UPSC CIVIL SERVICES EXAM INDIAN ECONOMY

Syllabus for paper I (first stage)

Economic and social development--Sustainable development , Poverty , Inclusion ,Demographics , Social sector Initiative , etc

Syllabus for paper 1 (mains) Current national issues and topics of social relevance (1) The Indian economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth , development and employment. (2) Issues arising from the social and economic exclusion of large sections from the benefits of development

Syllabus for paper 2 (mains) Indias Economic interaction with the world In this part, questions will be on economic and trade issues such as foreign trade, foreign investment, economic and diplomacy issues relating to oil , gas, and energy flows,

The role and functions of IMF , world bank , WTO,WIPO etc. Which influence indias economic interaction with other countries and international institutions.

Books for reference

1 NCERT text books class 11 and 12 2 Economic survey published by economic advisor of finance Ministry,Government of india 3 The hindu news paper or Indian express 4 chapter of india year book related with Indian economy

Important website

Ministry of Finance, ministry of rural development, planning commission, ministry of petroleum and natural gas, RBI,IMF,WIPO, world bank, ministry of commerce and industry, ministry of statistics and programme implementation,

Programme for class room Types of economic system , economy and Its process, economic development and Indian economy, national income concept and measurement, primary secondary- service sector of Indian economy, inflation, monetary development/banking system, capital and securities market, population and economic development, poverty and unemployment, important social sector programme of india, social sector indicator(HDI, HPI, Lorentz curve etc) , Public finance and fiscal administration of government of India, Budget of india, indias energy requirement and production capacity

Indias import and export, balance of trade and balance of payment , indias foreign exchange reserves, trade issues such as double taxation avoidance treaty, PTA, custom union, CEPA, CECA Financial institution in india and other regulator of different economic sector such as RBI,TRAI, SEBI,TDSAT World financial institute and issues related to india Such as WTO, World Bank, IMF,WIPO