Topics
National Income and Related Aggregates
- Macroeconomics Vs Microeconomics
- Representative Goods and Sectors
- Macroeconomic Agents and Government Role
- Emergence of Macroeconomics
- Context of the Present Book of Macroeconomics
- Meaning of Economic Wealth and Final Goods
- Stocks, Flows, and Depreciation
- Capital Formation, Trade-off & Circular Flow of Income
- Circular Flow of Income and Methods of Calculating National Income
- Output Method/Product Method
- Expenditure Method
- Income Method
- Factor Cost, Basic Prices and Market Prices
- Some Macroeconomic Identities
- National Disposable Income
- Private Income
- National Income Aggregates
- Real GDP and Nominal GDP
- GDP and Welfare
Introductory Macroeconomics
Introduction
- A Simple Economy
- Central Problems of an Economy
- Concepts of Production Possibility Frontier
- Organisation of Economic Activities
- Positive and Normative Economics
- Macroeconomics Vs Microeconomics
Development Experience (1947-90) and Economic Reforms since 1991
- India's Economy Before Independence
- Low Level of Economic Development Under the Colonial Rule
- Agricultural Sector in India
- Industrial Sector
- Foreign Trade of India
- Demographic Condition
- Occupational Structure
- Infrastructure
- Post-Independence Economic Systems and Planning
- Five Year Plans (FYP)
- Agriculture
- Industry and Trade
- Trade Policy: Import Substitution
- The 1991 Economic Crisis and Reforms
- Background of the New Economic Policy
- Liberalisation
- Privatisation
- Globalisation
- World Trade Organisation (WTO)
- Impact of the Economic Reforms
Theory of Consumer Behaviour
- Consumer Behaviour: The Problem of Choice
- Basic Concepts of Microeconomics > Utility
- Cardinal Approach (Utility Analysis)
- Derivation of Demand Curve in the Case of a Single Commodity
- Ordinal Utility Analysis/Indifference Curve Analysis
Indian Economic Development
Current Challenges Facing Indian Economy
- Concept of Human Capital
- Sources of Human Capital
- Human Capital and Economic Growth
- Human Capital and Human Development
- State of Human Capital Formation in India
- Growth of Education Sector in India
- Challenges and Future Prospects in Education
- Rural Development in India
- Credit and Marketing in Rural Areas
- Agricultural Market System
- Diversification into Productive Activities
- Sustainable Development and Organic Farming
- The Nature and Importance of Work in Society
- Workers and Employment
- Participation of People in Employment
- Self-employed and Hired Workers
- Employment in Firms, Factories and Offices
- Growth and Changing Structure of Employment
- Informalisation of Indian Workforce
- Concept of Unemployment
- Government and Employment Generation
- Environment and Sustainable Development in India
- State of India’s Environment
- Concept of Sustainable Development
- Strategies for Sustainable Development
Money and Banking
- Concept of Money
- Functions of Money
- Demand for Money and Supply of Money
- Money Creation by Banking System
- Limits to Credit Creation and Money Multiplier
- Policy Tools To Control Money Supply
- Demand and Supply for Money : A Detailed Discussion
- The Transaction Motive
- The Speculative Motive
- Various Measures of Supply of Money
- Narrow and Broad Money
- Demonetisation
Development Experience of India – a Comparison with Neighbours
Introductory Microeconomics
Production and Costs
- Production Function
- Basics of Production Theory
- Variation of Output in the Short-Run Returns to a Factor
- Relation Between Total, Average and Marginal Product
- Law of Variable Proportions
- Average and Marginal Physical Products
- Changes in Production
- Cost - Fixed Cost
- Cost -variable Cost
- Behaviour of Cost in the Short - Run
- Relationship Between Average Variable Cost and Average Total Cost and Marginal Cost
- Concept of Opportunity Cost
- Marginal Revenue
- Producer's Equilibrium
- Law of Supply
- Market Supply Schedule
- Distinguish between Stock and Supply
- Determinants of Supply
- Movements Along and Shifts in Supply Curve
- Measurement of Elasticity of Supply > Percentage Method
- Methods of Measurement of National Income
- Cost Concepts > Marginal Cost
- The Law of Diminishing Marginal Product
- Shapes of Product Curves
- Costs in Long Run Period
- Returns to Scale
Determination of Income and Employment
- Aggregate Demand and Its Components
- Consumption
- Investment
- Determination of Income in Two-sector Model
- Determination of Equilibrium Income in the Short Run
- Macroeconomic Equilibrium with Price Level Fixed
- Effect of an Autonomous Change in Aggregate Demand on Income and Output
- The Multiplier Mechanism
- Paradox of Thrift
- Equilibrium Output and Employment
The Theory of the Firm Under Perfect Competition
- Concept of Market
- Market Equilibrium
- Determination of Market Equilibrium
- Effects of Changes (Shifts) in Demand on Equilibrium Price and Equilibrium Quantity
- Perfect Competition
- Imperfect Competition
- Classification of Market Structure
- Oligopoly
- Market Forms - Perfect Oligopoly
- Market Forms - Imperfect Oligopoly
- Equilibrium Price
- Applications of Tools of Demand and Supply Price Control
- Price Ceiling
- Price Floor
- Revenue Concepts
- Profit Maximisation Objective
- Determinants of a Firm’s Supply Curve
- Market Supply Schedule
- Price Elasticity of Supply
Government Budget and the Economy
Balance of Payments
- Open Economy and Its Linkages
- Concept of Balance of Payments
- Current Account
- Capital Account
- Balance of Payments Surplus and Deficit
- Foreign Exchange Market
- Foreign Exchange Rate
- Determination of the Exchange Rate
- Merits and Demerits of Flexible and Fixed Exchange Rate Systems
- Managed Floating Exchange Rate System
Market Equilibrium
- Simple Monopoly in the Commodity Market
- Other Non - Perfectly Competitive Markets
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GDP Size (PPP)
- China’s GDP (PPP) is 35 trillion (second largest in the world).
