Other university, General , Business Environment Syllabus

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

Unit-I
Indian Business Environment: Concept, components, and importance.
Unit-II
Economic Trends (overview): Income; Savings and investment; Industry; Balance of
Trade and balance of payments, Money; Finance; Prices.
Unit-III
Problems of Growth: Unemployment; Poverty; Regional imbalances; Social injustice;
Inflation; Parallel economy; Industrial Sickness.
Unit-IV
Role of Government: Monetary and fiscal policy; Industrial policy; Industrial licensing,
Privatization; Devaluation; Export-Import policy; Regulation of foreign investment.
Unit-V
The Current Five year Plan: Major policies; Resources allocation.
Unit-VI
International Environment: International trading environment (overview), Trends in
world trade and the problems of developing countries, foreign trade and economic
growth.

Suggested Readings

1. Sundaram & Black: The International Business Environment; Prentice Hall, New Delhi.
2. Agarwal A.N. : Indian Economy, Vikas Publishing House Delhi.
3. Khan Farooq A: Business and Society; S. Chand, Delhi.
4. Dutt R. and Sundharam K. Pm.; Indian Economy; S. Chand, Delhi.
5. Misra S.K. and Puri V.K. : Indian Economy; Himalaya Publishing House, New Delhi.
6. Hedge Ian: Environmental Economics; MacMilla, Hampshire.
7. Dutt Ruddar; Economic Reforms in India-A critique; S. Chand, New Delhi.