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2.
Bring out the merits of indirect taxes over direct taxes.
3.
Bring out the functions of World Bank.
4.
Explain the types of Terms of Trade given by Viner.
5.
Describe the functions of Reserve Bank of India.
6.
Explain the functions of money
7.
Explain the operation of the Accelerator.
8.
Describe the types of unemployment.
9.
Explain the importance of national income
10.
Compare the features among Capitalism, Secularism and Mixedism
1.
2.
Wider Coverage
(i) All consumers have to pay indirect taxes, but only 2 % pay direct tax.
Equitable
(i) It satisfies the canon of equity when higher tax is imposed on luxuries used by the rich.
Economical
(i) Cost of collection is less as producers and retailers collect tax and pay to government.
(ii) The traders act as honorary tax collectors.
Checks harmful consumption
(i) Government imposes indirect taxes on goods which are harmful to health e.g. tobacco, liquor.
Convenient
(i) Indirect taxes are levied on goods and services.
(ii) When consumers buy, they pay tax along with the price.
(iii) So, they do not feel the pinch of paying tax.
3.
Investment for productive purposes
(i) World Bank helps in reconstruction and development of territories of member nations through investment for productive purposes.
(ii) It encourages the development of productive facilities and resources in less developed countries.
Balanced growth of international trade
(i) Promoting the long range balanced growth of trade at international level and the maintaining equilibrium in BoPs of member nations by encouraging international investment.
Provision of loans and guarantees
(i) Arranging the loans or providing guarantee on loans by various other channels and execute important projects.
Promotion of foreign private investment
(i) This is done by means of guarantees on loans and other investment made by private investors.
(ii) The Bank supplements private investment by providing finance for productive purpose out of its own resources or from borrowed funds.
Technical services
(i) The World Bank facilitates different kinds of technical services to the member countries through Staff College and experts.
4.
Single Factoral Terms of Trade
(i) According to Viner, the single factoral terms of trade is an improvement over the commodity terms of trade.
(ii) It represents the ratio of export. price index to the import price index adjusted for changes in the productivity of factors in the production of exports.
\(\mathrm{T}_{\mathrm{f}}=\left(\mathrm{P}_{\mathrm{x}} / \mathrm{P}_{\mathrm{m}}\right) \mathrm{F}_{\mathrm{x}}\)
(iii) Tf is single factoral terms of trade index.
(iv) Fx is productivity in exports.
Double Factoral Terms of Trade
\(\mathrm{T}_{\mathrm{ff}}=\left(\mathrm{P}_{\mathrm{x}} / \mathrm{P}_{\mathrm{m}}\right)\left(\mathrm{F}_{\mathrm{x}} / \mathrm{F}_{\mathrm{m}}\right)\)
(i) It takes into account the productivity in country's exports and productivity of foreign factors.
(ii) Fm is import index (which is measured as index cost in terms of quantity of factors of production employed per unit) of imports.
5.
Introduction
(i) The Reserve Bank of India is India's central banking institution
(ii) It commenced its operations on 1 April 1935 and it was nationalised on 1 Jan, $1949 .$
1) Monetary Authority
(i) It controls the supply of money in the economy to stabilize exchange rate, maintain healthy balance of payment, attain financial stability, control inflation, strengthen banking system.
2) Issuer of currency
(i) It is the sole authority to issue currency
(ii) It also takes action to control the circulation of fake currency.
3) Issuer of Banking License
(i) Every bank has to obtain a banking license from RBI to conduct banking business in India.
4) Banker to the Government
(i) It is the banker to the central and the state governments.
(ii) It provides short term credit, manages all need issues of government loans, services the government debt outstanding
(iii) It advises the government on banking and financial matters.
5) Banker's Bank
(i) It is the bank of all banks in India as it provides loan to banks, accepts the deposit of banks and rediscounts the bills of banks.
6) Lender of last resort
(i) The banks can borrow from RBI by keeping eligible securities as collateral at the time of need when there is no other source.
7) Act as clearing house
(i) For settlement of banking transactions, RBI manages 14 clearing houses.
(ii) It facilitates the exchange of instruments and processing of payment instructions.
8) Custodian of foreign exchange reserves
(i) It administers and enforces the provision of Foreign Exchange Management Acr, 1999.
