APPSC GROUP 2 EXAM
2020 – PAPER III (PLANNING & ECONOMY)
Syllabus
1. Indian Economy
and present status
- Socio-Economic - Goals and Achievements
- New economic reforms 1991
- Regulation of the Economy – Creation of regulatory bodies
- NITI Aayog
- Cooperative Federalism and decentralization of financial resources
- Lack of inclusive growth
and sustainable development: causes, consequences and solutions.
2. Economic
Policies
- Agricultural policies
- Contribution of agriculture to India’s GDP
- Issues of financing,
production, marketing and distribution of agriculture.
- Industrial policies
- Main features of industrial development in India
- Sectoral composition
- Roles of private and public sectors in employment and productivity
- Role of IT industries in development
3. Resources and
Development
- Types of resources
- Physical capital and finance capital
- Population- size, composition and growth–Trends
- Occupational Distribution of Work force
- Human Development Index as a measurement of development.
- Demographic Dividend
4. Money, Banking and
Public Finance
- Monetary policy of RBI
- Fiscal policy: Objectives
- Fiscal Imbalance and Deficit Finance
- New Foreign Trade Policy
- Current account imbalances
- FDI
- Inflation , its causes and remedies
- Budget – taxes and non-tax revenue
- Goods and Service Tax (GST)
5. National Income
- National Income and concepts
- Gross Domestic Product
- Net Domestic Product
- Per capita income.
6. Economic Policies of
Andhra Pradesh
- Socio-Economic welfare Programmes of Government of Andhra Pradesh
- Composition of Population in Andhra Pradesh – Rural – Urban, Sex Ratio, Age Distribution
7. Agriculture and
Industrial Growth of Andhra Pradesh
- Contribution of agriculture to income and employment in Andhra Pradesh
- Land reforms in Andhra Pradesh
- Cropping pattern
- Irrigation Policy of Andhra Pradesh
- sources of agricultural finances
- agricultural subsidies
- public distribution system in Andhra Pradesh
- Industrial Development in Andhra Pradesh
- Growth and structure of industries
- Incentives to industries
- Industrial corridors in and SEZs in Andhra Pradesh
- Bottlenecks for industrial development
- Power projects
8. Resource Development
of Andhra Pradesh
- Andhra Pradesh Budgetary resources and constraints
- Fulfillment of the conditions of A.P Bifurcation Act
- central assistance and issues of conflict
- public debt and projects of external assistance
- Andhra Pradesh State Gross Domestic Product - Comparison with India and neighboring States.