Course Title: Indian Economy

Course BALAW3005C04 Credits 4

Code
L+T+P 3+1+0 Course Duration One Semester

Semester Third Contact Hours 45(L) + 15(T) = 60 hours

Methods of Class lectures, group discussions, students’ presentations, and tutorials.

Content
Interaction
Assessment and 30% - Continuous internal assessment (in the form of quizzes and class test)
Evaluation
70% - End-semester university examination

Course Objectives: This course seeks to acquaint the students with the issues relating to the Indian economic
development since independence with special focus on the post-economic reforms period. This course would
help the students to gather an up-to-date knowledge about the developments in the Indian economy.

Course Contents and Teaching Plan:

Unit Contents Teaching

Hours

1 Nature and Structure of Indian Economy: The Concept of Economic 1-18 [L]
Growth and Development; Basic features of Indian Economy; Utilization of
resources - natural and human; Economic Planning and New Economic
Reforms in India; Developments in the Indian economy during the era of
economic reforms; Poverty and unemployment in India.

2 Agriculture: Its importance, Problems and Solutions; Green Revolution; 19-26 [L]
Land Reforms in India

3 Industrial Growth in India: Trends, Importance and Problems; 27-38 [L]

Services Sector: Nature, Structure and Development

4 External Sector: Foreign trade and Balance of payment 39-45 [L]

Tutorials 15 [T]

Readings:

Economic Survey, Government of India, latest issue

Indian Economy: Performance and Policies; Uma Kapila, 19th Edition, Academic Foundation,

Indian Economy; S.K. Misra and V.K. Puri : 32nd edition, Himalaya Publishing House,

Indian Economy; Gaurav Datt and Ashwani Mahajan, 72nd edition, S Chand Publishing