(ii) RBI buys and sells foreign currency to maintain the exchange rate of Indian rupee vs foreign currencies.
9) Regulator of Economy
(i) It controls the money supply in the system, monitors GDP, Inflation
10) Managing Government securities
(i) RBI administers investments in institutions when they invest specified minimum proportions of their total assets/liabilities in government securities.
11) Regulator and Supervisor of Payment and Settlement Systems
(i) RBI oversees the payment and settlement systems in the country.
(ii) It focuses on the development and functioning of safe, secure and efficient payment and settlement mechanisms.
12) Developmental Role
(i) It develops the quality of banking system in India and ensures that credit is available to the productive sectors of the economy.
(ii) It provides a wide range of promotional functions to support national objectives.
(iii) It establishes institutions which build the financial infrastructure.
(iv) It also helps in expanding access to affordable financial services and promotes financial education and literacy.
13) Publisher of monetary data
(i) It maintains and provides all essential bánking and other economic "data, formulating and critically evaluating the economic policies in India.
(ii) RBI collects, collates and publishes data regularly.
14) Exchange manager and controller
(i) RBI represents India as a member of the International Monetary Fund.
(ii) Most of thé commercial banks are authorized dealers of RBI.
15) Banking Ombudsman Scheme
(i) RBI introduced this Scheme in 1995
(ii) Those who have complaints including online, can appeal to the Ombudsman against the awards and the other decisions of the Banks.
16) Banking Codes and Standards Board of India
(i) To measure the performance of banks against Codes and Standards based on established global practices, the RBI has set up the Banking Codes and Standards Board of India.
6.
(i) Primary Functions:
Medium of exchange:
(i) Money has general acceptability and all exchanges take place in terms of money.
(ii) First, money is got through sale of goods or services.
(iii) Later, money is used to buy goods and services.
(iv) Thus, in the modern exchange system money acts as the intermediary in sales and purchases.
Measure of value
(i) Money measures the value of goods and services.
(ii) Prices of all goods and services are expressed in terms of money.
(iii) Since all the values are expressed in terms of money, it is easier to determine the rate of exchange between various types of goods in the community.
(ii) Secondary Functions:
Store of value:
(i) Savings is done in terms of money.
(ii) Money is a store of wealth, as it can be easily converted into other marketable assets such as land, machinery, plant.
Standard of Deferred Payments:
(i) Borrowing and lending is done in money.
Means of Transferring Purchasing Power:
(i) The field of exchange went on extending with growing economic development.
(ii) The exchange of goods is now. extended to distant lands.
(iii) So it is necessary to transfer purchasing power from one place to another.
(iii) Contingent Functions:
Basis of the Credit System:
(i) Business transactions are either in cash or on credit.
(ii) A depositor uses cheques only when there are sufficient funds in his account.
(iii) The commercial banks create credit on the basis of adequate cash reserves.
(iv) Money is at the back of all credit.
Money facilitates distribution of National Income:
(i) Money is used in the distribution of income as rent, wage, interest and profit.
Equalize Marginal Utilities and Marginal Productivities:
(i) Consumer gets maximum utility only if he incurs expenditure on various commodities in such a manner as to equalize marginal utilities accruing from them.
(ii) Here, money plays an important role, because the prices of all commodities are expressed in money.
(iii) Money helps to equalize marginal productivities of various factors of production.
Increases Productivity of Capital:
(i) Money is the most liquid form of capital.
(ii) It can be put to any use.
(iii) So it can be transferred from the less productive to the more productive uses.
(iv) Other Functions:
Maintains Repayment Capacity:
(i) Money has general acceptability.
(ii) To maintain its repayment capacity, every firm has to keep assets in the form of money.
(iii) Firms, banks, insurance companies and governments have to keep some liquid money (i.e., cash) to maintain their repayment capacity.
Represents Generalized
Purchasing Power:
(i) Purchasing power kept in terms of money can be put to any use.
Gives liquidity to Capital:
(i) Money is the most liquid form of capital & so can be put to any use.
7.
Introduction
A systematic development of the simple accelerator model was made by J.M.Clark, It was further developed by Hicks, Samuelson and Harrod.
