Agricultural Marketing and Agricultural Foreign Trade Department of U.P.

Post: Senior Agricultural Marketing Inspector. Essential Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture Preferential: Post graduate degree in Agriculture with specialisation in Agricultural economics or agronomy or Extension Preferential qualification: A candidate who has (i) Served in the Territorial Army for a minimum period of two years, or (ii) Obtain a “B” certificate of National Cadet Corps, shall other things being equal be given preference in the matter of direct recruitment. Age: 35 years (Age relaxation as per rules) Last Date: 20.2.09

Post: Agricultural Marketing Inspector/ Technical Assistant/ Grader/ Grading Inspector. Essential Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture Preferential: Post graduate degree in Agricultural with specialisation in Agricultural Economics or Agronomy or Extension Preferential Qualification: A candidate who has: - (i) Served in the Territorial Army for a minimum period of two year’s or (ii) Obtained a “B” certificate of National Cadet Corps, shall other things being equal be given preference in matter of direct recruitment. Age: 35 years (Age relaxation as per rules) Last Date: 20.2.09

Department of Higher Education, U. P

Post: Lecturer through direct recruitment under the Government Degree Colleges. Subject: Economics. Essential Qualifications: (i) Good academic record with at least 55% of the marks, or an equivalent grade of “B” in the 7 points scale with letter grades O, A, B, C, D, E and F at the Master’s degree level in the relevant subject. (ii) Have cleared NET in the relevant subject or U.G.C. accredited SLET of Uttar Pradesh in the relevant subject or SLET in the relevant subject conducted by the other states of India prior to June 2002. Note: to clear NET or SLET shall remain compulsory requirement for appointment as Lecturer. However the candidates having Ph. D. Degree in the concerned subject are exempted from NET or SLET. The candidates having M. Phil Degree in the concerned subject are exempted from NET or SLET but they are eligible for teaching to U.G. level only. Explanation: 1. A relaxation of 5% shall be admissible from 55% to 50% of the marks at the Master’s level for SC/ST Category. 2. A relaxation of 5% shall be admissible from 55% to 50% of the marks to the Ph. D. degree holders who have passed their Master’s degree prior to 19^th September 1991. 3. A relaxation of the minimum marks as the P.G. level from 55% to 50% for appointment as Lecturer shall be admissible to the candidates who have cleared the JRF examination conducted by the UGC/CSIR only prior to 1989. 4. A relaxation of the minimum marks at the P.G. level from 55% to 50% for those candidates who are physically handicapped or blind. 5. Grade ‘B” in seven point scale with letter grades O, A, B, C, D, E and F shall be regarded as equivalent 55% where ever the grading system is followed. 6. Good academic record is defined as under:  A minimum 50% marks in the relevant Bachelor’s degree. However, a relaxation of maximum 5% marks shall be admissible to such candidates of SC/ ST category who have cleared NET or SLET or hold equivalent Ph. D. degree. Last Date: 20.2.09

Combined State/ Upper Subordinate Services (Preliminary) Examination

Public Service Commission, 10 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, Allahabad 211018

Post: Various posts Eligibility: Specifically for Asst. Labour Commissioner is Bachelor’ degree in Commerce/ Law or Arts with Economics or Sociology as one of the subjects. For others it is Bachelor’s Degree. Age: 21 – 35 years Reservations: SC/ ST/ OBC/ dependents of Freedom Fighters/ Women Candidates/ PH (in all the cases they must be of UP) Last date: 1.5.09

PLAN OF EXAMINATION

The competitive examination comprises three successive stages viz:-

1.                   Preliminary Examination (Objective Type).

2.                   Main examination (Conventional Type, i. e. written examination).

3.                   Viva – Voce (personality Test).

Subjects for the preliminary examination

The preliminary examination will consist of the following two objective type papers. They shall evaluated by applying scaling system. The prescribed time for each paper is two hours and prescribed maximum marks for compulsory paper is 150 and for optional paper is 300.

Paper – 1 (optional): (any one): Agriculture, Commerce, Physics, Indian History, Economics, Sociology, Geology, Botany, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, Statistics, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Zoology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Geography, Political Science, Philosophy, Psychology, Law, Public Administration, Mechanical Engineering

 Paper – II (Compulsory):  General Studies

Subjects for the main (written) Examination

The main examination will consist of the compulsory subjects and optional subjects. The candidates have to select any two subjects from the list of optional subjects and each optional subject will consist of two papers.

 (A)        Compulsory subjects: (i) General Hindi – 150 marks. A candidate shall be required to obtain such minimum marks in the compulsory paper of General Hindi, as may be determined by the Government or the Commission, as the case may be. (ii) Essay – 150 marks (iii) General Studies (I Paper) - 200 marks (iv) General Studies (II Paper) - 200 marks, both general studies paper shall be objective type containing 150 questions and for solving the questions two hours time is allowed.

