How government organisations facilitate the functioning of schools and hospitals in India?
The Indian government regulates education and health sectors through the following organisations:
i. NCERT (National Council of Education Research and Training): The organisation is responsible for designing the textbooks up to standard 12th.
ii. UGC (University Grants Commission): This organisation is the prime funding authority for university education. It also enforces rules and regulation regarding higher education.
iii. AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education): It enforces rules and regulations regarding technical engineering education in the country.
iv. ICMR (Indian Council for Medical Research): This organisation formulates the rules and regulations relating to education and research in health sector.
v. National Institute of Health and Family Welfare: This organisation is responsible for promotion of health and family welfare programmes.
Trace the relationship between human capital and economic growth.
Discuss the need for promoting women’s education in India.
Discuss the following as a source of human capital formation
(i) Health infrastructure
(ii) Expenditure on migration.
What are the main problems of human capital formation in India?
‘There is a downward trend in inequality world-wide with a rise in the average education levels’. Comment.
What are the indicators of educational achievement in a country?
How is human development a broader term as compared to human capital?
Education is considered to be an important input for the development of a nation. How?
What factors contribute to human capital formation?
Argue in favour of the need for different forms of government intervention in education and health sectors.
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?
Meena is a housewife. Besides taking care of household chores, she works in the cloth shop which is owned and operated by her husband. Can she be considered as a worker? Why?
What do you understand by the drain of Indian wealth during the colonial period?
Those public sector undertakings which are making profits should be privatised. Do you agree with this view? Why?
What do you mean by transmission and distribution losses? How can they be reduced?
Explain the steps taken by the government in developing rural markets.
What were the main causes of India’s agricultural stagnation during the colonial period?
Why are regional and economic groupings formed?
What do you mean by rural development? Bring out the key issues in rural development.
Indicate the volume and direction of trade at the time of independence.
Do you think the navaratna policy of the government helps in improving the performance of public sector undertakings in India? How?