Indian Economy / V.K. Puri.

PART 1: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT : A THEORETICAL BACKGROUND

1. Economic growth, development and unemployment;
2. Economic and human development;
3. The environment and development;

PART 2: STRUCTURE OF INDIAN ECONOMY

4. Colonialism and underdevelopment of Indian economy;
5. Nature of Indian economy;
6. Natural resources;
7. Infrastructure;
8. The population growth and economic development;
9. Some demographic issues;
10. Human resources development;
11. Labour force growth and occupational patterns;
12. Employment and unemployment in India;
13. Capital formation in India;
14. National income of India: Macroeconomic overview;
15. Poverty in India;
16. Income distribution in India;

PART 3: BASIC ISSUES IN AGRICULTURE

17. Indian agriculture: Role , nature and cropping pattern;
18. Issues in Indian agricultural and rural development;
19. Agricultural production and productivity trends;
20.Land reforms;
21. Agricultural inputs and green revolution;
22. Agricultural price and Agricultural price policy;
23. Agricultural subsides and food security in India;
24. Agricultural labour;

PART 4: THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR AND SERVICES IN INDIAN ECONOMY

26. Industrial development during the planning period;
27. Some major industry in India;
28. Small-scale and cotton industries;
29. Industrial policy;
30. Public sector in the India economy;
31. Privatization of public sector enterprise: The disinvestment programme in India;
32. Some issue related to private sector;
33. Industrial sickness in India;
34. Labour relations and social security;
35. Services sectors in Indian economy;

PART 5: FOREIGN TRADE AND FOREIGN CAPITAL

36. Indian's foreign trade: Value, composition and direction;
37. India's balance of payments;
38. Trade policy of the government of India;
39. Foreign capital and aid;
40. India's exchange rate policy, foreign exchange reserves and capital account convertibility;
41. Multinational corporations, FERA and FEMA;
42. Globalisation and its impact on the Indian economy;
43. WTO and India;

PART 6: MONEY, BANKING AND FINANCE

44. Price trends and inflation;
45. Indian money market;
46. Commercial banking in India;
47. The reserve bank of India;
48. Capital market in India;
49. Institutional financing;

PART 7: PUBLIC FINANCE

50. The Indian tax structure;
51. Public expenditure in India: Trends and issues;
52. Public debt in India;
53. Indian fiscal policy;
54. Federal finance in India- Center-state financial relation;

PART 7: ECONOMIC PLANNING AND POLICY

55. Economic planning: Relations , features and objectives;
56. The strategy of planning;
57. Resource allocation- Investment pattern in Indian plans;
58. Financing of Five year plans;
59. Regional planning in India;
60. Black economy in India;
61. Assessment of India planning;
62. Economic reforms and liberalisation ;
63. Twelfth five year plan;