UNIT – I  Development and Environment Economics

1. Economic Growth and Development : Concept, 2. Characteristics of Developing Countries, 3. Determinants of Economic Development, 4. Adam Smith’s Theory of Development, 5. The Marxian Model of Economic Growth, 6. The Schumpeterian Theory, 7. Rostow’s Model : Stages of Economic Growth, 8. Investment Criteria in Economic Development, 9. Capital Output Ratio and Capital Labour Ratio, 10. Human Resources and Development, 11. Balanced and Unbalanced Growth, 12. Big Push Theory, 13. Lewis Theory of Unlimited Supply of Labour, 14. Liebenstein’s Critical-Minimum Effort Thesis, 15. Myrdal’s Circular Causation Theory of Growth, 16. The Harrod and Domar Models, 17. Gender (Women) Equality, 18. Women Empowerment in India, 19. Techniques of Development (Capital Intensive and Labour Intensive), 20. Environment Economy Linkage and Population Environ-ment Linkage, 21. Sustainable Development, 22. Evaluation of Environmental Damages : Land, Water, Air and Forest, 23. Control and Abatement of Pollution,

UNIT – II   Statistics

1. Statistics : Meaning, Nature and Limitations, 2. Statistics : Scope and Importance, 3. Data and Data Collection Methods, 4. Universe (Population) and Sample, 5. Classification and Tabulation of Data, 6. Graphic Presentation of Data, 7. Frequency Distribution and Cumulative Frequency, 8. Measures of Central Tendency, 9. Geometric Mean and Harmonic Mean, 10. Measures of Dispersion, 11. Correlation, 12. Regression Analysis, 13. Analysis of Time-Series, 14. Index Number, 15. Probability Theory, 16. Research : Concept and Types, 17. Hypothesis : Concept, Types and Testing, 18. Research Report Writing.