 (B)  Optional Subjects   (any two): Each subject will have two papers: Agriculture, Botany, Electrical Engineering, Zoology, Law, English Lit., Chemistry, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, Urdu Lit., Physics, Statistics, Arabic Lit, Mathematics, Defence Studies, Hindi Lit., Geography, Political Science & International Relations, Persian Lit., Economics, History, Sanskrit Lit., Sociology, Social Work, Commerce & Accountancy, Philosophy, Anthropology, Public Administration, Geology, Civil Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Psychology, Mechanical Engineering, Management

(C)  Personality Test (Viva – Voce) Total Marks 200.  The test will be in matters of general interest not in the matter of academic interest and, as specially laid down, marks will be awarded to each candidate for general awareness, intelligence personality, character, physique and general suitability for the service.

Syllabus

The Standard of Knowledge required of candidate in general studies and optional subject will be such as a young man holding a Bachelor’s Degree of a university is expected to have, except where the syllabus indicating otherwise.

General Studies I (Preliminary Examination – Compulsory paper) (i) General Science - Questions will cover general appreciation and understanding of Science including maters of every day observation and experience, as may be expected of a well education person, who has not made a special study of any scientific discipline. (ii) History of India - Emphasis should be on broad understanding of social, economic and political aspects of Indian history. (iii) Indian National Movement - The candidates are expected to have synoptic view of the nature and character of the freedom movement, growth of nationalism and attainment of independence, (iv) Indian Polity, Economy and Culture - Questions will test knowledge of country’s political system including Panchayati Raj and community development, broad features of economic policy in Indian and Indian Culture. (v) Indian Agriculture, Commerce and Trade. (vi) Population, Environment and Urbanisation in Indian Context - The candidates will be tested with respect to problems and relationship between Population, Environment and Urbanisation. (vii) World Geography and Geography of India and its natural resources - Only general understanding of the subject will be expected. Questions on the Geography of India will relate to physical, social and economic Geography of India. (viii) Current events of national and international importance - On Current Events of national and international importance candidates will be expected to have knowledge about them. (ix) General Mental Ability - Questions will test comprehension, reasoning and numerical ability. (x) Special knowledge about Education, Culture, Agriculture, Industry, Trade, the method of living and social customs of Uttar Pradesh. (xi) Science & Technology. (xii) Sports. Candidates are expected to have general awareness about the above subjects with special reference to Uttar Pradesh.

Economics (Preliminary Examination – Optional paper)Part – I: (1) Micro Economics: Utility analysis and law of Demand, Elasticity and Demand, Indifference curve analysis, Consumer’s Equilibrium, Production function and the laws of return, Cost and revenue function, supply functions, Equilibrium of the firm under different market situation. Pricing of factors of production, Concept of Economic welfare, Paretian Optimality. (2) Macro Economics: Various concepts of national Income. Methods of National Income Accounting, Determinants of national Income and employment, Classical and Keynesian theories of employment. (3) Money and Banking: Concept and functions of money, measures of money supply (M1, M2, and M3), Commercial Banking, functions of a Central Banks. Determination and measurement of value of money, price indices inflation its causes and effects. (4) Public Finance: Sources of Public revenue, Types of Taxes, Classification and principles of Public expenditure, Public Debt Budget and types of budget deficits. (5) International Economics: Theory of comparative cost and Heckscher – Ohlin theory. Free trade and protection, balance of payments and adjustment mechanism. Foreign exchange rate determination. I.M.F., I.B.R.D., and W.T.O. Part – II (6) Economic Growth and Development: Meaning and measurement of management of Growth and development, Harrod and Domah growth models. Sources of growth: population, productivity, human resources development technology and capital, Approaches to development: Big push theory, critical minimum effort, balanced and unbalanced growth. Measures of economic inequalities International comparison of development. Part – III (7) Indian Economy: Trends in population growth and salient results of 1991 population census. Structure and trends of National Income, savings and investment in India. Dimensions Unemployment problems, Causes and remedies, extent and measurement of poverty. Economics planning in India, Strategies, goals, and achievements, Agricultural and Industrial policy.  Liberalisation and globalisation in Indian economy. Recent changes in fiscal, monetary and trade policies and their effects. Development of infrastructure, problems and prospects.

Main examination

General Studies paper I

1. History of India - Ancient, Mediaeval, Modern. 2. Indian National Movement and Indian Culture. 3. Population, Environment and Urbanization in Indian Context. 4. World Geography, Geography of India and its natural resources. 5. Current events of national and international importance. 6. Indian Agriculture, Trade and Commerce. 7. Specific knowledge of U.P. regarding education, culture, Agriculture, trade, Commerce, The methods of living and social Customs.

