Curriculum India's Economic Story
India's Economic Story
How India went from a planned economy to one of the world's largest - told through its people, policy, and growth.
- India's Economy: A Bird's-Eye View An orientation to India's economy - its scale, structure, and the themes this module will explore. 📄 Read-aloud
- From Independence to 1991: India's Planned Economy Era How India built a state-directed economy after 1947, and why that model eventually strained under its own weight. 📄 Read-aloud
- The 1991 Reforms: How India Opened Its Markets How a balance-of-payments crisis pushed India to dismantle decades of economic controls almost overnight. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Green Revolution and Indian Agriculture How new farming technology transformed India from a food-scarce nation into a major agricultural producer. 📄 Read-aloud
- India's IT Boom: Bangalore and Beyond How a combination of education, English fluency, and timing built India's globally significant software industry. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Informal Economy in India Why most of India's workers labor outside formal jobs, and what that means for their economic security. 📄 Read-aloud
- Poverty Reduction in India: Progress and Challenges How India has reduced poverty substantially over recent decades, while significant challenges and gaps remain. 📄 Read-aloud
- India's Demographic Dividend Why India's young population could be a major economic advantage - if enough jobs and skills materialize to match it. 📄 Read-aloud
- Urbanization in India: Migration and Megacities Why millions of Indians are moving to cities, and the economic opportunities and strains that migration creates. 📄 Read-aloud
- India's Manufacturing Push ("Make in India") Why India has pursued policies to grow manufacturing, and the structural challenges those efforts aim to address. 📄 Read-aloud
- Caste, Class, and Economic Mobility in India How caste and class shape economic opportunity in India, and what research says about mobility across generations. 📄 Read-aloud
- India's Startup Ecosystem How India built one of the world's largest startup ecosystems, and the opportunities and risks that come with it. 📄 Read-aloud
- Remittances and the Indian Diaspora Economy How money sent home by Indians working abroad has become a major and stabilizing part of India's economy. 📄 Read-aloud
- Infrastructure in India: Roads, Rail, and Growth Why physical infrastructure is often described as a bottleneck for India's growth, and how the country is investing to close the gap. 📄 Read-aloud
- India's Economic Relationship with the World How India engages with global trade, investment, and institutions, and the balancing act that engagement requires. 📄 Read-aloud
- India's Services-Led Growth Model Why India's economy grew unusually through services rather than following the manufacturing-first path most developing economies took. 📄 Read-aloud
- Skill Development and India's Education-Employment Gap Why a large, young, increasingly educated workforce in India hasn't automatically translated into enough good jobs. 📄 Read-aloud
- India's Renewable Energy Transition How India is balancing rapidly growing energy demand, a historical reliance on coal, and an ambitious renewable energy buildout. 📄 Read-aloud
- Fiscal Federalism: How Money Moves Between Centre and States How tax revenue and spending responsibility are divided between India's national government and its states, and why that division causes recurring friction. 📄 Read-aloud
- India's Agricultural Economy Today Why agriculture employs a large share of Indians but produces a smaller share of output, and the challenges of small farms, water and incomes. 📄 Read-aloud
- India's Gig and Platform Economy How millions of Indians now work through apps for delivery, ride-hailing and services, and the debate over their pay and protections. 📄 Read-aloud
- Women in India's Workforce Why India's female labour force participation has long been low, the recent rise, and the barriers women face. 📄 Read-aloud
- Global Capability Centres: India's Corporate Back Offices Grow Up How multinational companies built large in-house centres in India for technology, research and business functions, and what this means for jobs and cities. 📄 Read-aloud