Micro Economics
Unit - 1 Introduction :
Deliration - Nature & Scope of Economics, Methodology in economics - choice as an economics problems. Basic postulater.
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2 Demand and Supply :
Meaning
and laws of Demand & Supply - Concept of prince mechanism. Basic Concepts
of Cardinal & approaches of Consumer's behavior theory. Consumer's Surplus.
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3 Elasticity of Demand :
Meaning
of Elasticity of Demand - Types of Elasticity of demand - importance of
Elasticity of demand - factor affecter of elasticity.
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4 Theory of Production & Cost :
Meaning
of Production Function - Short - run production Function. Law of Diminishing
Return - Different Concept of Costs. (Real Cost, opportunity - cost, and monetary cost.) and
their interrelation.
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5 Market Structure :
Meaning and forms of Markets - its functions & limitation, Characteristics
of perfect competition monopoly and monopolistic competition.
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6 Factor Pricing :
Basic
Concepts of Rent, Wages, Profit & Interest. Basic concept of economic
welfare.
Money, Banking & Public Economics
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1 Basic Concepts :
Money - means, functions and classification : Gresham's law; Role of money in
capitalist, socialist and mixed economies; Monetary standards - Metallic and paper system of note
issue.
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2 Inflation :
Inflation,
deflation and reflation - definition types, causes and effects of inflation of
different sectors of the economic. Demand-puli and cost-push inflation; Measures to control
inflation; Trade off bet- ween inflation and unemployment.
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3 Commercial Banking :
Meaning
and types; Functions of commercial banks; The process of creditcreation -
Purpose and limitations; Labilities and assets of banks; Evolution of commercial banking in
India after Independence; A critical appraisal of the progress of commercial banking after nationalization; Recept
reforms in banking sector in India.
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4 Central Banking :
Functions of a central bank; Quantitative and qualitative methods of credit
control - bank rate policy open market operations, variable reserve ratio and selective methods; Role and
functions of the Reserve Bank of India; Objectives and limitations of monetary policy with special
reference of India
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5 Public Economics :
Meaning
of Public Finance, instruments of Public Finance - Public expenditure taxation
and public debt. Basic Principle of Taxation.
Elementary Economics
Unit - 1 Definition and basic Concept of
economics Variables :
Definition of Economics - Demand - Supply - difference between value and prince,
Utility - private & public goods. Factors of production - Division of labor and specialization.
Unit - 2
Concept of Money :
Various
definition of money - function of money - Value of money - meaning and types of
inflation - effects of inflation meaning and types of Unmet laymen's.
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3 Banking :
Meaning
and type of Banking - Functions of commercial and central Bank - Role and
functions of Rural & Co-operative banks.
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4 Indian economics issues :
(a)
Concept & Causes of Poverty
(b)
Causes of Unemployment
(c)
Causes and effects of population explosion.
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5 Environmental Economics :
Concept
of Environment - importunes ecological - Type pollution - effects of pollution
on society.
