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Learn Economics: Must Read Articles
Some of the priority areas concerning Economics are Basic Concepts, Growth, Inflation, Monetary Policy, Fiscal Policy, Sectors of the Economy, International Sector, Development etc.
Basic Concepts
- Basic Concepts of Economics In Simple Language.
- Factors of Production
- Everything You Need To Know About India’s New GDP Series 2011-12.
- Indian Economy Overview
- Ten Steps For India To Be The Third Largest Economy by 2043.
Inflation
Monetary Policy
- Monetary Policy of India
- Expansionary vs Contractionary Monetary Policy
- REPO and CRR Rate Cuts
- Rupee Devaluation, Depreciation, Export and Import.
- Unified Payment Interface (UPI)
- Money Supply
- Monetary Aggregates
- Differentiated Banks – Small Finance Banks vs Payment Banks
- Urban Cooperative Banks
- Non-Performing Assets (NPA)
- The Twin Balance Sheet Problem (TBS)
- Interest Coverage Ratio
- Yes Bank Crisis and Reconstruction
- Operation Twist
Fiscal Policy
- Government Budgeting in India – The Process and Constitutional Requirements.
- Budget Documents Made Simple: Key to Budget Documents.
- FRBM Act – Guidelines, Targets, and Escape Clause
- The difference between the Full Budget and Vote on Account.
- Cut Motions: Policy Cut, Economy Cut, and Token Cut
- Tax Expenditure and Budgetary Policies.
- Fiscal Deficit and Current Account Deficit.
- What is the Economic Survey?
- Goods and Services Tax (GST): Everything You Need to Know Including Issues Unresolved
- Universal Basic Income (UBI): Everything you need to know
Indian Economy – Sectors
- Sectors of Economy: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Quaternary, and Quinary.
- Factors Responsible for the Location of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sector Industries in Various Parts of the World (Including India).
Primary (Agriculture) Sector
- National Commission on Farmers – Recommendations
- Agricultural Marketing Reforms: Model APMC Act and NAM
- Farmers’ Suicides in India – Reasons and Responses
- Food Processing and Related Industries in India.
- Pink Revolution in Food Processing Industry.
- Land reforms in India.
- National Land Records Modernization Programme (NLRMP)
- Minimum Support Price (MSP) – Explained with Video
- Public Distribution System (PDS): Challenges and Reforms
Secondary (Industrial) Sector
- Index of Industrial Production (IIP): Made Easy to Understand.
- Index of Industrial Production (IIP): All About The New IIP Series (2011-12)
- Indian Companies Act 2013: Salient Features.
- Make In India Initiative.
- Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME): The Importance in Indian Economy
Tertiary (Service) Sector
- Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code: Why do we need it now?
- National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF)
Infrastructure
- PM Gati Shakti: Master Plan for Multi-modal Connectivity
- National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) – Can this mega-push revive the Indian economy?
- National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP)
- Indian Railways – What’s Wrong With The National Transporter?
- Bullet Trains – Does India really need them?
- Privatisation of Air India – Should India’s Public Sector Airline be Disinvested?
- 7 Initiatives by the Government to Promote Energy Efficiency and Energy Conservation
- Neduvasal Hydrocarbon Project Controversy: Everything you need to know
Foreign Trade
- Foreign Trade of India
- Balance of Payments
- India’s Free Trade Agreements
- Masala Bonds
- Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in India
Planning and Federalism
- Indian Economy: Issues Related to Planning.
- Indian Economy: Mobilization of Resources.
- Indian Economy: Growth, Development, and Employment.
- Investment Models.
- 12th Five Year Plan 2012-17 Targets.
- From Planning Commission To NITI Aayog: Evolution of Indian Planning.
- NITI Aayog: The new ‘think-tank’ to replace the Planning Commission.
- How do States get revenue from the Center?
- The Shrinking Central Plan and Growing Central Assistance.
- 15th Finance Commission: Recommendations
Government Schemes
- The Core of the Core Schemes, Core Schemes, and Major Central Sector Schemes in Union Budget 2018
- Major Programs Under Central Plan: Budget 2015-16.
- Major Programs Under Central Assistance to States Plan: Budget 2015-16.
- Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS).
- Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK) and RMNCH+A.
Financial Market – Money Market and Capital Market
- Financial Market: Money Market and Capital Market.
- Money Market Overview.
- Capital Market Overview.
- Speculation, Hedging, Arbitrage and Investment.
- SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India).
- Share and Stock Market: Common Questions.
Development
- Poverty – Dimensions and Challenges Explained
- Human Capital – What India needs to reap the Demographic Dividend
- Education in India – A Detailed Analysis
- No-Detention Policy In The Schools – Should it be scrapped?
- The Problems of Medical Education in India – Should the Medical Council of India (MCI) be Scrapped?
- National Education Policy 2020: Key Highlights
- Self Help Groups (SHG) in India: Gist of Kurukshetra.
- Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Recent Issues.
Budgets
Economic Survey and Latest Data
- Economic Survey 2021-22: Highlights
- Economic Survey 2019-2020 Summary: 10 Key points which you should not miss!
- 8 Interesting Facts about the Indian Economy from the Economic Survey
- 10 New Facts About Indian Economy Based on Economic Survey 2017
- Indian Economy Statistics: Know India Better.
- Committees and Commissions in India.
- What is the Economic Survey?
World Economy
- WTO, Trade Facilitation Agreement and Indian Stand.
- Fiscal Cliff and Fiscal Drag Explained.
