ECONOMICS

■ Economics

■ Micro Economics (Price Theory)

■ Macro Economics (Income Theory/General Theory)

■ Emergence of Macro Economics

■ Division of World Nations

■ Open Economy and Closed Economy

■ Balance of Payment

■ Foreign Exchange Market

Exchange Rate : International Experience

■ Gold Standard

■ Bretton Woods System

■ International Monetary Fund

■ World Bank

■ India and Exchange Rate

■ Economist and their Contributions

TYPES OF ECONOMY

■ Capitalist Economy

■ Socialist Economy

■ Communist Economy

■ Mixed Economy

INDIAN ECONOMY

■ Indian Economy Before Independence

■ Indian Economy After Independence

■ Three Sectors of Economy

■ Primary Sector (Agricultural Sector)

■ Secondary Sector (Industrial Sector, Foreign Trade etc.)

■ Tertiary Sector (Banking, Insurance etc.)

BASIC FEATURES OF INDIAN ECONOMY

INDIAN DEMOGRAPHICS

INDIAN ECONOMICS HISTORY

■ Economic Drain Theory

■ Trusteeship Idea of Mahatma Gandhi

EARLIER PLANS OF INDIAN ECONOMY

■ Gandhian Plan

■ Bombay Plan

■ People's Plan

■ Sarvodhaya Plan

■ Perspective Plan

FIVE YEAR PLANS

■ Aims of Five Year Plan

■ First Five Year Plan

■ Second Five Year Plan

■ Third Five Year Plan

■ Fourth Five Year Plan

■ Fifth Five Year Plan

■ Rolling Plan

■ Sixth Five Year Plan

■ Seventh Five Year Plan

■ Annual Plan

■ Eighth Five Year Plan

■ Ninth Five Year Plan

■ Tenth Five Year Plan

■ Eleventh Five Year Plan

■ Twelfth Five Year Plan

MODELS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

■ Nehru - Mahalanobis Model

■ Gandhian Model of Growth

■ LPG Model of Development

■ PURA Model of Development

NATIONAL INCOME

■ Central Statistics Office

■ Economic Sectors of Production

■ Primary Sector

■ Secondary Sector

■ Tertiary Sector

■ Quaternary Sector

■ Quinary Sector

■ Factors of Production

■ Types of Goods

■ Stock and Flow

Various Concepts of National Income

■ Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at Market Price

■ Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at Factor Cost

■ Gross National Product (GNP) at Market Price

■ Gross National Product (GNP) at Factor Cost

■ Net National Product (NNP) at Market Price

■ Net National Product (NNP) at Factor Cost (National Income)

■ Net Domestic Product (NDP) at Market Price

■ Net Domestic Product (NDP) at Factor Cost

■ Personal Income

■ Personal Disposable Income

■ Percapita Income

■ Private Income

■ Depreciation

Cyclic Flow of Income

■ Production

■ Consumption

■ Distribution

Types of Cyclic Flow of Income

■ Money Flow

■ Real Flow

Measurement of National Income

■ Product Method

■ Income Method

■ Expenditure Method (Consumption Method)

■ GDP and Welfare

■ Real GDP and Monetary GDP

■ Economic Growth and Economic Development

Development Indices

■ Per Capita Income

■ Physical Quality of Life Index - PQLI

■ Human Development Index

■ Human Poverty Index

■ Human Happiness Index

■ Sustainable Development

Human Resource Development in India

■ Features of Human Resource

■ Quantitative Features

■ Qualitative Features

■ Education and Human Resources Development

■ Healthcare and Human Resource Development

■ Challenges of Development in India (Inequality and Poverty)

■ Policies and Programmes of Poverty Eradication in India

■ Food Production

■ National Multidimensional Poverty Index 2021

■ Indian Census 2011

■ Population

■ Population Density

■ Female - Male Ratio

■ Unemployment

■ Literacy Rate

New Economic Reforms (Liberalisation, Privatisation, Globalisation)

■ Liberalisation

■ Deregulation of Industrial Sector

■ Financial Sector Reforms

■ Tax Reforms

■ Foreign Exchange Reforms

■ Trade and Investment Policy Reforms

■ Privatisation

■ Globalisation

■ Disinvestment Commission

■ Before and After New Economic Reforms

Planning Commission

■ National Planning Committee

■ Kerala State Planning Commission

■ National Development Council

■ Co-operative Sector

■ NITI Aayog

INDIAN CURRENCY SYSTEM

■ Barter System

■ Indian Currency and Printing

■ Withdrawl of Currency

■ Demand of Money

■ Indian Rupee

CAPITAL MARKET

■ Components of Capital Market

■ Gilt - Edged Market

■ Securities Market

■ Financial Institutions

■ Financial Intermediaries

■ New Issue Market (NIM) (Primary Market)

■ Old Issue Market (OIM) (Secondary Market)

