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FacultY of Social Sciences
u.G. ECONOMtcs sYLLABI-jS (tJnder CBCS)
B.A.III YEAR
qs(6
Semester - VI:Discipline Specific Course(Credits - 5)

COIIRSE - VII: TELAI\GANA ECONOMY

Unit - 1: Economic Features of Telangana'

Unit - 2: DemographicFeaturesofTelangana-occupationalDistributionof
populalion in Telangana - Sectoral Distribution of Population - Migration'
Unit -3: Human Resource Development: Education and Health'

Per capita lncome

Unit - 4: Growth and Trends in Gross State Domestic Product and
Product'
in Telangana - Sectoral contribution to Gross State Domestic
5: Poverty and Unemployment in Telangana: Trends, causes
& consequences-
Unit - in Telangana'
Poverty Alleviation & Employment Generation Programmes

Block - III: Aericultural Sector

Ljnit - 6: Growth of Agriculture in Telangana Economy - Trends in Agricultural
production and Productivity - Determinants of Agricultural Productivity.
Unit - 7: Agrarian Structure and Land Reforms - Cropping Pattern.
Unit - 8: lrrigation: Sources and Trends - Mission Kakatiya'
Unit - 9: Agricultural Credit and Rural lndebtedness - Agricultural Marketing -
Food SecuritY in Telangana.

Block - IV: Industrial Sector

Industrial Policy of
Unit - l0: Structure of Telangana Industry - Its Growth and Pattern-
(SEZ)'
Telangana - TSiPASS - Special Economic Zones
(MSME): Role, Problemsand
Unit - I l: Medium, Smalt Scale and Micro Enterprises
Remedial Measures in Telangana Economy - Issue of sickness.

Block - V: Service and Infrastructural Sectors

Llnit - l2: Importance of Tertiary Sector in Telangana - Growth and Pattem of
Development of Service Sector in Telangana'
Unit- l3: Infrastructural Development in Telangana: Transport, Energy,
Communication & Information Technology and Tourism Development.
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Dr. B. R. AMBEDKAR OPEN UNMRSITY

FacultY of Social Sciences
u.G. ECONoMtcs sYLLABI-IS (Under CBCS)
B,A. III YEAR
Semester-VI:DisciplineSpecificElectiveCourse(Credits-5)
COURSE - VIII (C): ECONOMICS OF DEVELOPMENT
& INFRASTRUCTURE
H
Dev
Co,cepts of Economic Growth, Development: Distinctiorl
bc'trveen
Urit - i,
Growth& Developrnent: objectives ol Econornic Development-
UN Sustainable

DeveloPment Coals.
Per Capita lncotne'
Unit - 2: Indicators of Economic Developrnent: National ltrc'ome,
Index(HDI), Multi-
PhysicalQuality of Lif'e Index 1l'}Qt.l). ['lunran Development
Dintensional Poverty Index and other Ma.ior Inclices'
3: Underdevelopment and Deprivation characteristics of Underdeveloped
Unit - - Factors Promoting
Countr.ies Iractors Hindering Economic Development -
-
Economi c l)eveloPment.
Block - II: DemosraPhic Features
Transition
Unit - 4: Populatiou and Economic Development - Theory of Demographic
Concept of Populatictlt Explosiort- Demographic Dividend'
Unit - 5: Human Resourc,e Development and Economic Development - Measurement

of Human DeveloPment Index (HDI)'

Growth strategy: Ragnar Nurkse, Lewis Theory of I"'lnlimited Supply

of
lJnit - 6: Balanced
Labour ancl Rosenstien Rodan's Big Push Theory'
7: Hirschman's Unbalanced Growth Strategy, Schunrpeter's Theory of
Economic
Unit -
Development - Chtlice ol 1'echniclues'

Unit - 8: Concept of lnfiastructure - Intiastructure and Econontic Developlnent -

Infrasfiucture as a Public Good and Its Characteristics'
Unit - 9: Social Int|astructure: Education. Health. Hygiene and Insurance.
Block - V: Phvsical Infrastructure
Energy
Unit-10: Elrergy: cotrcept - Soufces of linergy: Renervable & Non-Renewable
Denrand and Suppll'
and Conventional & Non-ConventionaI Energy -- Factors Determining
of Enel.gy - Prinracy of Energy in the Process of Econonlic Development
Unit - I I : Infbrntation aud comrnunicatiorr Technology (lc'l-): Ilole
ol IC'l' in Econotnic
'
Devel opnrent, Role t'lf ['ransportation i n Econonr ic Developlnent.

Reference Books:
Ml.-.ading Issues in Economic Development. oUP. Delhi
Longman. Hydelabad
Todaro, Micheal p: Economic Development in the Third World. orient
Ghatak Subrata: Introduction to Development Economics
oUP. Delhi
Sukumoy Chakravarthy : Developrnent Planning - Indian Experience.
Misra&Puri:EconomicDevelopmentandPlanning:TheoryandPractice
London'
crew, M.A & P.R. Kleindorfer: Public utility Economics, Macmillian'
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uÛ≤>∑+ ` 8 : nekÕú|qü kÂø£sê´\T uÛ≤eq - nekÕú|qü kÂø£sê´\T
eT]j·TT Ä]úø£ n_Ûeè~Δ - Á|üuÛÑT‘·«edüTÔe⁄>± nekÕú|üq
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B.A.
THIRD YEAR SEMESTER – VI

ECONOMICS OF ENVIRONMENT

“We may forego material benefits of civilization, but we

cannot forego our right and opportunity to reap the benefits
of the highest education to the fullest extent…”
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

Dr. B. R. AMBEDKAR OPEN UNIVERSITY

HYDERABAD
2020
 CONTENTS

Block/Unit No. Title Page No.

BLOCK - I : Introduction to Environmental Economics 1-42

Unit - 1 : Basic Concepts of Environment 2-12
Unit - 2 : Economic Efficiency and Externalities 13-28
Unit - 3 : Biodiversity - Loss and Conservation 29-42

BLOCK - II : Resource Allocation 43-77

Unit - 4 : Natural Resources 44-50
Unti - 5 : Natural Resources – Optimal Rate of Depletion 51-65
Unit - 6 : Property Rights - Coase Theorem 66-77

BLOCK - III : Environment and Sustainable Development 78-100

Unit - 7 : Impact of Environment on Economic Growth 79-90
Unti - 8 : Sustainable Development 91-100

BLOCK - IV : Environmental Pollution and Degradation 101-142

Unit - 9 : Environmental Degradation 102-117
Unti - 10 : Types, Causes and Effects of Pollution 118-128
Unit - 11 : Environmental Damage - Measures of Control 129-142

BLOCK - V : Environmental Policies 143-170

Unit - 12 : India’s Environmental Laws and Policy 144-157
Unti - 13 : Global Environmental Issues 158-170
• Model Question Paper 171-173

IV
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 





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 
  
I   
   
   
    

II   

   
   
   

III   

   
    

IV   

   
   
   

V   

   
   
•  

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