Topics
Introductory Microeconomics
Introduction to Microeconomics
- Microeconomics
- Central Problems of an Economy
- Concepts of Production Possibility Frontier
Consumer Behaviour and Demand
- Consumer's Equilibrium
- Cardinal Approach (Utility Analysis)
- Ordinal Utility Analysis/Indifference Curve Analysis
- Concept of Demand
- Market Demand
- Determinants of Demand
- Demand Schedule
- Demand Curve
- Movement along the Demand Curve and Shift of the Demand Curve
- Concept of Elasticity of Demand
- Types of Elasticity of Demand > Income Elasticity
- Methods of Measuring Price Elasticity of Demand
Introductory Macroeconomics
National Income and Related Aggregates - Basic Concepts and Measurement
- Macroeconomics
- Two Sector Model of Circular Flow of National Income
- Gross and Net Domestic Product at Market Price
- Gross National Product at Market Price
- Net National Product (NNP)
- Circular Flow of Income and Methods of Calculating National Income
- Methods of Measurement of National Income
- Income Method
- Expenditure Method
Indian Economic Development
Determination of Income and Employment
- Concept of Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply
- Aggregate Demand and Its Components
- Consumption
- Aggregate Supply and Its Components
- Propensity to Save
- Important Terms of Employment and Unemployment
- The Concept of Full Employment
- Basic Concepts of Income and Employment
- Investment Multiplier and Its Mechanism
- Problems of Excess Demand and Deficient Demand
- Measures to Correct the Excess Demand and Deficient Demand
Money and Banking
- Concept of Money
- Functions of Money
- Evolution of Money
- Central Bank
- Function of Central Bank - Bank of Issue
- Central Bank Function - Goverment Bank
- Central Bank Function - Banker's Bank
- Central Bank as a Controller of Credit
- Commercial Banks
Government Budget and the Economy
Balance of Payments
Development Experience (1947-90) and Economic Reforms since 1991
Current Challenges Facing the Indian Economy
- Concept of Poverty in India
- Who Are the Poor?
- Identification of Poor People
- The Number of Poor in India
- Causes of Poverty
- Poverty Alleviation Programmes and Their Target Sectors
- National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
- National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
- Introduction to Employment - Growth, Informalisation and Other Issues
- Employment - Informalisation
- Employment - Workforce
- Relevance of Infrastructure
- The State of Infrastructure in India
- Energy
- Health
- Introduction to Environment and Sustainable Development
- Environment - Definition and Functions
Development Experience of India
- Introduction to Comparative Development Experiences of India and Its Neighbours
- Availability of credit
- Change in government spending
