BECE-145 EM 2025-26 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT

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INDIAN ECONOMY I
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Course Code: BECE-145
Assignment Code: Asst /TMA /2025-26

ASSIGNMENT ONE Answer the following Descriptive Category questions in about 500 words each. Each question carries 20 marks. Word limit does not apply in case of numerical questions.

1. How is development different from growth? Explain various approaches to development.
2. What does the population pyramid depict? How does it differ between the developing and the developed countries? When does a country signifies to have entered a phase of ‘demographic dividend’?

ASSIGNMENT TWO Answer the following Middle Category questions in about 250 words each. Each question carries 10 marks. Word limit does not apply in case of numerical questions.

3. What was the extent of contribution of industry to the Indian economy at the time of independence? What was a consequence of this state on the Indian economy?
4. Explain the following:
5. Deficits of development
6. Balance of Payments (BOP) of a country
7. Poverty Gap Index (PGI)
8. Urbanisation
9. Distinguish between absolute poverty and relative poverty. Explain the two approaches used to measure poverty?

ASSIGNMENT THREE Answer the following Short Category questions in about 100 words each. Each question carries 6 marks.

6. Briefly describe ‘sustainable development’ (SD) approach?
7. Distinguish between ‘horizontal inequality’ and ‘vertical inequality’.
8. How is ‘social progress’ defined? What is the relative position of India in respect of Social Progress Index?
9. How is Incremental Capital Output Ratio (ICOR) defined? In what way it is important in economic developmental planning?
10. What is ‘current account deficit’ (CAD)? What does a widening CAD imply?