TGPSC MPSO / ASO · Study notes
Indian economy notes for TGPSC MPSO / ASO
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5.1.1 Basic concepts 4
- 5.1.1.1Micro and macroeconomics; capitalist, socialist and mixed economiesRead here
- 5.1.1.2Sectors of the economy: primary, secondary and tertiary; organised and unorganisedRead here
- 5.1.1.3Goods, capital and the circular flow: final and intermediate goods, stocks and flows, leakages and injectionsRead here
- 5.1.1.4Keynesian income determination: consumption function, multiplier and the paradox of thriftRead here
5.1.2 National income 6
- 5.1.2.1National income aggregates: GDP, GNP, NNP and personal disposable income
- 5.1.2.2Market prices, factor cost and basic prices: GVA and net product taxes
- 5.1.2.3Measuring GDP: product, income and expenditure methods
- 5.1.2.4Nominal and real GDP, the GDP deflator and per capita income
- 5.1.2.5National accounts in India: early estimates, NSO, release calendar and base-year revisions
- 5.1.2.6GDP and welfare: externalities, non-market work, Green GDP and alternative measures
5.1.3 Growth and development 4
- 5.1.3.1Growth and development: concepts, Kuznets curve and development theories (Rostow, Lewis, Nurkse, Hirschman)
- 5.1.3.2Saving, investment and capital formation: GCF, GFCF and ICOR
- 5.1.3.3Colonial economy: drain of wealth, deindustrialisation and India on the eve of independence
- 5.1.3.4India's growth since 1950: phases, structural change and the latest estimates
5.1.4 Planning and NITI Aayog 7
- 5.1.4.1Planning: types, pre-independence plans and the constitutional basis
- 5.1.4.2Planning Commission and the National Development Council
- 5.1.4.3Five Year Plans 1–6: Harrod–Domar, Mahalanobis model, plan holiday and rolling plan
- 5.1.4.4Five Year Plans 7–12: from food, work and productivity to faster, more inclusive growth
- 5.1.4.5Goals and record of planning; area development programmes (DPAP, hill areas, Tribal Sub-Plan)
- 5.1.4.6NITI Aayog: structure, functions and contrast with the Planning Commission
- 5.1.4.7NITI Aayog initiatives: Aspirational Districts and Blocks, Atal Innovation Mission and indices
5.1.5 Economic reforms since 1991 4
- 5.1.5.1The 1991 balance of payments crisis and stabilisation
- 5.1.5.2LPG reforms: liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation – an assessment
- 5.1.5.3New Industrial Policy 1991: delicensing, public sector reservation and MRTP to the Competition Act
- 5.1.5.4Public sector reform: Ratna status, disinvestment and the National Monetisation Pipeline
5.2.1 Money and monetary policy 6
- 5.2.1.1Money: functions, legal tender and money supply measures (M0–M4, money multiplier)
- 5.2.1.2Currency management: note issue, coinage, demonetisation 2016 and the digital rupee
- 5.2.1.3Reserve Bank of India: history, governance and functions
- 5.2.1.4Monetary policy tools: CRR, SLR, bank rate, open market operations and qualitative controls
- 5.2.1.5Liquidity management: LAF corridor, repo, SDF, MSF, MSS and sterilisation
- 5.2.1.6Monetary Policy Committee, inflation targeting and lending rate benchmarks (BPLR to EBLR)
5.2.2 Banking and financial inclusion 9
- 5.2.2.1Structure of Indian banking: scheduled, cooperative, regional rural and differentiated banks
- 5.2.2.2Bank nationalisation and reforms: 1969, 1980, Narasimham committees and PSB mergers
- 5.2.2.3Prudential regulation: Basel norms, capital adequacy and deposit insurance (DICGC)
- 5.2.2.4Non-performing assets: classification, twin balance sheet problem and resolution (ARCs, NARCL)
