Syllabus

Course Code: M-BECOC -012    Course Name: Indian Economic Policy-I

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 Evolution of Indian Economic Thought
Indian Economy during the planning era; Planning Commission to NITI Aayog; Sustainable Development Goals and Indian Economy; Trends of national income in India.
Reading List
• Kapila, Uma (2014-2015). Indian Economy since independence. Academic Foundation, New Delhi.
• Lokanathan, V. (2018). A History of Economic Thought. S. Chand & Co. Ltd.,Chandigarh.
• Mishra, S. K. & Puri, V.K. (2020). Indian Economy. Himalaya Publishing House, New Delhi.
• Ministry of Finance (2020). Economic Survey. Government of India.
• Roy, Tirthankar (2015). The Economic History of India 1857-1947. Oxford University Press.
2 Strategy of balanced regional development
Capital formation in India; India’s Development Experience; Population Policy 2000; Natural Resources and Problem of sustainable economic development; Issues and policies in financing infrastructure development in India.
Reading List
• Datt, G. & Mahajan, A. (2020). Datt & Sundharam’s Indian Economy. S. Chand Publishing House.
• Dhar, P.K. (2020). Indian Economy: Its Growing Dimensions. Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi.
• Ministry of Finance (2020). Economic Survey. Government of India.
• Nachimuthu, V. (2009). Regional Economic Disparities in India. New Century Publications.
• Venugopal K.R. (2007). Growth, imbalance and Indian Economy. I.K. International Publishing House Pvt.-Ltd., New Delhi.
3 Structural change in Indian Economy
Social Sector Reforms: Education, Health, Housing; Poverty, Inequality and Unemployment in India; MGNREGA; Tax Reforms and Policy; Parallel Economy in India.
Reading List
• Biswas, P.K. & Das, P. (Eds.). (2019). Indian Economy: Reforms and Development. Springer.
• Datt, G. & Mahajan, A. (2020). Datt & Sundharam’s Indian Economy. S. Chand Publishing House.
• Dwivedi, Rishi Muni (2011).Energy Sources and Policies in India. New Century Publication, New Delhi.
• Kapila, Uma (2014-2015). Indian Economy since independence. Academic Foundation, New Delhi.
• Mahajan, Madhur M. (2019).Indian economy. Pearson Education, New Delhi. • Meier, Gerald M. (1987).Pioners in Development. Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
• Ministry of Finance (2020). Economic Survey. Government of India.
• Mishra, S. K. & Puri, V.K. (2020). Indian Economy. Himalaya Publishing House, New Delhi.
4 Indian Public Finance
Budgetary Policy in India since 1951 (a Brief Review); Trends in the Expenditure of the Central Government; Sources of Tax Revenue of the Central and State Governments; Extent, Effects and Limit of Deficit Financing in India; Trends and Composition of Public Debt in India; Recommendations of the Fourteenth Finance Commission; Centre/State Conflict on Finances.
Reading List
• Datt, G. & Mahajan, A. (2020). Datt & Sundharam’s Indian Economy. S. Chand Publishing House.
• Dwivedi, Rishi Muni (2011).Energy Sources and Policies in India. New Century Publication, New Delhi.
• Ministry of Finance (2020). Economic Survey. Government of India.
• Sinha, Yashwant & Srivastava, Vinay K. (2017). The Future of Indian Economy: Past Reforms and Challenges ahead. Rupa Publications, New Delhi.
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