Definition
Accelerator coefficient is the ratio between induced investment and an initial change in consumption \(\beta=\frac{\Delta \mathrm{I}}{\Delta \mathrm{C}}\)
Operation
Suppose that in order to produce 1000 consumer goods, 100 machines are needed. Working life of a machine is 10 yrs i.e, every year 10 machines have to be replaced. This is called replacement demand
(i) Suppose that demand for consumer goods rises by 10 % (i.e, from 1000 to 1100)
(ii) This results in increase in demand for 10 more machines
(iii) The total demand for machines is 20 i.e, 10 % increase in demand for consumer goods causes 100 % increase in demand for machine (from 10 to 20 )
Explanation
(i) SS is the saving curve.
(ii) II is the investment curve.
(iii) At point E1 the economy is in equilibrium with OY1 income.
(iv) S and I are equal at O2.
(v) Now I increased from OI2 to OI4.
(vi) This increases income from OY1 to OY3 at E2 equilibrium.
(vii) If the increase in investment by I2I4 is purely exogenous, then the increase in income by Y1Y3 would be due to multiplier.
(viii) But in this diagram it is assumed that exogenous investment is only by I2I3 and induced investment is by I3I4.
(ix) Therefore, the increase in income by Y1Y2 is due to the multiplier effect and the increase in income by Y2Y3 is due to the accelerator effect.
8.
Cyclical unemployment:
(i) During the downturn phase (recession and depression) of trade cycle, income and output fall leading to cyclical unemployment.
(ii) It is caused by deficiency of effective demand
Structural unemployment:
(i) Unemployment due to massive and deep rooted changes in economic structure leads to structural unemployment.
(ii) Lack of demand for the product or shift in demand to other products cause this type of unemployment.
(iii) (e.g.) rise in demand for mobile phones has adversely affected the demand for cameras, tape recorders
Disguised unemployment:
(i) It occurs in agriculture when more people are there than required. Even if some workers are withdrawn, production does not suffer.
Actual marginal productivity is zero, less or negative.
(i) Seasonal unemployment
1. In agriculture and agro based industries like sugar, production activities are carried out only in some seasons.
2. These industries offer employment only during that season in a year.
3. People remain unemployed during the off season.
4. Seasonal unemployment takes place from demand side also (eg) ice cream industry, holiday resorts
(ii) Frictional unemployment (Temporary unemployment)
1. It arises due to imbalance between supply of labour and demand for labour.
2. It is because of immobility of labour, lack of necessary skills, break down of machinery, shortage of raw materials.
3. The persons who lose jobs and in search of jobs also come under frictional unemployment
(iii) Educated unemployment
1. Educated people are underemployed or unemployed when qualification does not match the job.
2. Faulty education system, lack of employable skills, mass student turnout and preference for white collar jobs are highly responsible for educated unemployment.
9.
(i) National income is of great importance for the economy of a country.
(ii) National income helps us to know the relative importance and contribution of each sector. We could find how income is produced, how it is distributed, how much is spent, saved or taxed.
(iii) National income data is used to formulate monetary policy, fiscal policy and other policies.
(iv) Data regarding gross income, output, saving and consumption is uscd in economic planning.
(v) National income data is used to build economic models in short run and long run.
(vi) It is used to make international comparison, inter regional comparison and inter temporal comparison of growth of the economy during different periods.
(vii) If income is equally distributed, the per capita income will reflect the economic welfare of the country.
10.
| S.No | Features | Capitalism | Socialism | Mixedism |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ownership of Means of Production | Private Ownership | Public Ownership | Private Ownership and Public Ownership |
| 2. | Economic Motive | Profit | Social Welfare | Social Welfare and Profit Motive |
| 3. | Solution of Central Problems | Free Market System | Central Planning System | Central Planning System and Free Market System |
| 4. | Government Role | Internal Regulation only | Complete Involvement | Limited Role |
| 5. | Income Distribution | Unequal | Equal | Less unequal |
| 6. | Nature of Enterprise | Private Enterprise | Government Enterprise | Both Private and State Enterprises |
| 7. | Economic Freedom | Complete Freedom | Lack of Freedom | Limited Freedom |
| 8 | Major Problem | Inequally | Inefficiency | Inequality and Inefficiency |
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