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Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Emerging Issues in Rural Area Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

Syllabus for Emerging Issues in Rural Area

Major · Rural Studies · Semester 5 · TY BA · 4 credits · 100 marks · 60 hours

Part of this reading list is printed in Devanagari, which the University's own PDF does not release as reliable text. Those entries are not set here; they are in the document above, as she printed them. The University sets this paper under Scheme III only, so your college may not run it.

Module 1: Decline of Co-Operative Sector

  • 1 Concept of Co-operation
  • 2 Importance of Co-operative sector
  • 3 Types of Co-operative societies
  • 4 Causes of Decline of Cooperative Sector
  • 5 Remedial Measures on it

Module 2: Water Pollution

  • 1 Concept of Water pollution
  • 2 Causes of water pollution
  • 3 Consequences of water pollution
  • 4 Remedial measures to control of water pollution

Module 3: Land Pollution

  • 1 Concept of land pollution
  • 2 Causes of land pollution
  • 3 Consequence of land pollution
  • 4 Remedial measures of land pollution

Module 4: Pressure of Population on Agricultural Land

  • 1 Concept and types of Unemployment
  • 2 Causes of Sub-Division and Fragmentation of Land
  • 3 Consequences of Sub-Division and Fragmentation of Land
  • 4 Types and causes of Migration
  • 5 Remedial measures on Migration

Text Books

  • 1 Population and Poverty in Developing WorldMaunibal Singh2002.
  • 2 The Economy of Maharashtra, Changing Structure and Emerging Issues Dr. B. L. Mungekar, Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Social and Economic Change, Mumbai.
  • 3 Soil Pollution and Soil Organism, P. C. Mishra, APH Publishing Corporation, New Delhi 110002- Ph-011- 23274050.
  • 4 Agriculture and Soil Pollution, James V Livingston, Nova Science Publishers I

Reference Books

  • 1 Agriculture and Rural Development (A Gandhian Perspectives) Dr. K. Venkata Reddy. Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai.
  • 2 Migration and Economy- Global and Local Dynamics- Edt. Lillian Targer.
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