CBCS Syllabus
CBCS Syllabus
CBCS Syllabus
CBCS-Syllabus
Semester-III
Indian Economy
Unit –I
Basic features and problems of Indian Economy: - Nature of Indian Economy, demographic
features and Human Resource Development (HDI), Problems of Poverty, Unemployment,
Inflation, income inequality, Black money in India.
Unit-II
Sectoral composition of Indian Economy: - Issues in Agriculture sector in India ,land reforms
Green Revolution and agriculture policies of India , Industrial development , small scale and
cottage industries, industrial Policy, Public sector in India, service sector in India.
Unit-III
Economic Policies :- Economic Planning in India , Planning commission v/s NITI Aayog,
monetary policy in India, Fiscal Policy in India, Centre state Finance Relations, Finance
commission in India. LPG policy in India.
Unit-IV
External sector in India: - India’s foreign trade value composition and direction, India
Balance of payment since 1991, FDI in India, Impact of Globalization on Indian Economy,
WTO and India.
Suggested Readings:
1. Dutt Rudder and K.P.M Sunderam (2001): Indian Economy, S Chand & Co. Ltd.
New Delhi.
2. Mishra S.K & V.K Puri (2001) “Indian Economy and –Its development
experience”, Himalaya Publishing House.
3. KapilaUma: Indian Economy: Policies and Performances, Academic Foundation
4. Bardhan, P.K. (9th Edition) (1999), The Political Economy of Development in
India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
5. Jalan, B. (1996), India’s Economic Policy- Preparing for the Twenty First
Century, Viking, New Delhi.
CBCS-ECO-III
CBCS-Syllabus
Semester- IV
Basic Statistics
Unit –I
Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median, Mode, Geometrical Mean, Harmonic Mean;
Measures of Dispersion; Range, Interquartile Range, Interquartile Deviation, Mean
deviation, Standard Deviation, Variation, Coefficient of Variation and Lorenz Curve.
Unit –II
Correlation Analysis, Regression Analysis: Time Series: Measurement Trends & Seasonal
Variation, Estimation of Growth Rates and Forecasting with OLS.
Unit –III
Data Analysis, Method of Data Collection; Census, Sampling: Fundamentals, Statistical
Quality Control, Index Number (Simple Index Number and Weighted Index Number),
Association of Attributes.
Unit –IV
Probability: Additional and Multiplication Theorem, Tests of Hypothesis: Standard Error
Test, T-Test, Z-Test, F-Test, Chi-Square Test, Analysis of Variance and Analysis of
Covariance.
Suggested Readings:
CBCS-Syllabus
Semester-III
Elements of Economics
Unit –I
Demand Analysis and Supply Analysis, Consumer Equilibrium, Utility and Indifference
Curve; Production Function, Cost Function, Economies of Scale, Law of Returns. Basic
Features of Markets: Perfect Competition, Monopoly, Monopolistic Competition, Bilateral
Monopoly, Oligopoly, Duopoly, Cartels.
Unit –II
Various Concepts of National Income, Consumption Function, Investment Function and
Multiplier, Trade Cycles, Inflation, Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Money Supply, Money
Multiplier, Various Definitions of Money, High Powered Money.
Unit –III
Basic Concepts of Growth and Development, PQLI, HDI, GDI, Measurement of Poverty and
Inequality, Vicious circle of poverty, Balanced and Unbalanced Growth Theory, Sustainable
Development.
Unit –IV
Basic Characteristics of Indian Economy and Issues of Indian Economy ( Inflation, Poverty,
Unemployment, Black money and Inequalities), Economic Reforms, Liberalisation and
Globalization, Current Issues of Indian Economy, NITI Aayog versus Planning commission,
Centre-State Finance Relations (14th Finance Commission), Poverty, Unemployment in India.
Suggested Readings:
Unit-II
Statistical Tests of significance of the estimates: Tests of goodness of fit with R square;
adjusted R square; Tests of significance of the parameter estimates; confidence interval of the
parameters; testing the overall significance of a regression.
Unit-III
Econometric Problems: Nature, Consequences, detection and remedial measure of the
problems of multicollinearity, hertoscedasticity and autocorrelation, Tests of specification
and mis-specification, measurement error, Encompassing models, and criteria for model
selection;
Unit-IV
Identification: Rank and Order Conditions, Time Series And Panel Data Operations, Time
Series Analysis: concepts and components; Determination of Linear trend and seasonal
indices, Dummy Variables And its Uses, Applications of Logit Model, Probit Model and
Tobit Model.
Suggested Readings: