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    DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

    DELHI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS


    UNIVERSITY OF DELHI

    Minutes of Meeting

    Subject : B.A. Programme Fifth Semester


    Course : 05 - Economic Development and Policy in India I
    Date of Meeting : 9 May 2017
    Venue : Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics
    University of Delhi, Delhi – 110 007
    Chair : Prof. J.V. Meenakshi

    Attended by:

    Sr. No. Name of the Teacher College


    1 Kamlesh Aggarwal Shyama Prasad Mukherjee College
    2 Himanni Choudhary Lady Shri Ram College
    3 Padma Suresh Sri Venkateswara College
    4 Deepti Sethi Janki Devi Memorial College
    5 Gurpreet Kaur Mata Sundri College
    6 Abdul Rasheed CK Hindu College
    7 Saumya Shukla Maharaja Agrasen College
    8 Amit Kumar Indraprastha College

    Course Description
    This course reviews major trends in aggregate economic indicators in India and places these against
    the backdrop of major policy debates in India in the post-independence period.

    Course Outline

    1. Issues in Growth, Development and Sustainability


    Todaro and Smith, Ch 1, 2; Dreze and Sen Chs. 2 & 3.
    2. Factors in Development
    Capital formation (physical and human); technology; institutions. Todaro and Smith, Ch 1, 2,
    Kapila (2015), Ch 6.
    3. Population and Economic Development
    Demographic trends; urbanization. Kapila (2015), Ch 6, 7*.
    4. Employment
    Occupational structure in the organized and unorganized sectors; open, under and disguised
    unemployment (rural and urban); employment schemes and their impact. Kapila (2015), Ch 19.

    1
    5. Indian Development Experience
    Critical evaluation of growth, inequality, poverty and competitiveness, pre and post reform era;
    Kapila (2015), Ch 3, 15.
    Savings and investment; Kapila (2015), Ch 11, 12.
    Mobilisation of internal and external finance; Kapila (2009), Ch 8.
    Monetary and fiscal policies; Kapila (2015), Ch 5.
    Centre-state financial relations; 14th Finance Commission Report*
    M. Govinda Rao (2005),
    Y.V. Reddy (2015), Sections I to 9.
    Starred chapters (*) are optional and advanced reading material.

    For the 100 marks paper, there would be

    - 75 marks : University Exam (Any 5 out of 8 questions)


    - 25 marks : Internal Assessment (5 marks are for attendance and
    20 marks for two class tests of 10 marks each)

    Readings

    1. Michael P. Todaro and Stephen Smith: Economic Development, Pearson, 11th edition (2011).
    2. Dreze & Sen (2013): An Uncertain Glory.
    3. Uma Kapila: India Economy Since Independence, Academic Foundation, 26th edition (2015).
    4. Uma Kapila: Economic Development and Policy in India, 2009.
    5. United Nations Development Programme: Human Development Report 2010, Palgrave
    Macmillan (2010).
    6. M. Govinda Rao (2005), “Changing Contours of Federal Fiscal Arrangements in India” in
    Amaresh Bagchi, editor, Readings in Public Finance, Oxford University Press.
    7. Y.V. Reddy (2015), Fourteenth Finance Commisison: Continuity, Change and Way Forward”
    Economic and Political Weekly, 50(21), pp. 27-36.
    8. Government of India: Economic Survey (latest).
    9. Government of India: Finance Commission Report (latest).

    NOTE: Examination questions will be based on the above readings only.

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