NIOS 318 — Economics — Textbook & Study Material

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What you will study (chapters)

Chapter 1: Overview of Indian Economy
Chapter 2: Economic Planning in India
Chapter 3: The Problem of Unemployment, Poverty and Inequality
Chapter 4: Economic Growth and Economic Development
Chapter 5: Meaning, Scope and Its Need in Economics
Chapter 6: Collection and Classification of Data
Chapter 7: Presentation of Data
Chapter 8: Measures of Central Tendency
Chapter 9: Measures of Dispersion
Chapter 10: Correlation Analysis
Chapter 11: Index Numbers
Chapter 12: Central Problems of an Economy
Chapter 13: Introduction to the Study of Economics
Chapter 14: Consumer's Equilibrium
Chapter 15: Demand
Chapter 16: Price Elasticity of Demand
Chapter 17: Cost of Production
Chapter 18: Supply
Chapter 19: Production Function
Chapter 20: Price Elasticity of Supply
Chapter 21: Forms of Market
Chapter 22: Price Determination Under Perfect Competition
Chapter 23: Revenue and Profit Maximization of a Competitive Firm
Chapter 24: National Income and Related Aggregates
Chapter 25: National Income and Its Measurement
Chapter 26: Consumption, Saving and Investment
Chapter 27: Theory of Income Determination
Chapter 28: Money and Banking
Chapter 29: Government and The Budget

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