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.

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

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

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?

While subsidies encourage farmers to use new technology, they are a huge burden on government finances. Discuss the usefulness of subsidies in the light of this fact.

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

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

Explain the role of micro-credit in meeting credit requirements of the poor.

What programmes has the government adopted to help the elderly people and poor and destitute women?

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

What do you understand by devaluation of rupee?

What are the functions of the environment?

Do you think that in the last 50 years, employment generated in the country is commensurate with the growth of GDP in India? How?

Group the following features pertaining to the economies of India, China and Pakistan under three heads

• One-child norm
• Low fertility rate
• High degree of urbanisation
• Mixed economy
• Very high fertility rate
• Large population
• High density of population
• Growth due to manufacturing sector
• Growth due to service sector.