Class 11 Economics - Indian Economic Development - Chapter Infrastructure NCERT Solutions | What are the various non-commercial sour

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

Discuss the main drawbacks of our health care system.

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

What is the state of rural infrastructure in India?

How do infrastructure facilities boost production?

What is a ‘global burden of disease’?

Describe the meaning of public health. Discuss the major public health measures undertaken by the state in recent years to control diseases.

How are the rates of consumption of energy and economic growth connected?

What problems are being faced by the power sector in India?

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

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.

Define a plan?

Who is a worker?

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?

Raj is going to school. When he is not in school, you will find him working in his farm. Can you consider him as a worker? Why?

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.

Do you think outsourcing is good for India? Why are developed countries opposing it?

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

What happens when the rate of resource extraction exceeds that of their regeneration?

Discuss the importance of credit in rural development.

Explain the Great Leap Forward campaign of China as initiated in 1958.

What are the major factors responsible for the high growth of the service sector?

Why should plans have goals?

Why were reforms introduced in India?