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.