Nalanda Open University was established in 1987 by the State Government of Bihar. This is the first Open University in Bihar. The University provides various courses to the candidates unable to take up higher education directly. The Economic Development and Planning is one of the papers included in the M.A in Economics Part-II course.

Paper Description:

The Economic Development and Planning Papers are basically deals with the different kinds of planning in India. The paper provides full information about the planning techniques, different theories of economic development etc. This paper also gives the knowledge about failures of these planning’s. The paper fulfills the information about the different kinds of planning process in India.

Paper Pattern:

The MA in Economics-Part II-Economic Development and Planning (Paper XIII) Papers is generally follows a simple pattern. All the questions from this paper are arranged serially. There are a total of ten questions and one should have to answer atleast five questions. Each questions holds same number of marks. The questions are generally holds long descriptive and short notes type questions.

Frequently Asked Questions:

The questions that are frequently repeated in the Economic Development and Planning (Paper XIII) Papers are Marxian Theory of Economic Development, different features and importance of economic planning, economic freedom and failures of planning in India etc. There are also some questions that hold much potential to be asked in this paper. They are different types of planning techniques, theory of class struggle, socialistic planning etc.

Full Marks and Time Allotted:

The Nalanda Open University MA in Economics-Part II-Economic Development and Planning (Paper XIII) Papers contains 70 marks and the time allotted for each candidates are three hours.

Books Recommended:

• Development Planning, W. Arthur Lewis
• Development planning, Jan Tinbergen