Class 11 Economics - Indian Economic Development - Chapter Indian Economy 1950-1990 NCERT Solutions | What is marketable surplus?

Why was the public sector given a leading role in industrial development during the planning period?

Match the following:

What is the Green Revolution? Why was it implemented and how did Does it benefit the farmers? Explain in brief.

Explain ‘growth with equity’ as a planning objective.

Why was it necessary for a developing country like India to follow self-reliance as a planning objective?

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

Why should plans have goals?

Define a plan?

Why did India opt for planning?

Does modernisation as a planning objective create contradiction in the light of employment generation? Explain.

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

What are the two major sources of human capital in a country?

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

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?

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

Distinguish between the following

(i) Strategic and Minority sale
(ii) Bilateral and Multi-lateral trade
(iii) Tariff and Non-tariff barriers.

What is the state of rural infrastructure in India?

What is meant by ‘Food for Work’ programme?

The three dimensional attack on poverty adopted by the govern-ment has not succeded in poverty alleviation in India. Comment.

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

Mention the salient demographic indicators of China, Pakistan and India.

What are the various means by which countries are trying to strengthen their own domestic economies?

What is the significance of ‘energy’? Differentiate between commercial and non-commercial sources of energy.

Find the odd man out (i) owner of a saloon (ii) a cobbler (iii) a cashier in Mother Dairy (iv) a tuition master (v) transport operator (vi) construction worker.