When Education Decides your Future, You Decide What Your Education Must Be: A Review of Economics Education at Doon University

When Siba Sankar Mohanty, Head of the Department of Economics, Doon University, asked me to prepare a review of the Department and the career potentials of the pass-outs of the School of Social Sciences, I was under the impression that he wanted me to prepare a promotional write up on the department. But in the course of preparation of this article I realised that the motive was rather to highlight 'Economics' as a trade in the career training of young professionals and to prepare an analysis of the extent to which, the Department of Economics, Doon University, is committed to cater to the need for fusion of the complex social and personal aspirations of young minds with the political and business aspirations of an emerging economy. What I have attempted to present here is an outcome of a month long exercise of collection of information, review of different universities in India and elsewhere, review of literature, interviews with students- parents and other faculty members of the Department and numerous sessions of discussion with Prof. Mohanty on the issues emerging out of such exercise. The task that was in no way  lesser than a research on contemporary debate on career goals and choice trade-offs, finally got shaped in the form of what follows. The author is only responsible for a compilation of secondary information and some perceptions, and is thankful to all who participated in the activity


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A comparison of Population and covered area by The District of Uttarakhand

According to Census 2011 the total population of the India is 1,21,01,93422 and population of Uttarakhand is 1, 01, 16752 Uttarakhand population is 0.84 percent of India population.  Uttarakhand cover 1.69 percent area of India.

-Peeyush Sharma and Atul Singh

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Employment in Organised Public and Private Sectors in the Era of Liberalisation

Employment in Public Sector in India has continuously declined from 1991 after the Economic Reforms. It declined from 190.58 lakh persons in 1991 to 176.74 lakh persons in 2008 In this Period central Government, Quasi Governments and Local Governments declined and State Governments increased marginally.


-Peeyush Sharma

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Performance of India's Agriculture Sector

Mahatma Gandhi once said that India lives in village. Agricultural sector provides livelihood means for around two third of the workforce population of India, this sector is a source of employment for about 75 percent of the country’s population and around 43 percent of India’s geographical land is used for agricultural activities while its contribution in the total GDP is around 18 percent.

-Atul Singh

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National Food Security Bill: Issues and Concerns

National food security bill was one of the key promises made by congress party in 2009 general elections after Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGS). On 18^th December, 2011 the Union Cabinet cleared the bill that aims to provide subsidised food grains to over 63.5% of country’s population. The bill aims to provide food at subsidised rates to at least 90% of the rural population and 50% of the urban population.

-Meenakshi Dhyani

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‘INDIA achieved a milestone’, few days back this was the headline of all newspapers which was regarding the polio eradication in the country. Of course it was not less than achieving a milestone that now India did not find single case of polio anywhere in the country during last one year. January 13, 2012 was a great day in the history of Indian Public Health when the country completed 12 months period without any case of epidemic polio, since last case of polio was a two year old girl in West Bengal reported on 13 January last year.  This achievement of eradicating polio from the country is something worth celebrating.


- Atul Singh

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