Class 11 Economics - Indian Economic Development - Chapter Human Capital Formation in India NCERT Solutions | How government organisations facilitate

Discuss the need for promoting women’s education in India.

Trace the relationship between human capital and economic growth.

Discuss the following as a source of human capital formation
(i) Health infrastructure
(ii) Expenditure on migration.

‘There is a downward trend in inequality world-wide with a rise in the average education levels’. Comment.

Education is considered to be an important input for the development of a nation. How?

What are the main problems of human capital formation in India?

How is human development a broader term as compared to human capital?

What factors contribute to human capital formation?

Argue in favour of the need for different forms of government intervention in education and health sectors.

What are the indicators of educational achievement in a country?

What was the focus of the economic policies pursued by the colonial government in India? What were the impacts of these policies?

What do you mean by rural development? Bring out the key issues in rural development.

Define a plan?

Who is a worker?

Explain the term ‘infrastructure’.

What is meant by environment?

Why are regional and economic groupings formed?

Why were reforms introduced in India?

Why calorie-based norm is not adequate to identify the poor?

Name some notable economists who estimated India’s per capita income during the colonial period?

Name some notable economists who estimated India’s per capita income during the colonial period?

Why are regional and economic groupings formed?

What are High Yielding Variety (HYV) seeds?

Explain how the opportunity costs of negative environmental impact are high.

Illustrate the difference between rural and urban poverty. Is it correct to say that poverty has shifted from rural to urban areas? Use the trends in poverty ratio to support your answer.

The traditional handicrafts industries were ruined under the British rule. Do you agree with this view? Give reasons in support of your answer.

 What was the two-fold motive behind the systematic de-industrialisation affected by the British in pre-independent India?

What is the sectoral composition of an economy? Is it necessary that the service sector should contribute maximum to the GDP of an economy? Comment.

Though the public sector is very essential for industries, many public sector undertakings incur huge losses and are a drain on the economy’s resources. Discuss the usefulness of public sector undertakings in the light of this fact.

Analyse the recent trends in sectoral distribution of workforce in India.