Business Environment and Indian Economy

Syllabus

MBA 105-18  BUSINESS ENVIRONEMENT AND INDIAN ECONOMY

 UNIT I

Business Environment: Meaning, Types: Internal Environment; External Environment; Micro and Macro Environment, Components of Business Environment.

Political Environment: Three political institutions: Legislature, Executive and Judiciary, Fundamental rights, Directive Principles, Rationale and extent of state intervention. 

Economic Environment: Concept, features of various economic systems, New Industrial policy and industrial licensing, new economic policies, aspects of economic reforms and their effects on business and emerging economies. Effect of recession on Business and remedies for that, Economic Planning in India: Objectives, Strategies and Evaluation of current five year plan, Monetary and Fiscal Policy. 

UNIT II

Legal Environment: Company Regulatory Legislations in India, FEMA, EXIM policy, Competition Law, Right to Information Act 2005. 

Public Sector in India: Concepts, Philosophy and Objectives, Performance, Problems and Constraints. Disinvestment and Privatisation, Joint sector and Cooperative sector in India, Deficit Financing and its implications for the Indian Economy; Analysis of current year Annual Budget. 

Consumerism: Role of Consumer Groups with Special Reference to India; Consumer Protection Act, 1986 with Latest Amendments.

Ecological Environment: Concepts of Green Management, Global Warming, Carbon Foot Printing, The Environment Protection Act 1986. 

UNIT III

Technological Environment: Impact of Technology on Business, Technological Policy, Intellectual Property Rights, Import of Technology, Appropriate Technology, Problems in Technology Transfer.

International Environment: Emergence of Globalisation,  Control of Foreign Direct Investment, Benefits and Problems from MNCs. WTO, its role and functions, Implications for India. Trading Blocks, Foreign Trade: SEZ (Special Economic Zones), EPZ (Export processing zone), EOU (Export Oriented Units), Dumping and AntiDumping measures.

Introduction to Indian Economy: Colonialism and Development of Indian Economy, Framework of Indian Economy, Demographic Features and Indicators of Economic Growth and Development, Rural-Urban Migration and issues related to Urbanization, Poverty debate and Inequality, Nature, Policy and Implications. 

Unit IV

Unemployment: Nature, Central and State Government’s policies, policy implications, Employment trends in Organized and Unorganized Sector  Development

Strategies in India: Agricultural- Pricing, Marketing and Financing of Primary Sector, Changing structure of India’s Foreign Trade. The Economic Policy and Infrastructure Development: Energy and Transport, Social Infrastructure- Education, Health and Gender related issues, Social Inclusion, Issues and policies in Financing Infrastructure Development.