History of India and Indian culture will cover the broad history of the country from about the middle of the nineteenth century and would also include questions on Gandhi, Tagore and Nehru. The part on current events of national and international importance will include questions also on sports and games.

General Studies, Paper – II

1. Indian Polity 2. Indian Economy 3. General Science (Role of Science and technology in the development of Indian including science in every day life) 4.  General Mental ability. 5. Statistical Analysis, Graphs and Diagrams. The part relating to the Indian polity will include questions on the political system in India and Indian constitution. The Indian economy will cover broad features of economic policy in India. The part relating to role and impact of science and technology in the development of India, questions will be asked  to test the candidates awareness in this field emphasise will be on the applied aspects. The part relating to statistical analysis, graphs and diagrams will include exercise to test the candidate’s ability to draw common sense conclusion from information presented in statistical graphical or diagrammatical form and to point out deficiencies limitations or inconsistencies there in.

Essay

There will be three sections in the question paper of Essay: Candidates will have to select one topic from each section and they are required to write essay in 700 words on each topic. In the three sections, topics of essay will be based on following sphere:

Section – A: Literature and Culture; Social sphere; Political sphere.

Section – B: Science, Environment and Technology; Economic sphere; Agriculture, Industry and Trade.

Section – C: National and International Events; Natural Calamities, Land slide, Earthquake, Deluge, Drought etc.; National Development programmes and projects.

Course for Economics Paper I – Economic Theory (Main Examination - compulsory)

Section – A

1. Consumer Demand and Consumer Sovereignty:  Law of Demand, nature and types of elasticity of demand, indifference curve analysis and consumer’s equilibrium. 2. Theory of Production: Production Function, law of Returns, Equilibrium of a Producer, Nature of Cost and Revenue curves, Pricing of factors of production. 3. Price and output determination: Under different market conditions, Cost plus pricing. 4. Equilibrium: General and Partial, Stable and Unstable. 5. Concepts of Economic Welfare: Old and New Welfare economics, Pareto Optimality and compensation principles, consumer’s surplus, Economics welfare and Competition. 6. National Income:  Concept, Components and methods of accounting. Classical and Keynesian Theories of Employment and income, Pigou effect and Real balance effect: intersection of Multiplier and Accelerator. Theory of Trade Cycles. (Monetary and Hicksian trace cycles). 7. Theory of Money: Measurement of changes in price lever, Theory of money supply, Money multiplier, Quantity theory of Money, Theories of Demand for money, interest determination, IS – LM curve analysis. Theory of Inflation, Measures of inflation control. 8. Monetary and Banking System: Banks and their role in the economy, Central Bank and the money market, Techniques of monetary management.

Section – B

(i) Public Finance: Theories of Taxation and Public Expenditure, Incidence of taxation, evasion and shifting of Tax burden, Effects of Taxation, fiscal Policy and economic development, economic classification of Budgetary Receipts and Expenditure, Types of budget deficits and their effects on the economy. (ii) International Economics: Theories of international Trade, Heckscher – Ohlin theory, Offer Terms of Trade, Trade and Development balance of payments, Dis-equilibrium in Balance of Payments and policies for correcting it, Fixed and fluctuating exchange rates, Free Trade vs. protection, Foreign Debt and Debt management, international Monetary and Trade Institutions. (iii) Growth and Development: Measures of Economic developments, Theories of Economic Growth: Classical, Marxian and Harrod-Domar Model, Surplus Labour and Capital formation, stages of growth, problems of human Capital formation.

Course for Economics paper II – Indian Economy (Main Examination - compulsory)

1. Basic Features of Indian Economy: Trends in National Income and per capita income, Changes in comparison of National Income. Population Growth and Economic Development, Characteristics of India’s Population, Changes in occupational pattern, Developments in infrastructure for Agriculture and Industry. Sources of Energy; conventional and non-conventional, Energy Crisis, Environmental population and its control. 2.  Indian Agriculture:  importance of agriculture in Indian economy, source of growth in Agriculture, institutional reforms in Indian Agriculture with special reference to lane reforms and credit supply, Agriculture cost and product pricing. 3.  Industrial growth and Structure in India: Public Sector, Private Corporate Sector Joint Sector, Small Scale and Cottage industry in India; Industrial policy resolutions; competition and industrial growth, Foreign Capital Technology and Growth of Indian Industry; Industrial sickness in India, Labour policy reforms in India. 4. Budgetary Trends and fiscal Policy in India: Trends of major sources of public revenue and expenditure of Union Government and U. P. Government, Non - Plan expenditure f Union Government internal and external debt of the Union Government, Fiscal and Revenue deficits in Union Budget. Major recommendations of the Tenth Finance commission. 5. Money and Banking:  The monetary institutions of India, Commercial Banks, Reserve Banks of India, Special financial institutions (banking and non-banking), Sources of Reserve money, money Multipliers, objective and techniques of monetary policy in India and their limitations. 6. Foreign Trade and Balance of Payment: Foreign Trade of India-volume, composition and direction, Trade Policy – Import substitution, export promotion and self reliance. Import liberalization and its effect on trace balance. External borrowing and the burden of foreign debt. Exchange rate of rupee, Devaluation and its effect on balance of payments. Convertibility of rupee, Integration of Indian economy with the world economy, Indian and the World Trade Organisation.7. Economic Planning in India: Role of economic planning in India, Objectives of economic planning, problems of unemployment, Economic poverty and regional imbalances. A brief review of planning in India since 1951, Strategy of planning in India and recent changes there in. Financial resources for the Plans. Objectives and achievements of the Eight Five Year plan and the proposed strategy for the Ninth Plan.

