Indian Economic Policy

Indian Economic Policy

1 Indian Economic Developmentโ€“ A Historical Perspective

  1. India in the Eighteenth Century
  2. British Rule: State of Colonial Economy
  3. Drain of Wealth
  4. Poverty and Famines
  5. Macroeconomic Policy
  6. Programme of Economic Reconstruction for Independent India

2 Growth and Structure of the Indian Economy

  1. Overall Trends
  2. Structural Change in the Economy
  3. The Rise of Tertiary Sector: Composition, Causes and Prospects
  4. Medium and Long-Term Growth Prospects of the Economy

3 Demographic Transition and Its Implications

  1. The Theory of Demographic Transition
  2. Demographic Profile of India
  3. Population Growth and Development
  4. Population Policy
  5. Demographic Change and Economic Growth
  6. Demographic Dividend and Policy Interventions
  7. Capturing Indiaโ€™s Demographic Dividend

4 Natural Resources

  1. Knowledge of Natural Resources
  2. Land and Soils
  3. Issue of Land Acquisition
  4. Need for a Comprehensive Land-Use Policy
  5. Soils
  6. Cropping Pattern in India
  7. Future Cropping Pattern in India
  8. Water Resources
  9. Water Issues and Solutions
  10. National Law on Water
  11. Biodiversity
  12. Forest Resources
  13. Present Position
  14. National Forest Policy
  15. Mineral Resources
  16. Features of Minerals
  17. New Mineral Policy, 2008
  18. Acquiring Mineral Sources Abroad
  19. Allocation of Natural Resources
  20. Environment and Economic Development
  21. Environmental Protection in India
  22. National Environment Policy, 2006 (NEP)

5 Physical and Social Infrastructure

  1. Infrastructure in India
  2. Privatisation and Commercialisation of Infrastructure
  3. Physical Infrastructure: Growth and Policy Issues
  4. Social Infrastructure: Growth and Policy Issues
  5. Infrastructure: Challenges and Way Ahead

6 State and Market- Indian Context

  1. State and Market
  2. State and Government
  3. Market: Meaning and Forms
  4. Premises of Market
  5. State Intervention in Market: Instruments and Institutions
  6. State Intervention in Market for Efficiency
  7. State Intervention in Market to Promote Equity
  8. State Intervention in Market and Indian Constitution
  9. State Intervention and State Interference

7 Economic Reforms in India

  1. Economic Reforms: Meaning and Nature
  2. India’s Path to Economic Transformation
  3. Onset of Current Economic Reforms
  4. Reforms for Macroeconomic Stabilisation
  5. Reforms for Microeconomic Structural Adjustment
  6. Generations and Waves of Economic Reforms

8 Major Developments in Post Economic Reform Period

  1. Privatisation and Restructuring of Public Sector
  2. Difference between Disinvestment and Privatisation
  3. Need for Privatisation
  4. Disinvestment in India
  5. Problems Related to Disinvestment Process/Modes
  6. Conditions Required for Success of Privatisation Policy
  7. Public Private Partnership (PPP)
  8. PPP Models in India
  9. Government Incentives for PPPs
  10. Challenges of PPP
  11. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC)
  12. Concept and Importance of IBC
  13. Objectives of IBC
  14. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code Ecosystem
  15. Salient Features of IBC
  16. Working of IBC

9 Inflation and Monetary Policy

  1. Money
  2. Inflation
  3. Money and Prices
  4. Monetary Policy in India
  5. Inflation Targeting Framework

10 Capital Market and Its Regulations

  1. Role, Significance and Function of Capital Market
  2. Stock Market Development in India
  3. Structure and Performance of Indian Stock Market
  4. Equity Derivatives in India
  5. Currency Derivative Market in India
  6. Long-Term Government Bond and Corporate Debt Market in India

11 Fiscal Policy and Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act

  1. Theoretical Analysis: IS-LM Framework
  2. Implications of IS-LM Framework for Fiscal Policy
  3. Concept of Fiscal Policy
  4. Fiscal Policy in India
  5. The FRBM Act
  6. The Global Financial Crises and the Fiscal Policy
  7. Goods and Services Tax (GST)

12 Major Development on Union State Relations

  1. Meaning of and Rationale for Federal Structure
  2. Pillars of Federal Finance
  3. Institutions of Federalism in India
  4. The 14th and 15th Finance Commissions
  5. Trends and Issues in Fiscal Federalism in India

