Syllabus for the Exam
 
Unit-I
Indian Economy on the Eve of Independence. Features and Characteristics of Indian Economy since Independence: Agriculture: Importance of Agriculture; Causes of Backwardness and Low productivity; NewAgricultural Strategy, Green Revolution and Critical Evaluation with Special Reference to Environmental Degradation; Land Reforms: Need, Implementation and Evaluation. 
Unit-II
Industry: Problems of Industrial Development; Public and Private Sector; Industrial Policy since 1956 with Special Emphasis on Recent Trends of Liberalization; Role and Problems of Small and Large Scale Industries in the era of Globlisation. Major Large Scale Industries: Iron& Steel, Cotton Textile, Petroleum & I.T. 
Unit-III
Principal Features of Indian Tax Structure. Division of Financial Recourses between Centre and the States. Direction and Composition of Exports and Imports and Changes there in since Economic Reforms; Balance of Payment problems; Critical Evaluation of the Role of MNCs in India.
Unit-IV 
Planning: Importance, Objectives, Strategy and Achievements of Indian Planning; Critical Evaluation of the Latest Five Year Plan (Plan wise details to be excluded); Major Indian Economic Problems: Inflation, Unemployment and Poverty; Introduction to Consumer Education and Consumer Protection (elementary ideas).