Combined Lower Subordinate Services (Special Recruitment/ General Recruitment) Examination

Last date: 29.5.09. Reservation:  SC/ ST/ OBC candidates of U.P. Horizontal Reservation also available. Educational qualification: Bachelor’s Degree. But the candidates are also directed to mention their special qualifications which are printed in the direction to fill up O.M.R. application form, so that their candidature may be considered for such posts of available. Age: 21 - 35 years Relaxation in upper age limit available.

Plan of Examination: The competitive examination comprises three successive stages viz. (I) Preliminary Examination (Objective Type) (II) Main – Examination (Written Examination) Conventional Type) (III) viva-voce (Personality Test)

(I) Subjects for the preliminary Examination: Objective type paper. Paper 2 General Studies 100 marks. Paper 1 the candidates must select any one of the following subject as optional subject: Agriculture, Book Keeping and Accountancy, Botany, Commerce, Chemistry, Economics, Geography, Geology, Indian History, Lower maths, Law, Physics, Psychology, Public Administration, Political Science, Philosophy, Sociology, Statistics, Zoology.

(II) Subjects for the Main (Written) Examination: The Main (Written) Examination will consist of the following compulsory and optional subjects. Compulsory Subjects: Hindi composition General Hindi and Essay 100 marks; General Studies 100 marks. Optional Subjects (Any two): Agriculture, Book Keeping & Accountancy, Physics, Indian History, Economics, Sociology, Psychology, Law, National Defence & Security, Urdu Literature, Sanskrit Literature, Geology, Anthropology, Zoology, Chemistry, Lower Maths, Geography, Political Science, Philosophy, Botany, Statistics, English Literature, Hindi Literature, Public Administration, Commerce, Social Work.

(III) Personality test will be of 50 marks. This test will relate to the matter of general interest keeping in view general awareness, intelligence, character, personality, expression power and general suitability for the service.

Syllabus

The standard of knowledge required of candidates in General Studies and Optional subjects will be of Graduating level except indicated otherwise in the syllabus. The syllabus is common for Preliminary and Main Examination.

General Studies: The paper on the General Studies will include Questions on the following topics: 1. General Science 2. Current Events of National and International Importance. 3. History of India: emphasis should be on broad understanding of economic, social, cultural and political aspects of Indian History. 4. India National Movement: the candidates are expected to have as synoptic view of the nature and character of the Indian freedom movement, growth and nationalism and attainment of independence. 5. Indian Polity and Economy: questions will test knowledge of the candidates pertaining to Indian Polity including the Indian constitution, Panchayati Raj and Community Development, broad features of Indian Economy and Planning. 6. World Geography and Population: only general understanding of the subject will be expected with emphasis on physical/ ecological, economic and socio-demographic aspects of Geography of India.

Candidates are expected to have general awareness about the above topics with special references to Uttar Pradesh.

Economics: Part – I (i) Micro Economics: law of demand and its exceptions: Elasticity of demand: Marshallian utility analysis and consumers Equilibrium: Indifference curve analysis and consumer’s equilibrium: Law of variable proportion and Laws of return, cost and revenue functions: equilibrium of the Film under perfect competition, Imperfect competition and Monopoly Pricing of factors of production. (ii) Macro Economics: Various concepts of National Income Methods of National Income accounting. Determinants of National Income and Employment: Classical Keynesian theories of Income and Employment. (iii) Money and Banking: Concept and Functions of Money, Measures of Money supply (M1, M2 and M3) Functions of a central Bank; inflation causes, effects and controls. (iv) Public Finance: Sources of Public Revenue; Types of taxes, Public Debt. (v) International Economics: Theory of Comparative Cost, Advantage; Free Trade and Protection; Balance of Payments and Adjustment Mechanism; Foreign Exchange Rate determination. Part II (i) Economic Growth and Development: meaning and measurement of Growth and development, Harrods and Domar growth models; source of growth population, productivity, technology and capital, Approaches to development; Big Push theory; critical Minimum Effort and unbalanced growth. Part III (i) Indian Economy: Trends in population growth and salient features of 1991 population census, Structure and trends of National Income in India; dimensions of Unemployment Problems causes and remedies, Extent and measurement of poverty, Economic Planning in India; strategies, goals and achievements Cooperation, Panchayati Raj, Green revolution and its success and spread in Uttar Pradesh, Rural Credit and NABARD. Recent charges in India’s Industrial Policy, Cottage and Small Industry, Public Sector and its performance, employment and poverty eradication programmes, industrial backwardness in U.P. Deficit Financing and its implications; measures to control inflation in India, direction and composition of origin Trade in India, Broad features of Union Budget and the Budget of Government of UP.

