B.A. LL.B. (Five Years) Economics Major-4: Economic Development of India Syllabus - KSLU 2026

• Economic
• Major-4: Economic Development of India

Objectives:

• 1. To make the students know about the basic structure of Indian Economy.
• 2. To enable students to understand the various problems confronting the Indian Economy.
• 3. To make the students to be aware of various Policy Measures of the government.

Unit 1: Introduction to Indian Economy

• i) Features of developing economies with Special reference to India.
• ii) Demographic Features of Indian Economy
• a) Size and growth rate of population
• b)Density of population
• c) Rural and Urban distribution of population
• d)Age and sex Composition of population
• iii) Poverty and Unemployment in India- Meaning, Extent and Causes and Poverty alleviation and employment generation programmes in India.
• iv) Planning in India- Objectives, achievements and failures.

Unit 2 : Indian Agriculture

• i) Low agricultural Productivity -Causes and measures of raising it.
• ii) Land Reforms Legislation.
• iii) Green Revolution
• iv) Agricultural Marketing in India- Methods,Defects and government measures of improvement
• v) Irrigation Development in India
• vi) Sources of Agricultural Finance

Unit 3: Indian Industry

• i) Need for industrialization
• ii) Industrial Policy- Brief history and industrial policy of 1956 and 1991.
• iii) Small scale and Cottage industries of India- Importance, Problems and government measures
• iv) MNCS -Role and Problems
• v) Trade Union movement
• vi) Industrial Disputes- Causes and methods of settlement

Unit 4 : Banking and Foreign Trade:

• i) Nationalisation of Commercial Banks -Objectives and Performance
• ii) Monetary Policy of RBI -A Review
• iii) Banking Sector Reforms in India
• iv) Volume, Composition and Direction of India's foreign trade.
• v) Disequilibrium in B.O.P. of India - Causes and Corrective measures
• vi) EXIM Policy.

Unit 5: Government Finance and Economic Reforms

• i) Sources of Central Government Revenue and Heads of expenditure
• ii) Public debt
• iii) New Economic policy (LPG) - An Assessment.

References :

• 1. R.Dutt and KPM Sundaram(2007) Indian Economy: S Chand and Coy, New Delhi.
• 2. S.K. Mishra and U.K.Puri (2006) Indian Economy Himalaya, Publishing House, Mumbai.
• 3. I.C. Dhingra(2006) Indian Economy:S.Chand and Coy, New Delhi.
• 4. Dhingra I.C. (2002) Indian Economy, S. Chand, New Delhi.
• 5. Agarwal, A.N. Indian Economy Problems of Development and Planning, New AgeInternationalPublishers, New Delhi,Twenty Third Editions 2007.
• 6. Myneni, S.R. Indian Economics for Law Students Allahabad Law Agency, Faridabad, FirstEdition, 2006.
• 7. Sury, M.M. (Ed) Economic Planning In India Tax Publishers, New Delhi 2006.
• 8. Misra, S.K. and V.K. Puri Indian Economy, Its Development Experience, Himalaya PublishingHouse,Mumbai 2007.