UPSC CORE · NCERT GEOGRAPHY
Indian Economy 💰
NCERT-aligned UPSC Core Geography topic from NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar). Every item is anchored to a real location on India's map — built for boards (CBSE, ICSE, state) and UPSC aspirants.
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Class UPSC Geography — NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar).
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Key locations covered (74)
- Gross Domestic Product (GDP) — Pan-India
- GVA, GNI, NNP and Allied Aggregates — Pan-India
- Real vs Nominal GDP & GDP Deflator — Pan-India
- Sectoral Composition of Indian Economy — Pan-India
- Consumer Price Index (CPI) — Pan-India
- Wholesale Price Index (WPI) — Pan-India
- Inflation: Types and Concepts — Pan-India
- Money Supply Aggregates: M0 to M4 — Pan-India
- Liquidity Tools: Repo, MSF, SDF, Reverse Repo — Pan-India
- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) — Maharashtra (Mumbai)
- Public Sector Banks (Post-Merger) — Pan-India
- Private, Foreign, Small Finance and Payments Banks — Pan-India
- Banking Regulation: Basel, PCA, Capital Adequacy — Pan-India
- NPAs, IBC and Asset Reconstruction — Pan-India
- DICGC and Deposit Insurance — Pan-India
- Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) — Maharashtra (Mumbai)
- Stock Exchanges and Indices — Maharashtra (Mumbai)
- Mutual Funds, AIFs, REITs, InvITs — Pan-India
- Derivatives, F&O and Recent SEBI Reforms — Pan-India
- IFSC Authority and GIFT City — Gujarat
- Balance of Payments and Current Account — Pan-India
- Forex Reserves and Exchange Rate Management — Pan-India
- FDI, FPI and Capital Flows — Pan-India
- JAM Trinity and Financial Inclusion — Pan-India
- UPI and Digital Payments Architecture — Pan-India
- Employment, PLFS and Demographic Dividend — Pan-India
- Poverty Estimation in India — Pan-India
- Pension Reforms: NPS, UPS, OPS — Pan-India
- Insurance Sector and IRDAI — Telangana (Hyderabad)
- Subsidies in India: Food, Fertilizer, Petroleum — Pan-India
- Cooperative Banks and Multi-State Cooperatives — Pan-India
- Coal, Petroleum, Power: Core Sector — Pan-India
- Climate Finance and Green Economy — Pan-India
- Demonetisation 2016 and Cash Economy — Pan-India
- International Financial Institutions: IMF, WB, ADB — Pan-India
- GST Compensation Cess and Compensation to States — Pan-India
- Goods and Services Tax (GST) — Pan-India
- GST Collections and Recent Reforms — Pan-India
- Cryptocurrency and Virtual Digital Assets — Pan-India
- Industrial Corridors and Manufacturing Clusters — Pan-India
- Account Aggregator and Open Banking — Pan-India
- Recent Major Banking Mergers and Capital Infusion — Pan-India
- Direct Tax Collections Trends — Pan-India
- GIFT IFSC Banking — Gujarat (GIFT City)
- Index of Industrial Production - Recent Trends — Pan-India
- Demographic Dividend and Aging Concerns — Pan-India
- India's HDI and SDG Rank — Pan-India
- Engel's Law and Consumption Patterns — Pan-India
- Lorenz Curve and Gini Coefficient — Pan-India
- Stagflation and Slumpflation — Pan-India
- Laffer Curve — Pan-India
- Crowding Out Effect — Pan-India
- Bullard's Rule and Taylor Rule — Pan-India
- Hindu Rate of Growth — Pan-India
- Tobin Tax and Pigovian Tax — Pan-India
- Big Bang Reforms 1991 — Pan-India
- Banking Sector Reforms - Narasimham I — Pan-India
- Capital Account Convertibility — Pan-India
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita - tax compliance angle — Pan-India
- Recent Economic Surveys — Pan-India
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Sample questions (12 of 533)
Which agency releases India's official GDP estimates?
National Statistical Office (NSO) under Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI).
What is the current base year for India's GDP series at constant prices?
2011-12 (expected to be revised to 2022-23 in 2026).
Which is the largest contributor to India's GDP by value addition (2024)?
Services sector (~55% of GVA).
What was India's nominal GDP rank globally in 2025?
5th largest economy by nominal GDP.
What was India's PPP-GDP rank globally in 2025?
3rd largest economy by purchasing power parity.
What is India's projected nominal GDP target announced by the Government for 2027-28?
USD 5 trillion economy.
Which of these is/are included in GDP at factor cost: (1) Indirect taxes, (2) Subsidies, (3) Depreciation. Choose the correct option.
GDP at factor cost = GDP at market price minus indirect taxes plus subsidies; depreciation is not deducted (only in NDP).
What was India's real GDP growth rate in FY24?
8.2% (provisional estimate by NSO).
What was India's real GDP growth rate (first revised estimate) in FY25?
6.5%.
Which sector contributed approximately 17% of India's GVA in 2024-25?
Agriculture, forestry and fishing.
What does GVA stand for in national accounts?
Gross Value Added.
How is GVA at basic prices related to GDP at market prices?
GDP at market prices = GVA at basic prices + Net product taxes (product taxes minus product subsidies).
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