- 5.2.2.5Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016
- 5.2.2.6NBFCs and development finance institutions: NABARD, SIDBI, EXIM Bank and NaBFID
- 5.2.2.7Priority sector lending and financial inclusion: lead bank scheme, Jan Dhan and SHG–bank linkage
- 5.2.2.8Payment systems: NPCI, UPI, RTGS, NEFT and digital payments
- 5.2.2.9Commercial banks: credit creation and portfolio management
5.2.3 Inflation and price indices 5
- 5.2.3.1Inflation: meaning, measurement and types by rate
- 5.2.3.2Causes of inflation: demand-pull, cost-push, structural factors and the quantity theory of money
- 5.2.3.3Effects of inflation and related terms: deflation, stagflation, core inflation, base effect and the Phillips curve
- 5.2.3.4Price indices: WPI, PPI and the CPI family – compilers, weights and base years
- 5.2.3.5Controlling inflation: monetary, fiscal and supply-side measures
5.2.4 Financial markets 5
- 5.2.4.1Financial system and regulators: money and capital markets, FSDC and who regulates what
- 5.2.4.2Money market instruments: call money, treasury bills, commercial paper and certificates of deposit
- 5.2.4.3Capital market: primary and secondary markets, stock exchanges and SEBI
- 5.2.4.4Capital market instruments: shares, bonds, mutual funds, derivatives, G-secs and REITs/InvITs
- 5.2.4.5Insurance and pension sectors: IRDAI, LIC, PFRDA, NPS and the Unified Pension Scheme
5.3.1 Public finance 11
- 5.3.1.1Public finance basics: functions of government and public goods
- 5.3.1.2Union Budget: receipts and expenditure, budget documents and budgeting reforms
- 5.3.1.3Measures of deficit: revenue, effective revenue, fiscal and primary deficit
- 5.3.1.4Fiscal policy: deficit financing, crowding out, multipliers and automatic stabilisers
- 5.3.1.5Public debt and the FRBM framework: the 2003 Act, 2018 amendments and the debt anchor
- 5.3.1.6Taxation: concepts, incidence, buoyancy, reform committees and abolished taxes
- 5.3.1.7Direct taxes: income tax, corporation tax, MAT, GAAR and the global minimum tax
- 5.3.1.8GST: 101st Amendment, dual structure and taxes subsumed
- 5.3.1.9GST in operation: rate slabs, compensation, e-way bill and the 2025 rationalisation
- 5.3.1.10Fiscal federalism: Finance Commissions, the divisible pool and state borrowing
- 5.3.1.11Fifteenth and Sixteenth Finance Commissions: devolution criteria and grants
5.4.1 External sector 11
- 5.4.1.1Balance of payments: current and capital accounts, CAD and India's BoP
- 5.4.1.2Exchange rates: fixed, floating and managed systems, NEER/REER, PPP and rupee convertibility
- 5.4.1.3Foreign exchange reserves and Special Drawing Rights
- 5.4.1.4Foreign investment: FEMA, FDI, FPI and instruments (ADR, GDR, masala bonds, P-notes)
- 5.4.1.5External debt, remittances and NRI deposit schemes
- 5.4.1.6India's foreign trade: composition, direction, Foreign Trade Policy 2023 and rupee trade settlement
- 5.4.1.7Trade remedies and regional trade agreements: anti-dumping, FTAs, CEPAs and customs unions
- 5.4.1.8GATT and WTO: structure, principles, rounds and ministerial conferences
- 5.4.1.9WTO agreements: Agreement on Agriculture (boxes, peace clause) and TRIPS
- 5.4.1.10IMF: quotas, SDRs and lending facilities
- 5.4.1.11World Bank Group and other development banks: ADB, AIIB and NDB
5.5.1 Agriculture and rural economy 11
- 5.5.1.1Agriculture in India: role, landholdings, cropping seasons and cropping intensity
- 5.5.1.2Land reforms: intermediaries, tenancy, ceilings, Bhoodan and Operation Barga
- 5.5.1.3Green Revolution: HYV programme, phases and impacts