Economic and Statistical Inspector/ Assistant Development Officer (Statistical)

The nature of pressed examination shall be objective type and the prescribed questions and syllabus for examination in different subjects are as follows. Examination in Oct. 2005

Part – A: For General Studies and General Knowledge questions No. 1-32 (Upto standard of Combined State/ Upper subordinate Service (Pre) Examination) - compulsory.

Part – B: Techniques of Statistical Analysis Question No. 33-64 (compulsory).

Part – C: Question No: 65 - 98 Commerce; 99 - 132 Economics; 133 - 166 Mathematics; 167 - 200 Statistics - Candidates will have to choose from Part C the subject in which he is post Graduate. The duration of examination will be of 2 hours containing the maximum marks 132. A candidate has to solve total 98 questions.

Subject wise Syllabus

Part B - Techniques of Statistical Analysis

Statistics Definition, Scope, Functions, Limitations, Distrust & Misuse.  Collection of Data: Primary Data, Secondary Data, Elementary idea of sampling. Techniques. Classification, Tabulation & frequency Distribution, Presentation of Data Graphical and diagrammatic. Measures of Central Tendency: Asthmatic Mean, Geometric Mean, Harmonic mean, Median & Mode. Measures of Dispersion: Range, Quartile Deviations, Mean Deviation, standards Deviation, and Coefficient of Variation, Measures of skewness & kurtosis. Index Number: Meaning, Importance, Construction and their Calculation, Change of Base. Splicing. Deflating. Simple Correlation. Linear & Rank, Simple Regression Analysis. Fundamentals of Mathematics: Elementary set Theory Number System, Elementary Algebra, Co-ordinate Geometry, Straight Lines, Rates. Ratios, Percentage & Logarithms. Algebra, Co-ordinate Geometry, Straight Lines, Rates Ratios, Percentage, & Logarithms. Permutations & Combinations, Elementary Probability. Theory: Additive and Multiplicative Theorems Conditional Probability. Indian Statistics: Population Labour, Money & banking. National Income, Agricultural production and industrial production, Indian Statistical System, CSO, NSSO, Bureau of Economics & Statistics, Govt. of U. P. Structure,  Functions.

Part – C

Mathematics

Algebra: Sets and equivalence relations, Real and completed numbers, polynomials integral, complex roots of a polynomial equation, relation between roots and coefficients, repeated roots, elementary symmetric functions Elementary theory of groups (excluding cyclic and permutation groups) & fields. Matrices: addition and multiplications, elementary row and column operations, inverse of a matrix, rank of a matrix solution of systems of linear equations. Determinants. Calculus: (a) Functions of a single variable, Limits, continuity, properties of continuous Function in a closed interval, differentiability, Mean value theorems, Taylor’s theorem, Maxima, application to curves: tangent, normal properties. Curvature, points of inflexion, Partial differentiation and its applications. (b) Summation of series: Test for convergence of infinite series of positive terms. Differential Equations: First order differential equations, singular solutions, Geometric interpretations, Linear differential equations with constant coefficients method of variation of parameters, Reduction of order, Euler Cauchy equation, Legendre and Bessel Equations and their solutions. Geometry: Two dimensional analytical geometry of straight lines and conics referred to Cartesian and polar coordinates. Three dimensional geometry for planes, straight lines, sphere and cones.  Mechanics: Vector algebra dot and cross products of two and three vectors, moment of a force equilibrium of coplanar forces, Common Catenary, Motion of a particle in a straight line, simple Harmonic, motion, projectiles and central forces, Linear Algebra: Vector spaces, Subspaces, Examples, Linear Dependence, Basis, Dimension Linear Transformation, Kernel and image, Sum and direct sum of subspaces. Matrix representation of Linear maps. Complex Analysis: complex numbers, Modules and arguments, Analytic functions, Cauchy Riemann Equations Power series Laurent series, Laurent series, Poles and zeros, isolated singularities, Residue Theorem, Fundamental Theorem of Algebra. Laplace transforms:  Existence, Linearity, Transforms of derivatives and integrals of functions Derivatives & integrals of transforms convolution. Shifting theorem Existence of inverse transforms. Applications to linear differential equations with constant coefficients.

