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18 Jul 2012

Syllabus of Economics Assistant Director/District Statistical Officer Written Examination



MP PSC
Name of Post : Assistant Director/District Statistical Officer Written Examination
Subject : Economics
Paper-III (Optional)
Section-"A"
Theory and process of Economic Growth.

  • Meaning and measurement of economic growth GNP vs. welfare controversy.
  • Growth classical model Sumpiter Rewtowin Stages of economic growth.
  • Model of Hirsmchman, Leibenstein, Rodan Gunnar Myrdal, and Harrod & Domar.
  • Mahalnobis Model, Wage goods models, neoclassical- Mrs. Joan Robinson, Meads and Kaldor models.
  • Principles of Planning : Determination of targets resource allocation and investment criteria, the concept of shadow pricing, Regional planning physical balancing and consistency in planning.

Regional Economics :

  • Definition and scope of regional economics.
  • The concept and types of regions.

Theories of regional growth sector, theory Gunnar Myrdals cumulative causation/theory export base and regional multiplier convergence vs. divergence.
Location theory- Von thuenen webber, Central place theory of Lesch and Christillar. Agglomeration economics, types and measurement concentration vs. dispersal. Regional income, regional accounting.
Economics of Public Sector Undertakings.
The concept of public sector, its place capitalist and socialist system role of public enterprise in economic development.
Types of public enterprise and pattern of development the joint sector, the national sector. Organisational pattern of public enterprises, statutory corporations, joint stock companies, joint ventures single. Unit and multi unit companies, holding company.
Financing of public enterprise Internal and external resources, debt equity ratio capital formation, inventory build up price policy.
Industrial relation in public sector trade unions single and multi unit companies, problem of recognition, collective bargaining productivity Incentives in public sector enterprise, wage and salary structure and fringe benefit, non monetary benefits.
I Public sector enterprise in India, growth of public sector in India the industrial policy resolution of 1948 and 1956 mixed economy and public sector enterprises objectives of public sector.
Industrial Policy of 1991-Globalisation, Privatisation, Liberalization.
Theory and Practice of Statistics
Scope and utility of statistics enumeration, compilation and tabulation of data.
Averages, dispersion, Graphics co-efficient of Variation, Regression correlation.
Analysis of time series forecasting of fluctuation of phenomena. Methods of measuring and forecasting of population growth theory of sampling and Elementary principle of probability,
Importance of Statistics in India.
CSO data of the population, National Income NSSO.

Part - B
Economic Problems of India
Structure of India Economy as revealed by National statistics saving and investment behavior in India economy.
Agricultural developments in India, Growth rates Modern technology and its impact on Income, employment and regional growth Land reforms, Agricultural price policy Agricultural surplus and its mobilization procurement and public distribution of food grains, Strategy for Integrated rural development.
Industrial development in India, Growth rates, Industrial structural, industrial policy and its Instruments, Industrial finance, industrial sickness capacity utilization, performance of public sector undertakings, Rural industrialization.
Poverty and unemployment in India, Evaluation of Policy measures, Recent trends in monetary and banking policy in India.
I fiscal policy in India Central/State financial relations.
Population Studies
Scope and discipline of demography trends in world population, population and food supply, problem of world population and economic development.
A study of population theory and analysis of contemporary demographic situations including in demographic problem of under developed countries.
A study of demographic features in India and its impact economic development, population policy of India, Indian fertility, age of marriage infant mortality in India legislation regarding family planning in India.
Population in India Population of M.P. Population census of India, 2001, National Population Policy for India.
Different demographic measurements Birth rate gross reproduction rate, net reproduction rate, child women ratio, life table A study of methods for population projection.
Co-operation and Community Development
Cooperation-meaning and philosophy A Comparison of cooperation with capitalism and socialism principles of cooperation.
Indian cooperative movement : Evolution of cooperative Movement in India, Present position of the movement in relation to credit, marketing production and distribution housing and other fields. Regional pattern of cooperative development in India.
Land development Cooperative banking refinance performance of different agencies in the field of agricultural credit.
An evaluation of cooperative movement in India cooperation in five year plans.
1. Integrated rural Development spatial and functional Integration.
2. Growth Centers Rural urban interaction.
3. Role of Village Panchayats in decentralized planning and community development.
Economics of Agriculture
Organisation of agriculture, Input combinations scale of farming cropping pattern factors
Determining cropping intensity, Farm Size and Productivity conditions of increasing and productivity conditions of increasing and decreasing costs.
Management production functions, Modern and traditional inputs Choice of techniques in agriculture.
Agricultural Prices agriculture price policy in a developing economy, minimum support price procurement price and market price stabilization parity prices terms of trade of agricultural Sector Public distribution system of food grains and procurement in India.
Marketing of agricultural products marketed surplus and marketable surplus.
Modernisation and diversification of agriculture, Green Revolution and its impact on income employment and regional growth.
Agrarian structure land, Reforms in India progress made problems of Landless laborers Small and marginal farmers.
Rural Unemployment evolution of policy measure.
Agricultural credit Role of commercial banks, cooperative banks rural regional banks land development banks, Reserve Bank of India and National Agricultural Bank for Rural Development.
Agriculture in Five year plans

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