SOCIO ECONOMIC ENVIORNMENT (THEORY

Society, Culture and Institutions

· Family, Kinship and Relationships

· Social Groups and multiplicity

· Cultural diversity in contemporary life                                                                                                                                         

 Social mobility and social change

· Emergent Cultural Stereotypes

· Ethnographic approaches to the study of groups.

· Appreciating cultural plurality, Interconnection between the spheres

· Sociological Studies of Children, Youth and Women the aged: Empirical Problem &

Frameworks

Definition, scope of Economics, Central problems of an economy                                    12Hrs

· Wants – Classification and Characteristics.

· Utility – Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility, Law of Equi-Marginal Utility

Demand – Law of Demand, Elasticity of Demand.

· Engel’s Law of Consumption, consumer’s surplus

· Supply – Law of Supply, Elasticity of Supply, equilibrium of Demand and Supply.

· Factors of Production– land, labour and capital, National Income estimates                                                                                                                              

Types of Markets

· Types & functions of money, value of money – quantity theory, measurement of the

value of money-Index number, inflation

· Types & functions of Banks

· Revenue, Taxation and International trade

Structure of Indian Economy: Changing structure of Indian Economy.

· Constraints on growth: issues of population, income distribution,

poverty,unemployment, inequality and migration, food security.

· Role, importance and organization of Indian Agriculture.

· Role, importance and problems of Indian industries, India's International Business

and Balance of payment problems.

· Resent developmental programmes of the Government of India:Jana Dhana Yojna,

Sarva Siksha Yojana.

· Planning: models, objectives and achievement

· Issues related to health, education, environmental problems and gender