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Poverty and population:
Demographics shape policy
(Year 2017-18)
Course Code: CEC1073

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Institute of Technical Education & Research
Faculty of Engineering & Technology
Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan
Deemed To Be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Jagamara, Near Khandagiri Square, Bhubaneswar – 751030
Website: www.soa.ac.in/iter
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 Course Details

Course Name : Poverty and Population: Demographics shape policy

Course Code : CEC1073
Offered for : All 2ndYearStudents of UG Program (B.Tech)
Contact hours : 30
Offered During : 10/ 08/2017 – 16/09/2017
Total No. of Classes : 30 (Lectures) each class is of 1 hour duration
1.1 Course Objective
Course Objectives: The objective of the course is to foster the fundamental knowledge&
understandings towards the concepts of social welfare, income, earnings and assets. Along with
it some related concepts that play the role in shaping policy decisions regarding unemployment,
inflation and minimum wage are discussed. It also deals with the labor market and establishes
hierarchy both through meritocracy and categories of privilege. This course addresses issues of
power, oppression and economic supremacy.

1.2 Lecture Plan

Lecture 1 Introduction to population and poverty

Lecture 2 Introduction to social policy
Lecture 3 Models of India’s social policy
Lecture 4 What is Demography?
Lecture 5 Significance of Various Demographic groups
Lecture 6 Concepts in population variables
Lecture 7 Households and Family system in India
Lecture 8 Concept of household Income and wealth
Lecture 9 Concepts of National Income
Lecture 10 Measurement of gross domestic product
Lecture 11 Difference in Household Assets and Social Assets
Lecture 12 Food Procurement and Distribution
Lecture 13 What is Inflation?
Lecture 14 Impact of inflation
Lecture 15 Inflation and its social cost
Lecture 16 Unemployment in India
Lecture 17 Causes of Unemployment
Lecture 18 Employment creation through public works
Lecture 19 Minimum Wage Policy in India
Lecture 20 Introduction to poverty: Who is poor?
Lecture 21 Causes of Poverty and Discrimination
Lecture 22 Measurement of Poverty
Lecture 23 Poverty and inequality
Lecture 24 The Impacts of Social Policy on Poverty
Lecture 25 Discrimination at Workplace
Lecture 26 Evaluation of Advantaged and disadvantaged people
Lecture 27 Gender and Exploitation at workplace
Lecture 28 Social Policy on Health and Education
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 Lecture 29 Case Study
Lecture 30 Case Study

1.3 Course Outcomes:

After the completion of the course, students will be able to:

CO1: Identify population, income, poverty and social policies.

CO2: Understand the various concepts in population variable, earnings, income, assets as well
as inflation, unemployment and minimum wage.
CO3: Identify different measures of poverty and to understand its significance
CO4: Understand poverty related to various demographic groups in India.
1.4 Assessment: There will be continuous assessment of a student’s performance for the subject.
The subject is evaluated through the following components.

Attendance : 5 Marks
Assignments : 10 Marks
Quizzes : 10 Marks
Test : 25 Marks
Total Marks : 50

1.5 Award of the Certificate: The student will be evaluated through attendance, assignments,
quizzes, and a final test. The student must secure a minimum of 60% of the total marks to get
the course completion certificate.

1.6 Prescribed Text & Reference Books:

Shankar Acharya, 2010, ―Macroeconomic Performance and Policies 2008,ǁ in Shankar
Acharya and Rakesh Mohan, editors, India’s Economy: Performances and Challenges:
Development and Participation, Oxford University Press
Mohinder Singh, Social Policy and Administration in India,M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.,
1996
B. Douglas Bernheim and Michael D. Whinston, Microeconomics, Tata McGraw-Hill
(India), 2009
Charles I. Jones, Introduction to Economic Growth, W.W. Norton & Company,
2ndedition, 2002.
Jean Dreze and AmartyaSen, Jean Dreze and AmartyaSen, 2013. An Uncertain Glory:
India and its Contradictions, Princeton University Press.
Debraj Ray, Development Economics, Oxford University Press, 2009.

Course co-ordinator:
Sasmita Dash
Faculty Associate
Department of Humanities & Social Sciences
Faculty of Engineering & Technology, ITER
Email Id: sasmitadash@soa.ac.in
Contact No: 9583213664

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