Evaluation Parameters Expected Outcomes

No Academic
Activity
1 A group of To encourage Each group will be allotted 1. A combined written report will This Academic task has focus on
four students students to think a unique topic. Each group be submitted by the group the following:
will be given analytically and has to submit write up. members on the topic allotted to 1) Helping students correlate
one topic correlate them and marks will be given concepts of economics
with real life situations.
economic out of 30 on the basic of peer
2) Enabling students to work
concepts with rating done by the students. as a team
real life issues. Evaluation will be done on peer
rating basis. All the members
will give weight out of 10 to
each on the basis of amount of
work done. Teacher will assign
marks on peer rating basis using
the rubrics. The evaluation
parameters for this assignment
are :
1.Introduction(topic sentence)
(5marks)
2.Sequencing (Organization)
(5marks)
3. Ideas , (5 marks)
 4. links to other readings/references
(5 marks)
5. Practical application and relating
concepts with real world and
conclusion (10 marks).

EVALUATION PARAMTERS
CATEGORY 1 2 3 4 5 Points
awarded
Introduction The topic The topic Introduces the The topic sentence Does not display
(topic sentence) sentence is an sentence is a paragraph. It does not introduce an understanding
(5marks) excellent good introduction does not the paragraph. of the topic. Not
introduction to to the paragraph. introduce the (2) in line with the
the paragraph. It It may too broad topic very well topic. (1)
tells the main or have a detail and it includes
idea and gives included. (4) too many
the big picture details. (3)
(5)
Links to the Student makes Student makes a Student makes Student makes many Student makes
other readings/ no errors in couple of errors several errors in errors in linking or more than ten
references linking or in linking or linking or referring the case.(2) errors in linking
(5marks) referring the referring the case. referring the or referring the
case (5) (4) case (3) case.(1)

Ideas The topic has Student knows Student uses just the Information is
(5 marks) been discussed The topic has the subject but facts to relay gathered from
from different been discussed not related it thoughts. There is electronic sources
angles and properly and with different not much of the but the student
 student has student has a angles (3) student's own does not know its
given excellent good grasp of the personality in the relevance and
grasp of the subject. (4) writing (2) importance (1)
topic. (5)
Sequencing The answer is The answer is in The answer is The answer is The content is
(5 marks) proper sequence sequence and sequence and somewhat in least sequenced
and does not contains very few contains few sequence with the (1)
contain any theoretical errors theoretical topic but the content
theoretical (4) errors (3) is not convincing.(2)
errors (5)
Practical Student makes Student makes Student has Student makes many Student has not
application and no errors in little error to tried to relate errors in practical related with
relating concepts appropriate relate the the concepts application and no practical
with Real World practical concepts practically and clear conclusion can applications and
and Conclusion application and practically and Clear be formed from the no conclusion
(10 mark) Detailed Clear conclusion conclusion is facts offered.(4) can be formed.(2)
conclusions are is reached from reached from
reached from the the facts offered. the facts
facts offered. (8) offered. (6)
(10)
TOTAL

Note:

1. Assignment should be submitted in MS-Word Format.

2. No assignment will be considered without peer rating.
3. Assignment is to be submitted online via UMS only.
4. Plagiarism will be checked with the help of Turnitin software and the limit is 30 percent.
5. Every student in a group will upload the assignment from his/her UMS account.
6. Evaluation will be done strictly on the basis of the Rubrics attached.
7. In case of any query feel free to contact your teacher but not question/query will be entertained on the day of submission.
 FORMATTING GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF ASSIGNMENT
Assignment Title: The title of the paper should be in 16-point Times New Roman font. It should be bold typed, centered and fully capitalized.

Body of Assignment: Assignment must be prepared on standard A4 size paper setting. It must be prepared on a 1.5 spacing and single column with 1” margin set for top,
bottom, left and right. It should be typed in 12-point Times New Roman font with page numbers at the bottom-center of every page.

Headings: All section headings should be in 14-point Times New Roman font and sub-section headings should be in 12-point Times New Roman font. These must be bold-
faced, aligned left and fully capitalized. Leave a blank line before each heading.

Figures & Tables: These must be simple, centered & numbered, and the titles of figure/table must be above the figure/table. Sources of figures/tables should be mentioned
below them.