Economics

Micro Economics: Consumer’s Behaviour, Law of Demand & Utility Analysis, indifference Curve Approach. Revealed Preference Approach, Concept of Elasticity of Demand and Supply. Consumer’s Surplus. Production Function and the Laws of Return, Returns to Scale & Producer’s Equilibrium Cost and Revenue Functions, Pricing under various forms of Market – Perfect, Monopolistic, Monopoly Oligopoly Pricing of Factors of Production. Macro Economic National Income, Various Concepts, Measurement and Limitations, Methods of National Income Accounting, Determinants of National Income & Employment Classical & Keynesian Theory of Employment, Macro Theory of distribution Classical and Kaldor Elementary Treatment of General Equilibrium. Economic Growth and Development: meaning and measurement Sources of Growth population, Human Resource Development, Technology and Capital, productivity, Harrod and Domar Growth Models Approach to Development Balanced vs. Unbalanced Growth Big Push Theory. Critical Minimum Effort, Unlimited Supply of Labour. Money Banking and Public Finance: Concept and function of Money, Measurement of Money Supply (M₁ M₂ & M₃) Quantity Theory of Money-Fisher, Cambridge, Keynesian Fundamental Equations, inflation Types, Causes & Effects Central Bank & Commercial banks- working function Credit Control, Classification & Principles of Public Expenditure Sources, Types & Principles of Public Revenue Impact and incidence of Taxation public Debt. Population Studies: Theories of Population Malthus Optimum, Demographic Transition, Biological, Ecological, Demographic concepts, population pyramid Density, Sex Ratio, population Growth Rate, measures of Fertility & Mortality Life Table Population and Economic Development Migration of Urbanisation Manpower Planning: Concepts & Strategies Estimation of manpower Demand & Manpower supply techniques. Indian Economy: Structure and Trends of National Income, Savings & Investment in India. Economic Planning in India. Strategies Goals and Achievements problems and Features of Indian Agriculture and Industrial Development. Trends in Population Growth Development Infrastructure problems and Prospects Liberalization and Globalization of Indian Economy Recent Changes in Commercial Monetary, Fiscal and labour Policy.

Commerce

Accounting: Concepts and conventions, Capital & revenue receipts and Expenditure; Distinction between expense and expenditure: Depreciation Meaning Features, Rational and method, Final accounts and financial statements: profit and Loss Account Balance Sheet funds flow statement and cash flow statement, Budget and Budgets, Ratio analysis, Cost Volume Profit analysis. Valuation of Goodwill and shares. Banking: Central banking functions, Credit control: capital adequacy norms, non-Performing assets, EXIM Bank. Business Organization and Management: different forms of business organizations, their distinctive features, Shares and debentures – Kinds and features, Management functions. Planning organizing, directing, controlling, motivation, communication, Management by objective & management by exception, Management of change and crises Management. Management and Cost Audit: Basic elements of Human resource accounting. Social accounting and value added accounting. Foreign Trade: Import and export trade, procedure and financing of Import and export trade, export promotion techniques and incentives, EXIM Bank. Insurance: principle and practices of Life Marine and General Insurance, Insurance Business in Global Scenario.

Statistics

Axiomatic Definition of probability, 8 field events, Random variable as a Measurable Function, probability set function probability Space, Induced probability set function, absolutely continuous, continuous and discrete distribution function. Convergence, Convergence of Random Variables in Distribution in Probability and Mean convergence, characteristic function, Properties of Characteristic function khintchin’s theorem, Borle-cantelli Lemma WLLN, SLLN, CLT. Hypotheses: Simple and composite hypotheses, NP Lemma, UMP and UMPU Tests, likehood ration test, distribution function having MLR properties. Estimation MEL: Moment estimator properties of MLE Rao-Blockwell, Lehman-Scheffe’s theorem, C-R-inequality, UMVUE (Uniformly minimum variance unbiased estimator) BLUE consistency of estimator. Distribution: Distribution function of functions of random variables, Gamma Beta, Chisquare t and F distributions and their relationship.

Janjati Vikas, UP.

