ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF INDIA
Theory: 75 Lectures, Tutorial: 15 Lectures
Unit I: Basic Issues in Economic Development
Characteristics of underdevelopment countries with special reference to India, sustainability industrial
factors.
(5 Lectures)
Unit II: Issues in Indian Planning
Objective and Critical evaluation (growth self-reliance Employment generation inequality reduction,
poverty removal , Saving and Investment ,Mobilization of Internal and External financial.
(10 Lectures)
Unit III: Policy Regimes
a) The evaluation of planning and import substituting industrialization
b) Economic reform and liberalization.
(15 Lectures)
Unit IV : Growth, Development and Structural Change
a) The experience of Growth Development and Structural Change in different phases .
b) The Institutional Framework: Pattern of assets ownership in agriculture and industry: policies for
restructuring agrarian relations.
(25 Lectures)
Unit V: Sector-wise Trends and Issues
a) Industry: Industries policy: pre and post 1991. Relative roles of large and small scale. Foreign
Institutional Capital , Foreign Direct Investment)
b) Foreign Trade: Role and importance of foreign trade in India. The balance of trade and Balance of
payments situations.
c) Price: Monetary and Fiscal policies.