Citation & References: References should be cited in the text in the style prescribed in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edn.).
Indicate the position of the reference in the text within brackets by the author’s last name and the year of publication; e.g.: “(Hooda, 1998)” or “as pointed out by Hannan and
Freeman (1977)”, if it is part of a sentence. At the end of the text, references should be listed in the alphabetical order of the last names of the authors, with a title,
‘References’. The title ‘REFERENCES’ should be bold-faced, fully capitalized and left-aligned with 14-point Times New Roman font.
Some examples of how the references are to be listed at the end are given below.
 (If it is a book): Hooda, R. P. (1998). Indian securities market. New Delhi: Excel Books.
 (If it is an article in a journal): Hannan, M.T., & Freeman, J. (1977). The population ecology of organizations. American Journal of Sociology, 82(5), 929-964.
 (If it is an article in an edited book): Kanter, R.M. (1988). When a thousand flowers bloom: Social, structural and collective conditions for innovation in
organizations. In B. Staw and L. Cummings (Eds.), Research in organizational behavior (Vol.10, pp. 169-211). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

Annexure-V- Cover Page for Academic Tasks

Course Code: ECO518 Course Title: Macroeconomics & Policy

Course Instructor: Dr. Tawheed Nabi

Academic Task No.: 3 Academic Task Title: Assignment

Date of Allotment: Date of submission: 24 April 2020

 Student’s Roll no: Student’s Reg. no:
Evaluation Parameters:

Learning Outcomes:

Declaration:

I declare that this Assignment is my individual work. I have not copied it from any other student’s work or from any other source
except where due acknowledgement is made explicitly in the text, nor has any part been written for me by any other person.
Student’s Signature:

Evaluator’s comments (For Instructor’s use only)

General Observations Suggestions for Improvement Best part of assignment

Evaluator’s Signature and Date:

Marks Obtained: Max. Marks: …………………
S. No. Group Members Topic
1 RQ1952A01 Discuss the current monetary policy of India. What are
RQ1952A02 the various instruments of monetary policy of India and
RQ1952A03 how it works during the period of slow-down.
RQ1952A04
2 RQ1952A05 Discuss the various causes of inflation in Indian
RQ1952A06 Economy in context of the current macroeconomic
RQ1952A07 environment. Specify some measures to control
RQ1952A08 inflationary pressures in Indian Economy.
3 RQ1952A09 Fiscal policy is the mirror of the government Budget.
RQ1952A10 In the context of this statement discuss some instruments
RQ1952A11 of fiscal policy in India and how it works.
RQ1952A12
4 RQ1952A13 Discuss the various types of business cycles. How
RQ1952A14 macroeconomic policies try control the various phases
RQ1952A15 of the business cycles.
RQ1952A16
5 RQ1952A17 “Demand pull inflation occurs only when there is an
RQ1952A18 inflationary gap in the economy.” Explain. Also suggest
RQ1952A19 some measures to correct the problem of demand pull
RQ1952A20 inflation.
6 RQ1952A21 "Investment decisions are largely influenced by
RQ1952A22 expectations of future demand conditions". Substantiate
RQ1952A23
RQ1952A24
7 RQ1952A25 Discuss the role and relevance of consumption in Indian
RQ1952A26 Economy.
RQ1952A27
RQ1952A28
8 RQ1952A29 Discuss some coping strategies in inflationary,
 RQ1952A30 deflationary and stagnant economies
RQ1952A31
RQ1952A32
9 RQ1952A33 What is business cycle? Explain the characteristics and
RQ1952A34 phases of business cycle.
RQ1952A35
RQ1952A36
10 RQ1952A37 What are trade cycles? What are the causes of trade
RQ1952A38 cycles? Explain in detail.
RQ1952A39
RQ1952A40
11 RQ1952A41 Explain the measures to control the causes of trade
RQ1952B42 cycles? Quote some real world examples also?
RQ1952B43
RQ1952B44
12 RQ1952B45 Explain in detail various fiscal and monetary policies
RQ1952B46 employed to prevent cyclical fluctuations?
RQ1952B47
RQ1952B48
13 RQ1952B49 Illustrate Graphically the circular flow of income and
RQ1952B50 expenditure in a four sector model. Explain also the
RQ1952B51 effect of adverse and favorable balance of trade on the
RQ1952B52 size of the circular flows?

RQ1952B53 What are the methods of measuring national income?

14 RQ1952B54 What conceptual problems are confronted in estimating
RQ1952B55 national income?
RQ1952B56
RQ1952B57 Distinguish between the Keynesian and Post-Keynesian
15 RQ1952B58 income consumption hypotheses. What are the merits
RQ1952B59
 RQ1952B60 and demerits of these hypotheses
RQ1952B61
16 RQ1952B62 The level of consumption is determined only by the
RQ1952B63 level of income, be it absolute, relative or permanent. Do
RQ1952B64 you agree with this statement? If not, what other factors
RQ1952B65 influence the household consumption?

17 RQ1952B66 Explain the transmission mechanism of monetary policy.

RQ1952B67 How does a change in money supply change the levels
RQ1952B68 of income and prices? What is portfolio adjustment?
RQ1952B69 How does Keynesian approach in this regard differ from
RQ1952B70
the monetarist approach.