PUBLIC FINANCE

Unit – I

Nature of public finance- Meaning, Nature and Scope of Public Finance, difference between private and Public finance, Principle of maximum social Advantages.

Unit- II

Taxation Definition, Types of Taxation, Direct and indirect Tax Proportional and progressive Taxation. Cost and Benefit theory of taxation ability to pay theory taxable capacity, incidence an effect of Taxation goods and service tax meaning and to impact.

Unit- III

Public Expenditure growth and effect of public Expenditure Wagener's law of increasing Expenditure

Unit- IV

Public Debt. Types of Burden and different forms of Debt Repayment.

Unit- V

Principle of Federal finances, public enterprises objective , Types, Form of management, Public policy of Public enterprises, profitability and Accountability of public Enterprises , performance of public enterprises in Indian.

Unit- VII

Unemployment and full employment in Indian.

INDIAN ECONOMY

Unit I

Indian economy and its characteristics, challenges of developing economy.

Unit II

Population:- Size, reasons of growing population, population policy. Govt. programmes of controlling population.

Unit- III

Agriculture: Role of agriculture in economy development, Trends of productivity, impact of climate change on agricultural production. Green Revolution and its second Phase.

Unit- IV

Land Reforms: Measures taken after Independence cooperative Farming.

UNIT- V

Sources of credit:- (i) cooperative credit societies (ii) Nationalized Banks (iii) Regional Rural Bank (iv) NABARD.

Unit-VI

Agriculture labor: Problems and measures to improve their conditions./minimum wages Act.

Unit-VII

(a). Industries: Industrial Policy 1948 and 1956 new economic policy 1991.

(b). Heavy Industries: I. Iron and Steel II. Sugar III. Cotton Textile IV. Cement

(c). Small Scale Industries: Role, Problems and Measures to improve their problems.

Unit-VIII

Industrial Finance: Sources of Finance: - Industrial finance corporation, IDBI

Unit-IX

Industrial Labor : Trade union growth, Social security measures.

Unit- X 

Transport : Role of transport in economic development, Rail and Roacl coordination.

Unit – XI

Unemployment: Types of unemployment, Govt. Employment programmes, MNREGA and its relevance.

Unit- XII

Foreign Trade: Recent changes in Indian's foreign trade trend.

Unit- XIII

Planning- Recent Charges in India's planning system NITI aayog And its functoning. 12th five year plan 2012-17.

B.A. Part – II (English)
PAPER – II

Time – 11⁄2 Hours Full Marks – 50

1. The New Icons : An Anthology of Prose and Short Story, Oxford University Press

a. A.G. Gardiner : All About a Dog
b. O’ Henry : The Last Leaf
c. From Jataka Tales : The Alligator and the Jackal
d. T. Hardy : Three Strangers
2. Animal Farm : G. Orwell