Discuss the need for promoting women’s education in India.
The access to education has always been lopsided towards India's male population. Women have always been neglected in the field of education. The weaker and lower status of women in India can be attributed to the negligence of their education. Women have always been considered as a liability for a family. The roots of such thoughts are deep rooted in the traditional beliefs and customs. The role of women in the economic and social spheres cannot be neglected in order to achieve overall economic development and growth. With the rise in the educational levels and modernisation, people have realised the importance of female education. The need for female education should be highlighted in India in order to empower women. The following are the important points that advocate in favour of promoting women education:
i. Women education is essential for improving their economic independence and economic feasibility.
ii. Women education is important in order to raise the social and moral status of women.
iii. It plays a significant role in maintaining favorable fertility rate.
iv. Health care of women and children can be enhanced with education imparted to women.
v. An educated women can infuse good moral values and can impart quality education to her children.
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.
How government organisations facilitate the functioning of schools and hospitals in India?
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?
Explain the steps taken by the government in developing rural markets.
What are the various non-commercial sources of energy?
What are the functions of the environment?
Is there any relationship between unemployment and poverty? Explain.
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.
Is environmental crisis a recent phenomenon? If so, why?
Explain ‘growth with equity’ as a planning objective.
Analyse the recent trends in sectoral distribution of workforce in India.
Describe the meaning of public health. Discuss the major public health measures undertaken by the state in recent years to control diseases.
What do you understand by devaluation of rupee?