Tribal Officer Essential qualification: - A Bachelors Degree with anthropology or economics or sociology or psychology or any Social science being an optional subject. Preferential Qualification: (1) A Masters Degree in anthropology (2) Experience of tribal work. Age: 21 - 35 years (relaxation in age as per rules) Last date: 30.11.07

Review Officer/ Asstt. Review Officer etc. Exam

Name of Deptt. National savings. Name of Posts: Statistical Asstt. Eligibility: The candidates must possess a Post Graduate Degree in Maths/ Statistics or Mathematical Statistics or Economics or Commerce. Reservation: The Horizontal Reservation for Physically handicapped of U.P. Dependant of Fighter of Freedom of U. P. Ex Army personnel of U. P. and Women candidates U. P.  shall be given according to present Govt. Order. Age Limit: Candidates must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have crossed the age of 35 years. Only successful candidates of Preliminary Examination shall be admitted to main Examination. Nearly 18 times candidates will be admitted to main examination on the basis preliminary examination. Last Date for Receipt of application: 29 May, 2006

Plan of Examination: This Competitive Examination Comprises of two successive stages viz. (1) preliminary Examination (Objective type), (2) Main Examination i.e. Written Examination (Conventional type)

Subjects Prescribed for Preliminary Examination: There shall be two objective type Papers in Preliminary Examination Each question paper shall be of 2 hours duration. For optional paper maximum 300 marks are prescribed and for compulsory paper maximum marks are 150.

First Paper (Compulsory) – General Studies (150 marks)

Second Paper (Optional) – Select any one (300 Marks) – Agriculture, Botany, Book keeping & Accountancy, Chemistry, Commerce, Economics, Geography, Geology, General Indian History, Law, Lower Maths, Political science, Physics, Philosophy, Psychology, Public administration, Statistics, Sociology, Zoology

Subjects Prescribed for Main Examination: Compulsory: 1) General knowledge including simple Science and current events. 2) General Hindi and Essay. It will ordinarily be High School Standard. Optional: Agriculture, Book Keeping & Accountancy, Botany, Chemistry, Economics, English Literature, General Indian History, General Geography, Geology, Hindi Literature, Lower Maths, Law, National Defence and Security, Political Science, Physics, Psychology, Philosophy, Public Administration, Sociology, Statistics, Sanskrit Literature, Urdu Literature, Zoology, 

Syllabus: Preliminary and main Examination

Syllabus for Papers of General Studies and Optional Papers shall be of graduation level of any University.

General Studies: General Science and knowledge of current events. The syllabus for General Studies and Optional papers will be such, except otherwise indicated, as is expected from a graduate of a University. Syllabus is common for Preliminary and Main Examination. The paper on the General Studies will include questions of the following topics:

1. General Science 2. Current Events of National and international importance. 3. History of India 4. Indian National Movement 5. Indian Polity and Economy 6. World Geography and Population. Questions on General Science will cover General appreciation and understanding of Science. Including matters of every day observation and experience, as may be expected of a well educated person who has not made a special study of any scientific discipline. In history of India, emphasis should be on broad understanding of economic, social cultural and political aspects of Indian history. In Indian National Movement, the candidates are expected to have as synoptic view of the nature and character of the Indian freedom movement, growth of nationalism and attainment of independence. In Indian polity and Economy, questions will test knowledge of the candidates pertaining to Indian polity including the Indian constitution, Panchayati Raj and Community Development, broad features of Indian Economy and Planning. In world Geography and Population, only general understanding of the subjects will be expected with emphasis on physical/ecological, economic and socio – demographic aspects of Geography of India. Candidates are expected to have general awareness about the above topics with special reference to Uttar Pradesh.

Economics: Part – I

1.       Micro Economics: Law of demand and its exceptions: Elasticity of demand: marshallian Utility analysis and Consumer’s equilibrium: indifference curve analysis and consumer’s equilibrium; Law of variable proportion and laws of return, Cost and revenue functions; Equilibrium of the Firm under perfect competition, Imperfect competition and Monopoly, pricing of factors of production.

2.       Macro Economics: Various concepts of national income Methods of National Income accounting, Determinants of national Income and Employment; Classical Keynesian Theories of income an Employment.

3.       Money and Banking: Concept and Functions of Money, Measures of Money Supply (M1, M2, and M3); Functions of a Central bank; Inflation – causes, effects and controls.

4.       Public finance: Sources of Public Revenue; types of Taxes, Public Debt.

5.       International Economics: Theory of Comparative Cost, Advantage: Free Trade and Protection: Balance of Payments and Adjustment Mechanism: foreign Exchange Rate determination.

Part – II

6.       Economic Growth and Development: meaning and measurement of Growth and development, Harrod and Domar growth models; Source of growth – population, productivity, technology and capital, approaches to development; Big Push theory; Critical Minimum Effort and unbalanced growth.

Part – III 

7.        Indian Economy: Trends in population growth and salient features of 1991 population census, Structure and trends of National Incomes of India: dimensions of Unemployment; problems causes and remedies; Extent and measurement of poverty; economic Planning in India; Strategies, goals and achievements Cooperation, Panchayati Raj; Green Revolution and its success and spread in Uttar Pradesh, Rural Credit and NABARD. Recent changes in India’s Industrial policy: Cottage and Small Industry; public Sector and its performance; employment and poverty eradication programmes; Industry; Public Sector ad its financing and its implications: measures to controls inflation in India, direction and composition of Foreign Trade in India. Broad features of Union budget and the budget of Govt. of U. P.