- India’s GDP (PPP) is 15 trillion.
- Pakistan’s GDP is 1.5 trillion (about 10% of India’s GDP).
- India’s GDP is about 42% of China’s GDP.
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GDP Growth Rates
Annual Growth of Gross Domestic Product (%), 1980–2024
| Country | 1980–90 | 2015–2017 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 5.7 | 7.3 | 6.5 |
| China | 10.3 | 6.8 | 5.0 |
| Pakistan | 6.3 | 5.3 | 3.1 |
- 1980s: China near double-digit growth; Pakistan ahead of India; India at bottom.
- 2015–17 and 2024: growth declined in China and Pakistan; India showed moderate increase.
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Agriculture and Land Use
- China and Pakistan: higher urban population than India.
- China: only about 10% land cultivable; cultivable area ≈ 40% of India’s.
- Until 1980s: over 80% of China’s people depended on farming.
- Government later promoted shift to handicrafts, commerce and transport.
Sectoral GVA and Workforce, 2022
Sectoral Share of Employment and GDP (%) in 2022
| Sector | Contribution to GVA – India | China | Pakistan | Distribution of Workforce – India | China | Pakistan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | 18 | 8 | 24 | 43 | 23 | 36 |
| Industry | 28 | 38 | 21 | 26 | 32 | 26 |
| Services | 54 | 54 | 55 | 31 | 45 | 38 |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
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Agriculture GVA: 16–24% in India and Pakistan; workforce share higher in India (46%) than Pakistan (37%).
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Industry: Pakistan 24% workforce, 19% GVA; India 25% workforce, 29% GDP; China 32% workforce, 39% GDP.
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Services: highest GDP share in all three countries.
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Structural Change and Services
- Normal pattern: shift from agriculture to industry to services; visible in China.
- India and Pakistan: low industry workforce (around 25%); direct shift from agriculture to services.
- 1980s service employment (%): India 17, China 12, Pakistan 27.
- 2019 service employment (%): India 29, China 45, Pakistan 38.
- Service sector is emerging as a major contributor to GDP and employment.
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Sectoral Output Growth
Trends in Output Growth in Different Sectors, 1980–2018
| Country | 1980–90 – Agriculture | Industry | Service | 2014–18 – Agriculture | Industry | Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 3.1 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 3.1 | 6.9 | 7.6 |
| China | 5.9 | 10.8 | 13.5 | 3.1 | 5.3 | 7.1 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 1.7 | 4.8 | 5.0 |
- Agriculture growth has declined in all three countries.
- China’s industry: near double-digit growth in 1980s, declined later; India and Pakistan’s industry growth also declined.
- China’s service growth remained strong; India’s service output grew positively and increasingly.
- China’s growth comes from manufacturing and services; India’s mainly from services; Pakistan shows deceleration in all sectors.
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Key Points: Gross Domestic Product and Sectors
- China’s GDP is 35 trillion, India’s 15 trillion, Pakistan’s 1.5 trillion.
- In the 1980s, China led in GDP growth; Pakistan was ahead of India; later India’s growth improved while China and Pakistan’s declined.
- China has limited cultivable land but shifted workforce from agriculture to other sectors.
- India and Pakistan keep high agricultural employment despite lower agriculture share in GVA; industry and services are more productive.
- Service sector now contributes the highest share of GDP and employment growth in all three countries.
- Agriculture and industry growth rates have fallen, with China and India driven by services and Pakistan slowing in all sectors.
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What are the various means by which countries are trying to strengthen their own domestic economies?
On the basis of the data given below, identify the incorrect statement in terms of annual growth of GDP (%): (Choose the correct alternative)
| Annual Growth of Gross Domestic Product (%) 1980-2017 | ||
| Country | 1980-90 | 2015-2017 |
| India | 5.7 | 7.3 |
| China | 10.3 | 6.8 |
| Pakistan | 6.3 | 5.3 |
