Suppose you are from a poor family and you wish to get help from the government to set up a petty shop. Under which scheme will you apply for assistance and why?
For setting up a pet shop, I would apply for financial assistance under the programme of Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana(PMRY). Under this programme, an unemployed educated person from a low-income family in rural and urban areas can set up any kind of enterprise that can generate employment.
Is there any relationship between unemployment and poverty? Explain.
What programmes has the government adopted to help the elderly people and poor and destitute women?
Illustrate the difference between rural and urban poverty. Is it correct to say that poverty has shifted from rural to urban areas? Use the trends in poverty ratio to support your answer.
The three dimensional attack on poverty adopted by the govern-ment has not succeded in poverty alleviation in India. Comment.
Why calorie-based norm is not adequate to identify the poor?
Why are employment generation programmes important in poverty alleviation in India?
Suppose you are a resident of a village, suggest a few measures to tackle the problem of poverty.
How can creation of income earning assets address the problem of poverty?
What is meant by ‘Food for Work’ programme?
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?
Explain the term ‘infrastructure’.
What is meant by environment?
Why are regional and economic groupings formed?
Why were reforms introduced in India?
Name some notable economists who estimated India’s per capita income during the colonial period?
How are the rates of consumption of energy and economic growth connected?
Why do we observe regional differences in educational attainment in India?
Examine the role of education in the economic development of a nation.
Establish the need for acquiring information relating to health and education expenditure for the effective utilisation of human resources.
Name some notable economists who estimated India’s per capita income during the colonial period?
Explain the Great Leap Forward campaign of China as initiated in 1958.
Two major environmental issues facing the world today are ____________ and _____________.
Why were reforms introduced in India?
Those public sector undertakings which are making profits should be privatised. Do you agree with this view? Why?
Explain how import substitution can protect domestic industry.