- 5.5.1.4Farm inputs: seeds, GM crops, plant variety protection, fertiliser subsidy and soil health
- 5.5.1.5Irrigation: sources, classification of projects and PMKSY
- 5.5.1.6Agricultural prices: CACP, cost concepts, MSP, FRP and PM-AASHA
- 5.5.1.7Food security: FCI, buffer stocks, PDS and the National Food Security Act 2013
- 5.5.1.8Agricultural marketing: APMC, e-NAM, the 2020 farm laws and warehousing
- 5.5.1.9Agricultural credit and crop insurance: KCC, interest subvention, NABARD and PMFBY
- 5.5.1.10Allied sectors: dairy, fisheries, livestock and the colour revolutions
- 5.5.1.11Farm income support and new initiatives: PM-KISAN, Agriculture Infrastructure Fund, cooperatives, natural farming and millets
5.5.2 Industry 8
- 5.5.2.1Industrial Policy Resolutions 1948 and 1956
- 5.5.2.2Licence raj: IDRA 1951, MRTP 1969, small-scale reservation and the 1977 and 1980 policies
- 5.5.2.3MSMEs and startups: MSMED Act, classification (2020, 2025), Startup India and Stand-Up India
- 5.5.2.4Make in India, National Manufacturing Policy 2011 and PLI schemes
- 5.5.2.5SEZs, NIMZs and industrial corridors
- 5.5.2.6Industrial statistics: IIP, eight core industries and the Annual Survey of Industries
- 5.5.2.7Steel, coal and minerals: public sector plants, coal reforms, MMDR Act and District Mineral Foundations
- 5.5.2.8Labour codes and industrial relations
5.5.3 Infrastructure and services 7
- 5.5.3.1Infrastructure financing: PPP models, HAM, VGF, National Infrastructure Pipeline and NaBFID
- 5.5.3.2Power and energy sector: Electricity Act 2003, discom reforms (UDAY, RDSS), renewable targets and the Green Hydrogen Mission
- 5.5.3.3Roads and railways: Golden Quadrilateral, Bharatmala, PMGSY and dedicated freight corridors
- 5.5.3.4Ports, waterways and aviation: Sagarmala, national waterways and UDAN
- 5.5.3.5Logistics and digital infrastructure: PM Gati Shakti, National Logistics Policy and the Telecommunications Act 2023
- 5.5.3.6Urban development missions: Smart Cities, AMRUT, PMAY-Urban and Swachh Bharat (Urban)
- 5.5.3.7Services sector: growth, IT-BPM, tourism and the gig economy
5.5.4 Poverty and inequality 6
- 5.5.4.1Poverty: concepts, types and the poverty line
- 5.5.4.2Poverty estimation: Alagh to Rangarajan, consumption surveys and the World Bank line
- 5.5.4.3Multidimensional poverty: global MPI and NITI Aayog's National MPI
- 5.5.4.4Inequality: Lorenz curve, Gini coefficient and poverty gap measures
- 5.5.4.5Anti-poverty programmes: IRDP to DAY-NRLM and SECC-based targeting
- 5.5.4.6Rural employment guarantee: MGNREGA design, working and reform
5.5.5 Employment and unemployment 3
5.5.6 Human development and demography 4
- 5.5.6.1Human development: capability approach and the HDI method
- 5.5.6.2Global development indices: IHDI, GDI, GII, Human Capital Index, happiness and hunger indices
- 5.5.6.3Demographic dividend: age structure, dependency ratio and the economics of population
- 5.5.6.4Population policy, fertility and sex ratio: NPP 2000, NFHS-5 and SRS
5.5.7 Inclusive growth and welfare schemes 3
5.3.2 Union Budget and Economic Survey 6
- 5.3.2.1Union Budget 2025-26: fiscal numbers and tax changes
- 5.3.2.2Union Budget 2025-26: sector announcements and new missions
- 5.3.2.3Economic Survey 2024-25: key themes and figures
- 5.3.2.4Union Budget 2026-27: fiscal numbers and tax changes
- 5.3.2.5Union Budget 2026-27: sector announcements and new missions
- 5.3.2.6Economic Survey 2025-26: key themes and figures
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