■ OIM - Stock Exchange & Over the Counter Exchange

■ Foreign Trade in India 

■ Foreign Exchange Reserves

■ Foreign Exchange Assets of RBI

■ Gold Stock of RBI

■ Special Drawing Right (SDR)

■ EXIM Policy (Foreign Trade Policy)

■ FERA & FEMA

■ Indian Fiscal System

■ Deficit Financing

BUDGET

■ Union Budget (Annunal Financial Statement)

■ Budgeted Estimates

■ Three Heads of Indian Budget

■ Consolidated Fund in India

■ Contingency Fund

■ Public Account

■ Revenue Budget and Capital Budget

■ Finance Commission

■ Functions of Budget (Allocation, Redistribution and Stabilisation)

■ Railway Budget

■ General Income of Government - Tax Income and Non Tax Income

GOVERNMENT TAX INCOME

■ Revenue Receipts (Tax Revenue and Non Tax Revenue)

■ Capital Receipts

General Expenditure

■ Revenue Expenditure (Plan Revenue and Non Plan Revenue)

■ Capital Expenditure

BUDGET, DEFICIT and DEBT

GOVERNMENT BUDGET

■ Revenue Budget (Revenue Income & Revenue Expenditure)

■ Capital Budget (Capital Income & Capital Expenditure)

Measurement of Deficit by Government

■ Revenue Deficit

■ Fiscal Deficit

■ Primary Deficit

■ Fiscal Policy (Automatic Stabilizers & Discretionary)

■ Ricardian Equivalence

■ Deducting Deficit

■ Government Debt

■ Crouding Out

■ Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act - FRBM

TAX SYSTEM

■ Types of Taxes

■ Direct Taxes 

■ Indirect Taxes

■ Taxes Imposed by Central Government

■ Taxes Imposed by State Government

Important Taxes Imposed in India

■ Paper Taxes

■ Tax on Income and Wealth

■ Personal Income Tax

■ Corporate Tax

■ Custom Duties

■ Excise Duties

■ Cess

■ Service Tax

■ Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC)

■ Value Added Tax (MODVAT, CENVAT & Direct Tax Code)

■ Goods and Service Tax (GST)

■ Major Taxes Merged with GST

■ GST Council

■ Rationale & Structure of GST

Benefits of GST

■ Integrated National Market

■ Elimination of Cascading Effect

■ Removal of Multiplicity of Taxes

■ Increase in GDP

■ Efficient Administration by Government

GOVERNMENT NON TAX INCOME

■ Fees

■ Penalties and Fines

■ Grant

■ Interest

■ Profit

General Debt of Government

■ Domestic Debt

■ Foreign Debt

■ Reasons of increase of General Debt of Government

INDIAN FINANCIAL SYSTEM

■ Indian Money Market (Organised Sector and Unorganised Sector)

■ Indian Capital Market 

■ Government Securities

■ Industrial Securities Market

■ Development Financial Institutions

■ Central Monetary Authority (RBI)

■ Monetary Policy

Major Monetary Operations (Bank)

■ Bank Rate

■ Open Market Operation

■ Statutory Liquidity Ratio

■ Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)

■ Repo and Reverse Repo Rate

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (BANKS & NON BANKING)

BANKS

■ Commercial Banks

■ Co-operative Banks

■ Development Banks

■ Special Banks

■ Scheduled and Non Scheduled Banks

■ Reserve Bank of India, Duties

Major Duties of Central Bank

■ Issue of Currency

■ Banker to the Government

■ Bankers Bank

■ Custodian of Foreign Exchange

■ Lender of last resort

■ Controller of Money Supply

■ Publication of Reports

■ Moral Suation

■ Direct Action

Monetary Policy

■ Bank Rate

■ Open Market

■ CRR

■ Sterilization

Supply of Money

■ Unit of Money Supply in India

■ Factors influencing Money Supply

■ Minimum Reserve System

Different types of Bank Deposit

■ Current Deposit

■ Fixed Deposit

■ Recurring Deposit

Other Services and Facilities of Bank

■ Locker Facility

■ Demand Draft

■ Mail Transfer

■ Telegraphic Transfer

■ ATM

■ Over Draft

■ Plastic Money

■ E-Banking

BANKS IN INDIA

■ Indian Banks and Related Facts

■ State Bank of India (SBI)

■ SIDBI

■ ICICI

■ Punjab National Bank

■ Regional Rural Bank

■ Payment Banks

■ Mudra Bank

■ Bharatiya Mahila Bank

■ EXIM Bank

■ Lead Banks

■ National Housing Bank (NHB)

■ Foreign Banks

■ Bank Nationalisation

■ Bank Merge (2019 & 2020)

■ Demonetisation

Banking in Kerala

■ Nedungadi Bank

■ Kerala Gramin Bank

■ Kerala Bank

Important terms related to Bank

■ Core Banking

■ Internet Banking (E-Banking)

