NCERT Class 11 Economics Rural Development
RURAL DEVELOPMENT 6.1 INTRODUCTION In Chapter 4, we studied how poverty was a major challenge facing India. We also came to know that the majority of the poor live in rural areas where they do not have access to the basic necessities of life. Agriculture is the major source…
NCERT Class 11 Economics Poverty
POVERTY 4.1 INTRODUCTION In previous chapters, you have studied the economic policies that India has taken in the last five and a half decades and the outcome of these policies with relation to the various developmental indicators. Providing minimum basic needs to the people…
NCERT Class 11 Economics LPG An Appraisal
LIBERALISATION, PRIVATISATION AND GLOBALISATION: AN APPRAISAL 3.1 INTRODUCTION You have studied in the previous chapter that, since independence, India followed the mixed economy framework by combining the advantages of the market economic system with those of the planned …
NCERT Class 11 Economics Infrastructure
INFRASTRUCTURE 8.1 INTRODUCTION Have you ever thought of why some states in India are performing much better than others in certain areas? Why do Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh prosper in agriculture and horticulture? Why are Maharashtra and Gujarat industrially more…
NCERT Class 11 Economics Indian Economy
Indian Economy 1950-1990 2.1 INTRODUCTION On 15 August 1947, India woke to a new dawn of freedom: finally we were masters of our own destiny after some two hundred years of British rule; the job of nation building was now in our own hands. The leaders of independent India had…
NCERT Class 11 Economics Indian Economy On The Eve Of Independence
INDIAN ECONOMY ON THE EVE OF INDEPENDENCE 1.1 INTRODUCTION The primary objective of this book, Indian Economic Development, is to familiarise you with the basic features of the Indian economy, and its development, as it is today, in the aftermath of Independence. However, it …
NCERT Class 11 Economics Human Capital Formation In India
HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION IN INDIA 5.1 INTRODUCTION Think of one factor that has made a great difference in the evolution of mankind. Perhaps it is man’s capacity to store and transmit knowledge which he has been doing through conversation, through songs and through elaborate…
NCERT Class 11 Economics Environment And Sustainable Development
ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 9.1 INTRODUCTION In the earlier chapters we have discussed the main economic issues faced by the Indian economy. The economic development that we have achieved so far has come at a very heavy price—at the cost of environmental quality.…
NCERT Class 11 Economics Employment Growth And Other Issues
EMPLOYMENT : GROWTH, INFORMALISATION AND OTHER ISSUES 7.1 INTRODUCTION People do a variety of work. Some work on farms, in factories, banks, shops and many other workplaces; yet a few others work at home. Work at home includes not only traditional work like weaving, lace…
NCERT Class 11 Economics Comparative Development Experiences Of India And Its Neighbours
COMPARATIVE DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCES OF INDIA AND ITS NEIGHBOURS 10.1 INTRODUCTION In the preceding units we studied the developmental experience of India in detail. We also studied the kind of policies India adopted, which had varying impacts in different sectors. Over the…