Indian Economy: A laundry list

# Fiscal policy

• Fiscal policy explained: Direct and Indirect taxes; Contractionary v/s expansionary fiscal policy, Plan v/s Non-Plan Expenditure, Subsidies, Direct Benefits Transfer
• Goods and Services Tax: One Country-One Tax-One Market
• Minimum alternate tax
• Swachh Bharat Cess: What is a cess? Difference between cess and surcharge, The Swachh Bharat Cess
• Tax reforms in budget 2016-17

# Inflation

• Inflation explained with real life examples: What is Inflation, concept Of base effect, Deflation, Hyperinflation, Disinflation, Stagflation, CPI, WPI, PPI, Headline, Core.

# Monetary Policy

• Monetary policy explained with examples: Monetary policy, Monetary Policy Tools (Qualitative and Quantitative-CRR, SLR, REPO, LAF, MSF), Dear Money Policy, Sterilisation, Monetary policy transmission, Issue of autonomy of RBI.

# Banking in India

• The present situation of banking sector in India.
• Non performing assets:
  • NPA Crisis: Major Surgery needed
  • Rajan’s solution for NPAs
• Reforms in Banking Sector
• Financial Inclusion in India and Its Challenges
• PJ Nayak Committee for governance reforms
• Mission Indradhanush to revamp PSBs

# National Income Aggregates

• New methodology of GDP calculation: What’s all the fuss about?: What is GDP and how is it calculated, GDP @Factor Cost and Market Price, Recent change in methodology of GDP calculation.

# Public Finance and Government Budgeting

• Budget Deficits explained: Revenue Deficit(RD), Fiscal Deficit (FD) and Primary Deficit(PD).

• Current Account Deficit Explained: Current Account and Capital Account, Current Account Deficit and Balance of Payment.

# External Sector Of India

• FDI in Indian Economy: FDI in India, FDI routes, Merits, demerits, Impact of FDI on Inflation, Recent FDI reforms, FDI in E-Commerce.
• Beggar thy neighbours – What is exchange rate and how is it determined, NEER and REER, Managed Floating rate regime and Fixed exchange rate regime, Competitive devaluation by China
• The concept of currency devaluation: Currency devaluation, Currency Depreciation
• The concept of currency devaluation part 2: The Chinese move: Currency devaluation by China, impact on India. Related: The great fall of china and SDRs and devaluation of the yuan.

# The Indian Financial Markets

• FMC-SEBI merger and the road ahead: Recent FMC-SEBI merger, the underlying issues and what benefits commodity markets will reap, after coming under SEBI.
• Masala bonds

# Poverty

• Poverty: Definitions, measurement and controversies | Part-1: Definition of poverty, The concept of poverty line and the controversies around it.
• Poverty: Definitions, measurement and controversies | Part-2: Brief history of poverty estimation in India, World Bank poverty line for India.

# Unemployment

• Employment Scenario: India and world.

# Agriculture

• Indian Agriculture – 101: National Policy for Farmers (NPF) 2007, Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY), Kisan Credit Card, Crop Insurance in India, Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP), CCEA and CACP.
• Indian Agriculture – 102: Green Revolution, NFSM, Difference between CSS and Sponsored Schemes, Some tidbits on Ministry of agriculture.
• Indian Agriculture – 103: RKVY + 6 Subschemes under it, CAG Audit of 2015 and its revelation on RKVY’s implementation.
• What do we mean by drought and what are the relief measures taken: What is drought,When is it declared? Relief measures taken.
• National agricultural market: State of Indian Agriculture & renewed focus on increasing a farmer’s income – Facts, What was wrong with APMCs, Quick facts on NAM – Prelims
• Pradhan mantri fasal bima yojana
• Discussing budget 2016-17: Agriculture and farmers welfare
• Minimum Support Prices:
  •  What is MSP
  •  Minimum Support Prices for agricultural produce

# Economic Planning in India

• NITI AAYOG 

# Industry and Infrastructure

• Evolution in economic investment models
• Dedicated freight corridors: Dedicated freight corridors, Need for DFCs and progress in implementation
• Recommendations of the Debroy Committee on Railways
• 7 mission mode activities for transformation of Indian Railways: Mission 25 Tonne, Mission Zero Accident: It comprises of 2 sub-missions, Mission PACE (Procurement and Consumption Efficiency), Mission Raftaar, Mission 100, Mission beyond Book-keeping, Mission Capacity Utilisation
• Sagarmala project: Smart ports for blue revolution in india: The Sagarmala Project – Port led development.
• Inland Waterways – Converting Rivers to National Waterways: Inland water transport, National Waterways Bill 2015, River Information System (RIS), Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI).

# Budget 2016-17

All budget articles compiled here.

# Economic Survey

All articles related to economic survey compiled here.

# Miscellaneous Issues in News:

• Black money and the issues around it.