Semester-IV

Core Course 4 (CC 4) BA/BSc (General) / Generic Elective Course IV (GE-IV) for BA/BSc Honours students [other than students having Economics (Honours)]:

ECO-G-CC-4-4-TH / ECO--GE-4-4-TH

1. Macroeconomic Policies and their Impact

- - - - Fiscal Policy; trade and investment policy; financial and monetary policies; labour regulation.

2. Policies and Performance in Agriculture

Growth; productivity; agrarian structure and technology; capital formation; trade; pricing and procurement.

3. Policies and Performance in Industry

Growth; productivity; diversification; small scale industries; public sector; competition policy; foreign investment

4. Policies and Performance of Indian Foreign Trade

India‘s foreign trade: change in volume and direction of India‘s foreign trade in the post-liberalization period; Balance of Payments position of India in recent years; India‘s export and import policies.

[For Semester IV or Semester VI]

ECO-G-SEC-4-1B-TH/ECO-G-SEC-6-2B-TH

1. Tabular and Graphical representation of Statistical Data

Tabular representation of data for analysis
Graphical representation of data-use of line diagram, bar chart, divided bar chart, pie chart etc.
Frequency distribution table: uses and implications
Pictorial descriptions of frequency table: frequency polygon, histogram, ogive etc.

2. Basic Descriptive Statistics and its role in Data Analysis

Measures of Central Tendency-Concept of arithmetic mean, geometric mean and harmonic mean-their uses (explicit mathematical proof of the properties of different types mean are not required).The concept of median and mode-their uses in analyzing economic data. Comparison of mean, median and mode as measures of central tendency
Measures of dispersion: range, mean deviation, standard deviation and quartile deviation. Properties of various measures and their implications (explicit proof of properties is not required). Comparison of various measures of dispersion. Significance of the concept of coefficient of variation. Use of range, standard deviation and coefficient of variation in measuring income inequality. Basic concept of Gini coefficient and Lorenz curve.
Introductory ideas of correlation and regression analysis.

3. Elements of Report writing

Locating the basic issues- theme based literature survey and motivation behind any study- objectives of the study-development of writing skills
Methodological issues: Use of tables and graphs. Use of various measures of central tendency and dispersion in analyzing the results.
Insertion of footnotes or end notes.
Preparation of Bibliography

ECO-G-SEC-4-1B-TH/ECO-G-SEC-6-2B-TH

[For Semester IV or Semester VI]

1. Basic issues of Entrepreneurship and Economic Development

Basic features of Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship and its linkages with economic development
Growth of entrepreneurship in India—Role of Entrepreneurship in Economic Development.
Planning Commission‘s guidelines for formulating a project report by an entrepreneur
Problem of Rural entrepreneurship in India

2. Financial resources for new ventures of an entrepreneur

Sources of finance---capital structure.
Institutional support to enterprises—national small industries board – state small industries development corporation--- district industries center--- industrial estates-Indian experience

3. Growth strategies in small business

Stages of growth,
Types of growth strategies-Expansion, Diversification, Joint Venture, Merger and Subcontracting

4. Sickness in Small Business