13 Agriculture- Issues, Concerns, Policy and Programmatic Initiatives

  1. Introduction: Role and Relevance of Agriculture in the Indian Economy
  2. Agriculture Production and Productivity after Independence
  3. Causes for Stagnation in Agriculture Growth in India
  4. Transformation of Indian Agriculture: Strategies for Development (1951-2002)
  5. Transformation of Indian Agriculture: Strategies for Development (2002-2014)
  6. Transformation of Indian Agriculture through an Umbrella Programme of Doubling of Farmersโ€™ Income (DFI) from 2015 to 2022
  7. Relevance of Non-Agricultural Activities in Doubling of Farmersโ€™ Income

14 Large Scale Industries in India- Issues and Policy

  1. Industrialisation and Economic Development
  2. Growth Strategy in India
  3. Review of Industrial Licensing in India
  4. Critical Issues before Industrial Sector
  5. Approach to a New Industrial Policy

15 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)- Issues and Policy

  1. What are Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)?
  2. Significance of MSMEs in the Indian Economy
  3. Comparison of the MSME Sector with the Overall Industrial Sector
  4. Issues and Challenges Faced by the MSME Sector
  5. Impact of Demonetisation and GST on the MSME Sector
  6. Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the MSME Sector
  7. Policy Initiatives by the Government
  8. Formalisation of MSMEs

16 Services Sector I- Organised Sector-Issues and Policy

  1. What Constitutes the Services Sector?
  2. Service Sector Measurement Issues
  3. Pattern of Growth in Services in India
  4. Factors behind Service Sector Growth
  5. Organised Service Sectors โ€“ Cross Cutting Policy Initiatives and Issues
  6. Sector-specific Policy Initiatives and Issues in Selected Organised Sectors

17 Services Sector II- Informal Sector – Issues and Policy

  1. Informal Service Sector in India: Definition and Characteristics
  2. Size of Informal Service Sector in India
  3. Legal and Regulatory Framework
  4. Informal Service Sector: Issues and Challenges
  5. Policy Implications

18 Trade Policy

  1. International Trade Policy
  2. Instruments of a Trade Policy
  3. International Trade Agreements: A Brief History
  4. Trade Policy of Developing Economies
  5. Trade Policy of India
  6. FDI Policy in India
  7. India and the Changing Nature of World Trade
  8. Regional Agreements relevant for India
  9. Recent Scenario in Indian Trade
  10. Trade Policy of India 2015-2020

19 Foreign Trade and Balance of Payment

  1. Trade and Economic Development
  2. Indiaโ€™s Foreign Trade
  3. Indiaโ€™s Balance of Payments
  4. Indiaโ€™s Balance of Payments โ€“ Recent Trends
  5. External Debt

20 Foreign Capital

  1. Types of Foreign Capital
  2. Foreign Investment in India
  3. Capital Outflows- Overseas Foreign Direct Investment

21 Poverty, Malnutrition and Inclusive Growth- Policy Implications

  1. The Concept of Poverty
  2. Measurement of Poverty
  3. Dimensions of Poverty in India: The Income and Non-Income Dimension
  4. The Concept of Malnutrition
  5. Malnutrition and Poverty: A Comparative Analysis
  6. Inclusive Growth
  7. Inclusive Growth โ€“ Policy Implications

22 Empoyment and Unemployment- Policy Challenges

  1. Enumeration of Workers
  2. Conceptual Framework of Key Employment and Unemployment Indicators
  3. Labour Force and Work Force Participation Rates
  4. Dimensions of Unemployment
  5. Growth of Employment
  6. Quality of Employment
  7. Employment Policy Framework
  8. Report to the People on Employment
  9. Issues of Concerns

23 Social Security Measures in India

  1. Social Security, Social Protection, and Social Protection Floor
  2. Objectives of Social Security
  3. Approaches to Social Security
  4. Social Security Schemes in India
  5. Existing Provisions: Problems and Issues
  6. The Code on Social Security, 2019

24 Regional Disparity in India- Policy Implications

  1. Interpersonal and Regional Disparity: Concept and Theory
  2. Regional Disparity and Domestic Product
  3. Agricultural Development and Regional Disparity
  4. Industrial Development and Regional Disparity
  5. Infrastructural Development and Regional Disparity
  6. Human Development and Regional Disparity
  7. Measures to Remove Regional Disparities
  8. Way Forward

25 Ingredients of Good Governance

  1. Governance
  2. Good Governance
  3. Variants and Versions of Good Governance
  4. Dimensions of Good Governance
  5. Governance in India