Solutions of Understanding The Indian Economy from Economics & Disaster Management : Class 9
Jammu and Kashmir Board Social Science Solutions from Chapter 2 - Understanding the Indian Economy
The detailed solutions to all the exercises of Understanding The Indian Economy from Economics & Disaster Management : Class 9 for 9th Jammu and Kashmir Board are provided here. The topics covered are such as Education, Health and, Gross Domestic Product. Students can practice frequently asked questions from this chapter.
Practice Other Topics from Understanding the Indian Economy
This topic provides information on unorganised and organised sectors. It differentiates between these two sectors along with mentioning of few examples.

This topic discusses the objectives and importance of public and private sectors. It also lists the differences between these two sectors.

This topic describes economic activities in India. It elucidates the stages and features of an activity that put it in an economic one. It explains and distinguishes economic and non-economic activities with the help of a few examples.

This topic discusses the sectors of the economy in detail. It elaborates on the three major sectors of the Indian economy and their roles. It describes each sector focusing on its activities and features, along with the challenges it may face.

This topic throws light on the factors leading to the surge in the importance of the tertiary sector in India. It points out several reasons for the tertiary sector gaining so much momentum in India and its benefits to other industries.

The topic highlights the evolution of an economy from primary sector-based to tertiary sector. It discusses the progression from primary to secondary and then to the tertiary sector. It features the influence and interdependency of the three sectors.

This topic talks about the gross domestic product. It defines the concept and the role of the three sectors in determining the GDP. It informs us about the process of measurement of GDP by the central government.

In this topic, we will explore the sectoral share in the gross domestic product of the Indian economy. It describes the percentage share of the primary sector, secondary sector, and tertiary sector in GDP. It also tabulates the percentage share.

The topic elaborates on the agriculture and allied sector of the Indian economy. It highlights the agricultural transformation, diversification, policies, and problems. It also calls attention to the contribution of this sector to the GDP.

The topic talks about the contribution of the industrial sector to the GDP of the country. It discusses the deficient share of manufacturing in India's growth. There is a description of the aim and vision of the National Manufacturing Policy.

The topic sheds light on globalisation with the help of examples. It elaborates on the concept and its steady growth over the period. The characteristics and advantages, along with the changes brought by it, are explained thoroughly.

This topic concentrates on multinational corporations (MNCs). As the name suggests, they are based and operate in more than one country. It defines foreign investment by the MNCs and their role in the increasing trend of globalisation.

The topic talks about people as a resource. It recognises the factors that position the country's people as resources and their share in the GDP. Later, it defines economic activities and their types, market activities, and non-market activities.

This topic discusses the quality of the population. The quality of the population depends upon many factors. Literacy rate and health of the people are some of them. We also read about factors that determine the quality of the population.

This topic talks about health. It highlights the aim of national policy to improve the accessibility of health care and nutritional service. It helps us explore various policies adopted by the government in the health sector.

This topic concentrates on education. It highlights the significant role of education in a person's life and society. It discusses various schemes at various levels introduced by the government of India to strengthen and universalise education.

The topic talks about unemployment. It explores the meaning, types, and reasons for unemployment in India. Types of unemployment are identified as rural and urban. Further, the ill effects and disadvantages of unemployment on society are discussed.

This topic provides knowledge about poverty. It sheds light on the meaning and types of poverty and the aspects that place them as poor. Further, the estimates of poverty in India are shown in tabular form.

Through the topic, we will understand the concept of the poverty line. It differentiates between people below and above the poverty line. It presents an example of a state by highlighting the percentage of the population below the poverty line.

This topic discusses the causes of poverty in India. It highlights some reasons like high growth of population, lack of infrastructure, underutilised resources, substantial income inequalities, socio-cultural and economic factors, etc.

This topic elaborates on anti-poverty measures. It discusses various strategies and programs implemented by the government of India to eradicate poverty. It explains the aims and features of MGNREGA, 2005, NFWP, PMRY, REGP, PDS, AAY, and SGSY.

This topic talks about Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), which guarantees unskilled wage employment of 100 days to one person in every rural household. It discusses the salient features of this scheme.

This topic discusses one of the anti poverty measures. It explains the features and benefits of National Food for Work Programme (NFWP)

This topic talks about Prime Minister Rozgar Yojna Scheme, which was launched in 1999. It mentions that the aim of this scheme is to create self employment opportunities for educated unemployed youth in rural areas.

This topic provides information on Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP), which aims at providing self employment opportunities in rural and small towns. It briefs on the implementation of this scheme.

This topic talks about Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojna. It mentions that the objective of this scheme is to bring the assisted poor families above the poverty line.

This topic discusses Antodaya Anna Yojna (AAY), which was launched in 2000. It mentions the objective of this scheme. It says that this scheme is expanded in 2003 and 2004.

The topic discusses food security and the public distribution system of India. It discusses its definition and dimensions and categorises food-secure people in the country. There is a brief on the effects of calamity on food security.

In this topic, we will explore the public distribution system. The government is responsible for making food grains available to the people of the country. It discusses the Food Corporation of India, minimum support price, and buffer stock.

This topic focuses on targeted PDS. It discusses the objective behind the launch of TPDS, which was replacing revamped PDS. It provides information on sales rate and the scale of food range under different categories of TPDS in Jammu and Kashmir.
