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Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education Syllabus 2025-26 Class 11: The Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education Class 11 Economics Syllabus for the examination year 2025-26 has been released by the Tamil Nadu Board, Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education. The board will hold the final examination at the end of the year following the annual assessment scheme, which has led to the release of the syllabus. The 2025-26 Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education Class 11 Economics Board Exam will entirely be based on the most recent syllabus. Therefore, students must thoroughly understand the new Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education syllabus to prepare for their annual exam properly.
The detailed Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education Class 11 Economics Syllabus for 2025-26 is below.
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Syllabus
1 Introduction to Micro Economics
- Nature of Economics
- Kautilya's Views on Economics
- Wealth Definition: Adam Smith
- Welfare Definition: Alfred Marshall
- Scarcity Definition: Lionel Robbins
- Growth Definition: Samuelson
- Scope of Economics
- Economics: Its Subject-Matter
- Economics is an Art and a Science
- Economics as an Art
- Economics as a Science
- Economics: Positive Science and Normative Science
- Positive Economics
- Normative Economics
- Economics: Its Method, Facts, Theories and Laws
- Methods of Economics: Deduction and Induction
- Deductive Method of Economic Analysis
- Inductive Method of Economic Analysis
- Economics: Facts, Theories
- Nature of Economic Laws
- Economics: Its Sub Divisions
- Consumption
- Production
- Exchange
- Distribution
- Branches of Economics
- Introduction
- Types of Economics: Flowchart
- Important Economist: Ragnar Frisch
- Real-Life Example
- Key Point Summary
- Basic Economic Problems
- What and how much to produce?
- How to Produce?
- For whom to produce?
- Production Possibility Curve
- Production possibilities schedule
- Food production
- Uses of production possibility curve
2 Consumption Analysis
- Consumption Analysis
- Characteristics of Human Wants
- Wants are unlimited
- Wants become habits
- Wants are Satiable
- Wants are Alternative
- Wants are Competitive
- Wants are Complementary
- Wants are Recurring
- Classification of Goods
- Necessaries
- Comforts
- Luxuries
- Cardinal Approach (Utility Analysis)
- Introduction
- Key Concepts
- Consumer Equilibrium
- Real-Life Application
- Key Point Summary
- Law of Equi-Marginal Utility
- Introduction
- Explanation
- Assumptions
- Utility Table
- Steps in Consumer Decision-Making
- Stepwise Example: Spending on Mangoes and Oranges
- Diagram-Based Explanation
- The Law in Modern Terms ("Law of Proportionality")
- Key Point Summary
- Consumer’s Surplus
- Definition
- Assumptions
- Explanation
- Criticisms
- Law of Demand
- Introduction
- Statement
- Formula: Law of Demand
- Definition: Law of Demand
- Assumptions
- Tabular Representation
- Demand Curve
- Key Point Summary
- Concept of Elasticity of Demand
- Introduction
- Definition: Elasticity of Demand
- Elasticity Types
- Key Points: Concept of Elasticity of Demand
- Ordinal Utility Analysis/Indifference Curve Analysis
- Introduction: Ordinal Utility
- Definition: Indifference Curve Analysis
- Origin
- Indifference Schedule
- Indifference Curve
- Indifference Map
- Marginal Rate of Substitution (MRS)
- Assumptions
- Real-Life Application
- Key Point Summary
- Diminishing Marginal Rate of Substitution
- Properties of Indifference Curves
- Introduction
- Key Properties
- Price Line or Budget Line
- Introduction with Analogy
- Definition: Budget Line
- Example Table
- Graphical Representation
- Formula: Budget Line
- Properties of Budget Line
- Shifts in Budget Line
- Consumer's Equilibrium (Using Indifference Curve)
- Key Point Summary
- Consumer's Equilibrium
- Meaning of Consumer's Equilibrium
3 Production Analysis
- Production Analysis
- Features of the Factors of Production
- Land
- Labour
- Capital
- Organization
- Production Function
- Meaning of Production Function
- Algebraic form of production function
- Important Points
- Short-run and Long-run (time concepts)
- Types of Production Functions
- Table: Short run vs Long run
- Table: Returns to a factor vs Returns to scale
- Economist's Corner: Tjalling Koopmans
- Key Points: Production Function
- Law of Variable Proportions
- Meaning
- Definition: Law of Variable Proportions
- Statement of the Law of Variable Proportions
- Assumptions
- Important Terms
- Table: Example (Applied to Agriculture)
- Stages of the Law
- Real-Life Application
- Key Points: Law of Variable Proportions
- Laws of Returns to Scale
- Assumptions
- Three Phases of Returns to Scale
- Diagrammatic Illustration
- Economies of Scale
- Introduction
- Internal Economies
- Types of Internal Economies
- External Economies
- Types of External Economies
- Relationship between Internal and External Economies
- Key Points: Economies of Scale
- Diseconomies of Scale
- Introduction
- Internal Diseconomies
- External Diseconomies
- Real-Life Application
- Key Points: Diseconomies of Scale
- Iso-quants
- Definition of Iso-quant
- Iso-quants are based on the assumptions
- Iso-quant Schedule
- Iso-quant Curve
- Iso-quant Map
- Properties of Iso-quant Curve
- The Iso-cost Line
- Producer's Equilibrium
- Meaning of a producer
- Meaning of producer's equilibrium
- Conditions of producer's equilibrium
- Producer's equilibrium
- Key Points: Producer's Equilibrium
- Cobb-Douglas Production Function
- Law of Supply
- Introduction
- Definition: Law of Supply
- Main Points
- Supply Schedule
- Statement of the Law of Supply
- Supply Curve
- Assumptions
- Exceptions
- Real-Life Application
- Key Points: Law of Supply
4 Cost and Revenue Analysis
- Introduction to Cost and Revenue Analysis
- Cost Analysis
- Revenue Analysis
- Revenue Concepts
- Relationship between AR and MR Curves
- Relationship among TR, AR and MR Curves
- TR, AR, MR and Elasticity of Demand
- Cost Concepts > Total Costs
- Introduction
- Definition: Total Cost
- Formula: Total Cost
- Definition: Fixed Cost
- Fixed Costs
- Definition: Variable Cost
- Variable Costs
- Relationship Between Costs
- Key Points: Cost Concepts > Total Costs
- Behaviour of Cost in the Short - Run
- Concept and Importance
- Types of Cost Functions
- Fixed vs. Variable Costs
- Real-Life Application
- Key Points: Behaviour of Cost in the Short - Run
5 Market Structure and Pricing
- Introduction to Market Structure and Pricing
- Concept of Market
- Introduction
- Definition: Market
- Essential Market Conditions
- Types of definition of market
- Features of a market
- Real-Life Application
- Key Points: Concept of Market
- Classification of Market > Based on Place
- Equilibrium Conditions for a Firm
- Total curve approach
- Marginal curve Approach
- Classification of Market > Based on Competition
- Perfect Competition
- Introduction
- Definitions: Perfect Competition
- Features
- Pure competition vs perfect competition
- Assumptions
- Key Points: Perfect Competition
- Perfect Competition
- Imperfect Competition
- Introduction
- Definition: Imperfect Competition
- Economist's contribution
- Conditions leading to imperfect competition
- Real-Life Application
- Key Points: Imperfect Competition
- Monopoly
- Meaning
- Definitions: Monopoly
- Features
- Types
- Price discrimination under monopoly
- Nature of demand and revenue under monopoly
- Costs under monopoly
- Key Points: Monopoly
- Monopolistic Competition
- Introduction
- Definition: Monopolistic competition
- Main Features
- Edward Hastings Chamberlin
- Nature of Demand and Cost Curves
- Real-Life Application
- Key Points: Monopolistic Competition
- Oligopoly
- Meaning of Oligopoly
- Definitions: Oligopoly
- Features
- Types
- Classification
- Indeterminacy of Price and Output under Oligopoly
- Reasons for Indeterminate Price and Output
- Real-Life Application
- Key Points: Oligopoly
- Classification of Market Structure
- Duopoly
- Meaning of Duopoly
- Definition: Duopoly
- Core Idea: Interdependence
- Characteristics of Duopoly
- Real-Life Application
- Key Points: Duopoly
- Duopoly
- Comparison Among the Features of Various Markets
6 Distribution Analysis
- Introduction to Distribution Analysis
- Meaning of Distribution
- Kinds of Distribution of Income
- Personal Distribution
- Functional Distribution
- Marginal Productivity Theory of Distribution
- Introduction
- Assumptions
- Explanation of the Theory
- Marginal Product
- Statement of the Theory
- Marginal Productivity under Perfect Competition
- Marginal Productivity Theory under Imperfect Competition
- Rent
- Meaning
- Ricardian Theory of Rent
- Assumptions
- Statement of the Theory with Illustration
- Diagrammatic Explanation
- Quasi-Rent
- Distinction between “Rent” and “Quasi-Rent”
- The Modern Theory of Rent / Demand & Supply Theory of Rent
- Wages
- Meaning
- Kinds of Wages
- Theories of Wages
- Subsistence Theory of Wages
- Standard of Living Theory of Wages
- Wage Fund Theory of Wages
- Residual Claimant Theory of Wage
- Marginal Productivity Theory of Wage
- Interest
- Meaning
- Features
- Kinds of Interest
- Gross Interest
- Net Interest
- Theories of Interest
- Abstinence Theory or Waiting Theory
- Agio Theory of Interest/The Psychological Theory ofInterest/Time Preference Theory
- Loanable Funds Theory/The Neo Classical Theory
- Demand for Loanable Funds
- Supply of Loanable Funds
- Equilibrium
- Supply of and Demand for Loanable Funds
- Keynes’ Liquidity Preference Theory of Interest or The Monetary Theory of Interest
- Meaning of Liquidity Preference
- Motives of Demand for Money
- Determination of Rate of Interest
- Equilibrium between Demand and Supply of Money
- Profit
- Meaning of Profit
- Kinds of Profit
- Concepts of Profit
- Theories of Profit
- Dynamic Theory of Profit
- Innovation Theory of Profit
- Risk Bearing Theory of Profit
- Uncertainty Bearing Theory of Profit
- Insurable Risks
- Non-Insurable Risks
7 Indian Economy
- Meaning of Growth and Development
- Indian Economy
- Features of Indian Economy
- Strengths of Indian Economy
- Weakness of Indian Economy
- Demographic trends in India
- Natural Resources
- Introduction
- Proportion of Land and Water on Earth
- Causes of Depletion of Natural Resources
- Impact of Depletion of Natural Resources
- Steps to Prevent Depletion of Resources
- Infrastructure
- Meaning and Types of Infrastructure
- Conclusion
- Economic Infrastructure of India
- Transport
- Energy
- Non-renewable energy sources
- Renewable energy sources
- Social Infrastructure of India
- Education
- Health
- Contributions of Indian Economic Thinkers
- Thiruvalluvar
- Factors of Production
- Agriculture
- Public Finance
- Public Expenditure
- External Assistance
- Poverty and Begging
- Wealth
- Welfare State
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Salient Features of Gandhian Economic Thought
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Democracy and Secularism
- Planning
- Democratic Socialism
- B. R. Ambedkar
- J. C. Kumarappa
- Gandhian Economics
8 Indian Economy before and After Independence
- Introduction to Indian Economy before and After Independence
- Indian Economy During the British Period
- Period of Merchant Capital
- Period of Industrial Capital
- Period of Finance Capital
- Decline of Indian Handicrafts
- The Land Tenure Systems in India
- Zamindari System or the Land lord-Tenant System
- Mahalwari System or Communal System of Farming
- Ryotwari System or the Owner-Cultivator System
- Process of Industrial Transition and Colonial Capitalism
- Industrial growth during the 19th century
- Industrial progress during the 20th century
- Problems of British Rule
- Important Industrial Policies Prior to 1991
- Industrial Policy Resolutions 1948
- Industrial Policy Resolution 1956
- Large Scale Industries
- Iron and steel industry
- Jute industry
- Cotton and textile industry
- Sugar industry
- Fertiliser industry
- Paper industry
- Silk industry
- Petroleum and natural gas
- Small Scale Industries
Introduction
Definition
- Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (Msmes)
- Manufacturing Enterprises
- Service Enterprises
- Public Sector and Private Sector Banks
- Public Sector Banks
- Private Sector Banks
- Nationalisation of Banks
- Objectives of Nationalisation
- Five Year Plans (FYP)
- Introduction
- Core Goals of Five-Year Plans
- Plan-wise Overview (1951-2017)
- Real-Life Application
- Key Point Summary
- Development Indicators
- Human Development Index (HDI)
- Physical Quality of Life Index (PQLI)
9 Development Experiences in India
- Introduction to Development Experiences in India
- Components of New Economic Policy
- Liberalisation
- Meaning
- Definition: Liberalisation
- Measures Taken for Liberalisation
- Liberalisation Process in India
- Features
- Positive Impact
- Negative Impact
- Real-Life Application
- Key Point Summary
- Liberalisation
- Arguments in Favour of LPG
- Arguments Against LPG
- Relative Position of on Indian Economy
- Industrial Sector Reforms
- Important Initiatives by the Government towards Industrial Policy
- Industrial delicensing
- Dereservation of the industrial sector
- Public sector policy (dereservation and reform of PSEs)
- Abolition of MRTP Act
- Foreign investment policy and foreign technology policy
- Impact of LPG on Agricultural Sector Reforms
- Crop Insurance
- Cold Storage
- Post Harvest measures
- Agricultural Produce Market Committee
- Functions of APMC
- Agrarian Crisis after Reforms
- Trade Reforms
- Export and Import Policy
- Salient Features of “EXIM POLICY (2015-2020)”
- Special Economic Zones
- Major Objectives of SEZs
- Main Characteristics of SEZ
- Fiscal Reforms
- Goods and Services Tax (GST)
- Advantages of GST
- Monetary and Financial Sector Reforms
10 Rural Economy
- Introduction to Rural Economy
- Features of Rural Economy
- Village is an Institution
- Dependence on Agriculture
- Life of Rural People
- Population Density
- Employment
- Poverty
- Indebtedness
- Dependency
- Dualism
- Inequality
- Migration
- National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
- Introduction
- Features
- NABARD's Funding Process
- Real-Life Application
- Key Point Summary
- Need for Rural Development
- Problems of Rural Economy
- People Related Problems
- Agriculture Related Problems
- Infrastructural Related Problems:
- Economics related Problems
- Social and Cultural Problems
- Leadership Related Problems
- Administrative Problems
- Types of Poverty
- Definition: Rural Poverty
- Definition: Urban Poverty
- Features
- Effects
- Real-Life Application
- Key Point Summary
- Types of Unemployment
- Rural Unemployment
- Meaning
- Types of Rural Unemployment
- Seasonal Unemployment
- Disguised Unemployment
- Key Features of Rural Unemployment
- Rural Unemployment
- Rural Industries
- Rural Indebtedness
- Features of Rural Indebtedness
- Causes for Rural Indebtedness
- Measures to Remove Rural Indebtedness
- Regional Rural Banks (RRBs)
- Micro Finance
- Self-Help Groups (SHGs)
- Major Features of SHGs
- Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Bank(MUDRA Bank)
- The principal objectives of the MUDRA Bank
- Rural Health, Nutrition and Sanitation
- National Rural Health Mission
- Rural Infrastructure
- Rural Housing
- Rural Market
- Rural Roads
- Rural Electrification
- Requirements for Rural Development
11 Tamil Nadu Economy
- Introduction to Tamil Nadu Economy
- Highlights of Tamil Nadu Economy
- Performance of Tamil Nadu Economy
- Natural Resources
- Introduction
- Proportion of Land and Water on Earth
- Causes of Depletion of Natural Resources
- Impact of Depletion of Natural Resources
- Steps to Prevent Depletion of Resources
- Population
- Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP)
- Sectoral Contribution
- Per capita Income
- Agriculture
- Agricultural Seasons
- Agricultural Work
- Traditional Agriculture
- Land Reforms and Structural Changes in Agriculture
- Green Revolution and Agricultural Self-Sufficiency
- Subsidies and Support for Farmers
- Employment Trends and Sectoral Imbalance
- Energy
- Sources of Energy
- Non-conventional Sources of Energy
- Consumption Pattern of Commercial Energy
- Power/Electricity
- Some Challenges in the Power Sector
- Kinetic energy
- Work–Kinetic Energy Theorem
- Relation between Momentum and Kinetic Energy
- Potential Energy
- Potential energy near the surface of the Earth
- Elastic Potential Energy
- Conservative and non-conservative forces
- Law of conservation of energy
- Motion in a vertical circle
- Concept of Service
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12 Mathematical Methods for Economics
- Introduction to Mathematical Methods for Economics
- Why Study Mathematics?
- Mathematics in Economics
- Uses of Mathematical Methods in Economics
- Functions of Mathematics
- Definition
- Linear Equation
- Application in Economics
- Equilibrium
- Concept of Calculus
- Differential Calculus
- Introduction
- Definition: Differentiation
- Characteristics
- Process: Finding the Derivative
- Significance
- Derivatives
- Example
- Integral Calculus
- Introduction
- Definition: Definite Integral
- Definition: Indefinite Integral
- Characteristics
- Process: Finding the Area Under a General Curve
- Significance
- Basics of Integration
- Example
- Differential Calculus
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