Shiksha Vibhag, Uttar Pradesh

Post: Lecturers in government inter colleges under U. P. special subordinate Educational service (Women Branch). Age: 21 - 35 years. (Relaxation in age as per rules.) Name of Post: Economics Eligibility: A post graduate degree Preferential Qualification: i) Diploma from a Government or recognized training College or a Bachelor’s degree in Education; ii) Served in the Territorial Army for a minimum period of two years. OR Obtain a ‘B’ certificate of the National Cadet Corps. Last Date: 20.2.09

Post: Lecturers in government inter colleges under U. P. special subordinate Educational service (Men Branch). Age: 21 - 35 years. (Relaxation in age as per rules.) Name of Post: Economics Eligibility: A post graduate degree Preferential Qualification: i) Diploma from a Government or recognized training College or a Bachelor’s degree in Education; ii) Served in the Territorial Army for a minimum period of two years. OR Obtain a ‘B’ certificate of the National Cadet Corps. Last Date: 20.2.09

State Planning Institute (Training Division)

Post: Investigator cum computer for Rajya Niyozan Sansthan (Naveen Prabhag) Lucknow, U.P. Qualification: Post graduate Degree in Statistics or Mathematics or Economics. Preferential qualifications: A candidate who has (i) Served in the Territorial army for a minimum period of two years or (ii) Obtained a “B” certificate of National Cadet Corps; shall, other things being equal, be given preference in the matter of direct recruitment. Age: 35 years (Relaxation in age as per rules). Last Date:  20.2.09

Post: Joint Director under State Planning Institute (Training Division) Lucknow, U. P. Reservation: Post is reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates of U.P. Educational Qualification: Essential: (a) A Post-Graduate Degree (With more than 55 percent marks) in Human Geography or Statistics or Economics or Sociology or Business Management or Industrial Engineering or Public Administration (b) Ten years experience including five years experience on a group ‘A” or an equivalent post in any Research Centre, University, Training Institution, Government Institution or Department and also including experience of preparing or plans for development of areas. Preferential qualification: (i) A Candidate who has Served in the Territorial Army for a minimum period of two years; or (ii) Obtained a “B” certificate of National Cadet Corps; or (iii) possessed in respect of the post of Joint Director, experience of teaching and organising courses for Manpower and Planners, shall other things being equal be given preference in the matter of direct recruitment Age: 35 to 45 years. Maximum age limit shall be relaxable by five years for candidates belonging to S.C. /S.T. /O.B.C. and dependents of Freedom fighters of UP. Relaxation in age upto 3 years will be admissible for Disabled/ Ex-Army personnel in addition to the entire period of their Military service, for physically handicapped persons (if post reserved), relaxation in age of five or ten years will be admissible according to G.O.

Uttar Pradesh Financial Management and Budget Directorate

Research Assistant Office: Directorate of Financial Management and Budget, U.P. Qualifications Essential: A Post graduate degree in Statistics or Mathematical statistics or Agricultural Economics or Mathematics or Economics or Commerce from a University established by law in India or a qualification recognized by the government as equivalent thereto. Preferential: (i) At least two years experience of handling statistical data, preferably financial statistics, (ii) served in the Territorial Army fro a minimum period of two years, or (iii) obtained a ‘B’ Certificate of National Cadet Corps, shall other things being equal, be given preference. Age: 21 – 35 years (Relaxation in age as per rules.) Last Date: 25 April 2008.

Post: Research Officer under Uttar Pradesh Financial Management and Budget, U. P. Govt. and is Gazetted/ Permanent/ pensionable. Reservation:  scheduled caste candidates of U. P. Essential Qualification: A post graduate degree in Economics or Statistics or mathematics or commerce with at least fifty five percent marks. Knowledge of Hindi is essential. Preferential qualification: a candidate who has (i) served in the Territorial Army for a minimum period of two years; or (ii) Obtained a ‘B’ Certificate of national Cadet corps; shall, other things being equal be given preference. Age: between 21 to 35 Years. Last date for the receipt of application: 1.7.06.

Trade Tax Deptt.

Post: Investigator – cum- computer Essential Qualifications: (i) A post graduate degree in statistics or mathematics or Economics or Commerce from a University established by law in India (ii) working knowledge of Hindi including writing in Devnagari Script. (iii) Three years experience of collection, compilations and tabulation of statistical data and. (iv) Knowledge of operation of calculating machine. Age: 21 – 35 years (Relaxation in age as per rules) Last Date: 25.4.08.