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.

Explain how investment in education stimulates economic growth.

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?

Agriculture sector appears to be adversely affected by the reform process. Why?

Bring out the importance of animal husbandry, fisheries and horticulture as a source of diversification.

Infrastructure contributes to the economic development of a country. Do you agree? Explain.

Is it necessary to generate employment in the formal sector rather than in the informal sector? Why?

Compared to urban women, more rural women are found working. Why?

Why and how was the private sector regulated under the IPR 1956?

Those public sector undertakings which are making profits should be privatised. Do you agree with this view? Why?

Explain the two categories into which infrastructure is divided. How are both interdependent?

The following table shows distribution of workforce in India for the year 1972-73. Analyse it and give reasons for the nature of workforce distribution. You will notice that the data is pertaining to the situation in India 30 years ago!

Explain the relevance of intergenerational equity in the definition of sustainable development.