CLASS 11 ECONOMICS
Competence Statement
• Differentiate between Natural Sciences and Social Sciences
• Recognize and appreciate the diversity of views of various Economists
• Analyze the various definitions of Economics
• Differentiate between micro economics and macro economics
• Explain the basic concepts of micro economics and macro economics with realistic examples
• Explain the difficulties of barter system and justify the introduction of money
• Explain the various definitions of money
• Explain the different stages in the evolution of money
• Describe the qualities of money
• Explain the primary, secondary and contingent functions of money
• Review measures to counter the problem of black money
• Explain the meaning of Median, Quartiles, Deciles and Percentiles
• Explain the need for partition values and assess its superiority over averages
• Explain the use of partition values in economic data analysis
• Apply their quantitative skills to derive quartiles, deciles and percentiles for individual series,
ungrouped and grouped data
• Explain the structure of the economy of Maharashtra
• Compare the features of Maharashtra economy with that of other states
• Assess the performances of various sectors and their contribution to the state’s economic development
• Explain the problems of agricultural, industrial and service sectors in the State
• Review recent policy measures undertaken by the Government of Maharashtra
• Explain the meaning, definition and significance of rural development
• Explain the classification of agricultural credit on the basis of purpose and tenure
• Differentiate between institutional and non-institutional sources of credit
• Assess the role of various agricultural finance institutions
• Explain the stages of population growth based on various census data
• Explain the factors responsible for population explosion in India
• Assess various policy measures to check population explosion
• Explain the importance of human development
• Define the concept of unemployment
• Explain the types of rural and urban unemployment
• Explain the major causes of unemployment in India
• Assess the various employment generation programmes
• Explain multi-dimensional poverty
• Differentiate between Absolute and Relative poverty
• Explain Poverty line and its objectives
• Explain rural poverty and urban poverty
• Review the estimates of poverty
• Explain the major causes of poverty
• Assess the various poverty alleviation measures
• Explain the objectives of the economic policy of 1991
• Explain the terms liberalization, privatization and globalization
• Explain the measures undertaken for liberalization, privatization and globalization
• Evaluate the economic policy of 1991
• Explain the meaning and definitions of economic planning
• Explain the features of economic planning
• Assess the targets and achievements of various five year plans
• Analyze the targets of the twelfth plan
• Explain the functions of NITI Aayog
• Compare the framework of the Planning Commission with that of NITI Aayog