Group1 - Syllabus

PAPER-III

MARKS: 150

SECTION-I

PLANNING IN INDIA & INDIAN ECONOMY

1. National and per capita income and human development - Sectoral changes in the Indian Economy(GDP and work force).

2. Indian Planning - Objectives, priorities, specific aims of the recent 5 year plan-- experience and problems. Changes in the role of public-Private Sectors and their shares in the total plan outlay before and after economic reforms.

3. Poverty and unemployment problems-- magnitude and measures initiated to ameliorate them.

4. Monetary policy - Structure of Indian Banking and non-banking financial institutions and reforms in them since the 1990's regulation of credit by RBI.

5. Pattern of revenue, expenditure and public debt and effects on the economy.

SECTION-II

LAND REFORMS & SOCIAL CHANGES IN A.P. AFTER INDEPENDENCE

1. Historical background of land reforms and the change in laws from time to time Intermediaries abolition, tenancy reforms, ceilings on holdings and land issues in A.P.

2. Structure of the Andhra Pradesh economy - its sectoral and regional distribution and the extent of poverty. Agricultural inputs and technology.

3. Demographic features and social backwardness, literacy and occupation structure; changes in the sectoral distribution of income and employment. Socio-political and economic empowerment of women.

4. State finances and budgetary policy tax structure, sharing central taxes, expenditure pattern in revenue and capital account as well as plan and non-plan accounts. Public debt composition - internal and external debt including World Bank loans.

5. Five year plans of AP Outlays, financing public sector plan and resource allocation pattern in the recent 5 year plan.

SECTION - III

ANDHRA PRADESH'S ECONOMY, PRESENT STATUS, ITS STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

1. Growth and structure of industries in AP; Factories, small and tiny sectors, their comparison, growth, weaknesses and problems.

2. Structure of agricultural outputs. Administrated prices including support and procurement prices - Public Distribution System in Andhra Pradesh.

3. Regional disparities in income, industrial output, rainfall, irrigation, health and education in AP.

4. Institutional and non-institutional sources of rural credit in AP - structure and growth - cooperatives and their share in total credit - adequacy and problems.

5. Service Sector of AP Importance, composition and growth with special reference to transport and communication, tourism and information technology.