Sunday 16 June 2013

Book List for Economics Paper -2

Economics Paper-II 

 No book was covered cover to cover but topics seen from all sources and preparation done taking into account old questions asked in CSE and IES exams

 Pre-Independence

  • Economics history of India by G Kaushal
  • DU reading for BA( Eco) Hons. which has chapters from Tirthankar Roy etc
  • History books like Sumit Sarkar has some pages on syllabus topics

Post-Independence

  • Books by Uma Kapila
  • Oxford Companion to Economics in India by Kaushik Basu
  • Development Planning ( not sure about name of book) by Sukhamoy Chakraborty
  • Data from Rudra Dutt and Sundaram
  • DU readings
  • Currency reports by RBI
  • India's Economic Reforms and Development Essays for Manmohan Singh by Ahluwalia & Little
  • Bimal Jalan book on Indian Economy
  • India development reports
  • Monetary policy linked topics completely from RBI speeches, papers and currency reports
  • WTO from RBI research paper

Current

  • Economic Times newspaper, EPW, RBI website, Yojana
  • World bank, IMF research papers linked to India esp papers by Poonam Gupta, Arvind Virmani, Petia Topalova etc
  • Latest books in the market by well renowned economists like Shankar Acharya etc
  • PD Economy
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  1. SURAJ23 June 2013 at 23:26

    Hello Divya,
    thanks a lot for the blog first. it's very helpful. I have a few queries on paper II, hope you answer.

    1. In the current section the 2nd line : esp papers by "probably something missing"
    2. Do you have any idea if the oxford companion would have a new edition since data in this 1 is max updated till 2009.
    3. In the questions on British Indian economy like the drain of wealth controversy : Did you give a nationalist view in your answer or a more balanced one.
    4. Which readings of the DU do you recommend for the modern economy portion?
    5. Did you give a lot of data in your answers or your figures were approximate mostly? another thing is how to much up data.

    thanks again

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    1. Divya26 June 2013 at 06:34

      1. papers by Poonam Gupta, Arvind Virmani, Petia Topalova etc

      2. I have no idea but you can rely on Oxford companion for fundaas rather than data..For eg. the land reform chapter, Disinvestment etc...

      3. I have all views whatever i knew...a bit nationalistic towards the end, but quoting the british views as well and all national income numbers by sivasubramanian, atkinson, naoraji et al...Overall, not a biased view but more a considered view...

      4. I do not remember which DU readings, but looked at them...For eg. Pre-ind is well covered, Some papers have 1 page summaries written by a DU prof in their readings though most papers are there in Uma Kapila...Some glanced through all this to gain something extra...

      5. I did not use a lot of data but did made some 5-6 pages of data sheets and tried to memorise them to be used accodingly..I relied on conceptual questions than a data-oriented ones...

      Hope i have been able to answer your queries...Keep asking..

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    2. SURAJ18 July 2013 at 23:20

      thanks a lot divya. a few more follow-up questions

      1. there are two books of thirlwall in the market. which one did you follow?

      2. you must have practiced answer writing for both eco papers. please suggest do's and don'ts for answer writing.

      3. some topics are mentioned in the syllabus but questions are rarely asked from them (eg. distribution theories of ricardo, kaldor) while some others one are not explicitly mentioned but asked in exam (eg. Indian demography and its relation to economic growth). While reading a topic/book how do you decide what to skip and what not? Till now I have been reading topics from which questions have been asked in the previous 10 year question papers but I fear I might end up facing questions in the exam I have no idea about.

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    3. Divya24 July 2013 at 09:56

      Choosing what to study and what to leave is the most difficult thing about this exam. It is difficult for me to give a guideline on it. I would just say study as much extensively as possible while making brief notes and focussing more on topics mentioned in syllabus.

      I used "Growth and Development" by Thirlwall... http://us.macmillan.com/growthanddevelopmenteighthedition/AThirlwall

      I did not practice any answer writing...But my advice is to be precise and clear in your answers. Your first para should tell what you want to convey through the answer.

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  2. SURAJ9 September 2013 at 06:25

    Hello divya,
    I had a to ask you if there is any other way of reading the oxford companion except to buy it paying 3500?

    hope you reply, thanks.

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  3. baddy17 February 2014 at 04:24

    Hello,
    Please guide where to get relevant matter related to Vakil, Gadgil and Rao.

    Thanks and Regards,
    Arpit


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