- US Debt Ceiling Crisis and US Federal Government Shutdown Explained.
- Bitcoin: Understanding The Basics.
- Ease of Doing Business – ‘The Rank’ Explained
Current Topics
- The Black Money Saga In India: A Short Analysis
- Panama Papers: Case of Tax Evasion by the Rich?
- 10 Benefits of Goods and Service Tax (GST)
- Crowdfunding – Benefits and Concerns
- Gig Economy – What’s the problem with this new trend?
- Blue Economy
Economics Notes (Latest Updates)
- Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Railways, Airports etc
- Indian Economy and Issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment
- Issues Related to Intellectual Property Rights
- Venture Capital
- Tax buoyancy
- Income Inequality
- Government Securities Market
- Gems and Jewelry Industry in India
- Transport and Marketing of Agricultural Produce and Related Constraints
- Changes in Industrial Policy and their effects on industrial growth
- Types of Taxes in India
- Human Development in India
- Socio-economic effects of Railways
- Economic and Social Development – Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector Initiatives, etc.
- Chemical and Petrochemical Industry
- Export Preparedness Index
- Digital Infrastructure in India
- Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs)
- Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI)
- LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate)
- History of Banking in India
- Space Economy: The booming sector
- Loan Loss Provisions
- Ports and Shipping Industry in India
- Bank Run: Cause and Prevention
- Economic Recession: Causes, Types and Impact
- Shapes of Economic Recovery
- Public Debt: Overview
- Debt Sustainability
- Indian Pharmaceutical Industry
- Gender Pay Parity
- Stock Market Regulations in India
- National IPR policy
- NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development )
- Credit Rating in India
- Health Sector in India
- Multi Modal Logistics Parks
- Disinvestment in India
- System of Rice Intensification
- Sovereign Green Bonds
- Steel Industry in India
- Should Agriculture Income be Taxed?
- Nidhi Company
- Public private partnership models
- Budget 2023
- Economic Survey 2022-2023: Summary
- Gold monetization scheme
- Dollarization of Economy
- Indian Economy 2023: Predictions and Challenges
- Infrastructure and Economic Development
- Depreciation of Indian Rupee
- Healthcare Sector in India
- Corporate Tax
- Indian Manufacturing Sector
- Issues of Buffer stocks and Food security
- Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices
- Fintech in India
- Oil and Gas Industry in India
- Silver Economy: A Programme for Senior Citizens
- Leather Industry in India
- Retrospective Taxation In India: All You Need To Know
- Effects of Liberalization on the Indian Economy
- Horticulture in India
- National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)
- Tea Industry in India
- Edible Oil Economy of India
- Nutrient Based Subsidy Scheme
- Functions of RBI
- Subsidies in India
- Indian Financial System
- Circular Economy
- Types of Unemployment
- Tourism Sector
- Software Sector
- Electric Vehicles
- Road Infrastructure
- Aviation Infrastructure
- Inflation Indexed Bonds
- Planning and Economic Reforms
- MGNREGA: MG National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
- Golden Fibre Revolution
- Initial Public Offering: Shares to the Public for Trading
- Digital Lending: What are the RBI Guidelines?
- Coal Sector in India
- World Bank (WB)
- Economic Reforms of 1991 (LPG Reforms)
- Direct Benefit Transfer: All you need to know
- SIDBI: All About Small Industries Development Bank of India
- Textile Sector In India
- Gender Budgeting: Definition, Process, and Significance
- FSIB: What is Financial Services Institutions Bureau?
- NEER and REER: Learn about Effective Exchange Rates
- Food Corporation of India (FCI)
- Competition Commission of India (CCI)
- Technology missions
- Economics of Animal Rearing
- Surety Bonds
- E-technology in the aid of farmers
- Inclusive Growth – Issues arising from it
- Ways and Means Advances
- 100 Important MCQs from Economic Survey and Budget 2022
- The Global Minimum Tax
- National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP)
- Business Line: Get 40% Discount on The Hindu BL ePaper
- Budget 2022: Highlights
- Economic Survey 2021-22: Highlights
- Urban Cooperative Banks
- Factors of Production
- ClearIAS Economics Notes (New Study Materials)
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Can you tell me that in Indian economy
for civils, whether to concentrate more on factual data and figures or conceptual analyse or both equally
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The Real Person!
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Is economics statistic of class 11 is also in syllabus of upsc ? Pls reply
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class 11th is not only requirement for upsc more than you study indian economy by ramesh singh.
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● Not possible dear …..
● There are almost 10-12 different subjects , you have to study in GS only.
● Follow syllabus properly .
Khushi says
Please explain public debt and it’s causes
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Kritika says
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Are the topics of the syllabus you have posted, updated for 2021 preparations??
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Economic nots
econbooksearcher says
hey man
great post. could you please review “madhur mahajan- indian economy for upsc”?
That seems to be missing from your list “Useful Books to study Economics”.i want to pick the best book so that i can reread/read between the lines to understand concepts and write analytical and logical answers.i want a book which is comprehensive ,logical, lucid, unlike sriramias (which i also read partly) which is comprehensive but seems to be copy/paste.this book seems to fullfill all conditions and had glowing reviewers(blurb) from toppers and academics.it is definitely better than ramesh singh. could you do a comparative review of this book with other books? thanks in advance.great work on this notes.
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Maitri Sharma says
It’s really good. Though all the answers are clearly given in the book, this is helpful as a reference. The answers are brief and to the point. The diagrams are appropriate and understandable
Physics Wallah
ram says
sir, this content is enough for static part?