■ RTGS - Real Time Gross Settlement System

NON BANKING FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

■ Mutual Fund Institutions

■ Microfinance

■ Insurance Companies

■ Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)

■ General Insurance

■ Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India (IRDAI)

■ Stock Exchange

STOCK EXCHANGES IN INDIA

■ OTCEI (Over the Counter Exchange of India)

■ National Stock Exchange (NSE)

■ Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)

■ Cochin Stock Exchange (CSE)

■ Delhi Stock Exchange (DSE)

■ Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

■ Unit Trust of India (UTI)

■ Economic Committees

CO-OPERATIVE SECTOR 

Co-operative Bank Organisation

■ State Co-operative Bank (SCB)

■ Central or District Co-operative Banks (CCBs)

■ Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACs)

Co-operative Marketing

■ Primary Marketing Societies

■ Central Federations

■ National Agricultural Co-operative Marketing Federation

Co-operative Banks

■ Land Development Banks

■ NAFED

■ Co-operative Farming (Dairy Co-operatives)

INSURANCE SECTOR 

■ Life Insurance

■ General Insurance

■ Oriental Insurance Company

■ Bombay Mutual Life Assurance Society

■ Triton Insurance Company

■ National Insurance Company Ltd.

■ Nationalisation of General Insurance (General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act 1972)

■ Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)

■ General Insurance Corporation (GIC)

■ National Insurance Company Ltd

■ New India Assurance Company Ltd

■ Oriental Insurance Company Ltd

■ United India Insurance Company Ltd

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Initial Projects

■ Sriniketan Experiment

■ Gurgaon Initiative

■ Marthandom Project

■ Sevagram

■ Baroda Experiment

■ Firka Development Scheme

■ Ettavah Project

■ Nilokkari Township

■ Rural Development Projects after Independence

■ Important Institutions associated with Rural Development

Some Important Terms

■ Inflation

■ Deflation

■ Reflation

■ Stagflation

■ Mortgage Crisis

Days in Economics

■ World Thrift Day

■ World Book and Copyright Day

■ World Population Day

■ World Consumer's Day

■ World Standard Day

■ World Tourism Day

AGRICULTURE

■ Role of Agriculture in Indian Economy

■ Programmes and law for promoting Agriculture

■ States first in Production

■ Minimum Support Price (MSP)

■ Agriculture Production (Food Grains & Non Food Grains)

Types of Cultivation

■ Sedentary Cultivation

■ Crop Rotation

■ Shifting Cultivation

■ Mixed Cropping

■ Relay Cropping

■ Terrace Cultivation

■ Mixed Farming

Cropping Seasons

■ Kharif (Rainy)

■ Rabi (Winter)

■ Zaid (Summer)

Agricultural Revolutions

■ Green Revolution

■ White Revolution

Agricultural Institutes

■ NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development)

■ Total Co-operative Marketing Development Federation India Ltd (TRIFED)

■ National Agricultural Co-operative Marketing Federation India Ltd (NAFED)

■ Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

■ Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI)

■ Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology

■ National Horticulture Mission

■ National Horticulture Board (NHB)

■ Veterinary Council of India

■ Fisheries

■ National Fisheries Development Board

■ Economic Survey on Agriculture 2014 - 15

■ Agricultural Censuses in India (1970-71 to till now)

■ Major Agricultural Methods

■ Agricultural Crops 

■ Food Crops (Cereals and Pulses)

■ Cash Crops (Spices, Plantation Crops)

INDUSTRY

■ Industrial Policy

■ First Industrial Policy Resolution (1948)

Industrial Activities

■ Items under Central Government Control

■ Items under State Government Control

■ Items of basic importance (Planned and regulated by Central Government)

■ Items of Private Sector

Industrial Policies

■ Industrial Policy Resolution of 1956

■ Industrial Policy of 1973

■ Industrial Policy of 1977

■ Industrial Policy of 1980

■ Industrial Policy of 1991

Types of Industries

■ Large Scale Industries

■ Small Scale Industries

■ Traditional Small Scale Industries (Khadi & Handloom, Handicrafts, Sericulture, Coir)

■ Modern Small Scale Industries (Televison sets, electronics, various engineering products)

■ Abid Husain Committee

■ Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)

Initiatives taken by government to help Small Scale Industries

■ Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Act, 2006

■ Integrated Infrastructure Development Scheme (IID)

■ BIFR - Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction

■ Leading Industrial States

■ Backward Industrial States

■ Leading Industrial Centres of Country

■ Major Industrial Centres of India

Public Sector Undertaking (PSU)

■ Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs)

■ Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

■ PSU Companies in India

Categories of Level of Financial Autonomy

■ Maharatna

■ Navratna

■ Miniratna CPSEs (Category I and Category II)

■ Export Processing Zone (EPZ)

■ Special Economic Zone

■ Main Objectives of Special Economic Zone

■ Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

■ ASSOCHOM

■ Sunrise and Sunset Industries

■ Major Industries in India

■ Causes and backwardness of Economy

■ Certification Marks