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The minutes summarize a meeting of the Department of Economics at Delhi School of Economics regarding revisions to the B.A. (Hons.) Economics curriculum for Semester V. Key decisions included: 1) Internal assessment will include two 10-mark tests and 5 marks for attendance. 2) Exams will require students to answer 5 of 8 questions across topics proportionally representing readings. 3) The revised reading list covers 4 units - Economic Development, Population and Development, Growth and Distribution, and International Comparisons - with updated selected readings for each.

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Economics

The minutes summarize a meeting of the Department of Economics at Delhi School of Economics regarding revisions to the B.A. (Hons.) Economics curriculum for Semester V. Key decisions included: 1) Internal assessment will include two 10-mark tests and 5 marks for attendance. 2) Exams will require students to answer 5 of 8 questions across topics proportionally representing readings. 3) The revised reading list covers 4 units - Economic Development, Population and Development, Growth and Distribution, and International Comparisons - with updated selected readings for each.

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UNIVERSITY OF DELHI

DELHI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS


DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

Minutes of the Meeting

Subject: B.A. (Hons.) Economics, Sem. V (CBCS)


Course: 11 – Indian Economy - I
Date of Meetings: 8th May, 2017
Venue: Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics,
University of Delhi
Chair: Prof. Aditya Bhattacharjea

Attended by:

1 Anjana singh Lady Shri Ram College


2 Manavi Jain IP College
3 Rajni Singh Jesus & Marry College
4 Vibha Aggarwal IP College
5 Poonam Kalra St. Stephen’s
6 Puja Pal Janki Devi Memorial College
7 Ritu Khanna Daulat Ram College
8 D K Das Ramjas College
9 VA Rama Raju Sri Venkateshwara College
10 Bibek Kr. Rajak Dyal Singh
11 Meera Malhan Delhi College of Arts & Commerce
12 Abdul Rahim Ansari Hindu College

Notes:

1. Internal Assessment: There will be two tests of 10 marks each and 5 marks will be
allotted for attendance.
2. Examination Pattern: Students would be required to answer any 5 out of 8 questions.
Distribution of questions should be roughly proportional to the amount of reading
material under each topic.
3. Readings with an asterisk mark are for teachers only.

Topic-wise revised reading list for 2017

UNIT 1: Economic Development since Independence


a. Major features of the Economy at Independence
b. Growth and Development under different policy regimes‐ Goals,
constraints, institution and Policy framework
c. Assessment of Performances‐ Sustainability and regional contrasts
d. Structural change
e. Savings and Investments
Readings:
1. Pulapre Balakrishnan, 2007, “The Recovery of India: Economic Growth in the Nehru
Era”, Economic and Political Weekly, November.
2. Vijay Joshi, 2016, India’s Long Road: The Search for Prosperity, Allen Lane, Gurgaon,
Ch 2.
3. Arvind Subramanian, 2012, “Growth Experience” in K Basu and A Maertens, The New
Oxford Companion to Economics, Oxford University Press, Delhi.
4. Rakesh Mohan, 2014, Pressing the Indian Growth Accelerator: Policy Imperatives, IMF
papers.
5. Jagdish Bhagwati and Arvind Panagariya, 2012, India’s Tryst with Destiny, Collins
Business, Noida, pp. 4‐5, 32‐38.
6. Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen, 2013, India: An Uncertain Glory, Allen Lane, chapters 2,
3 (pp. 72-80)

UNIT 2: Population and Economic Development


a. Demographic trends and issues
b. Education
c. Health and Malnutrition
Readings:
1. David Bloom, 2011, “Population Dynamics in India and Implications for Economic
Growth” PGDA, Harvard School of Public Health Working Paper 65 [excluding section 2
(review of technical literature) but including section 2.1 (Comparing China and India)].
2. Rama Baru et al., 2010, “Inequities in Access to Health Services in India: Caste, Class and
Region”, Economic and Political Weekly, September 18.
3. Vijay Joshi, 2016, India’s Long Road: The Search for Prosperity, Allen Lane, Gurgaon,
Ch 9.
4. Jean Dreze, 2012, ‘Food and Nutrition’ in Basu, K and A. Maertens (ed), The New Oxford
Companion to Economics in India, OUP.
5. J V Meenakshi, 2012, ‘Undernutrition’ in Basu, K and A. Maertens (ed), The New Oxford
Companion to Economics in India, OUP.
Note: The following can be used by teachers as background material for lectures on Education and
Health:
a. *Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen, 2013, India: An Uncertain Glory, Allen Lane, Chapter
5 and 6.
b. *Jagdish Bhagwati and Arvind Panagariya, 2012, India’s Tryst with Destiny, Collins
Business, Noida, Chapter 5.
UNIT 3: Growth and Distribution
a. Trends in poverty, inequality and unemployment
b. Policies for eradicating poverty and generating employment
Readings:
1. Gaurav Datt and M Ravallion, 2010, “Shining for the Poor Too?”Economic and Political
Weekly, February 13, 2010 (econometric discussion of biases in elasticity estimates on p.58
to be de‐emphasized).
2. Executive Summary, Report of the Expert Group to Review the Methodology for
Measurement of Poverty (Rangarajan Committee report), GOI, 2014, pp. 1-5.
3. Ajit Mishra and Indranil Dutta, 2012, “Inequality” in Basu, K and A. Maertens (ed), The
New Oxford Companion to Economics in India, OUP, 2012.
4. J. J. Thomas, 2012, “India’s Labour Market during the 2000s: Surveying the Changes”,
EPW December 22.
Note: Teachers can refer to Santosh Mehrotra, Jajati Parida, Sharmistha Sinha and Ankita Gandhi,
“Explaining Employment Trends in the Indian Economy: 1993‐4 to 2011‐12,” Economic and
Political Weekly, August 9, 2014 as a background reading

UNIT 4: International Comparisons


Readings:
1. Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen, 2013, India: An Uncertain Glory, Allen Lane, Chapter 3 (pp.
45-72)
2. Pranab Bardhan, 2010, Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay: Assessing the Economic Rise of
China and India, OUP, Ch. 2.

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