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Economic Structure

Karnataka Board · Class 9 · Social Science

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Structural Transformation of Indian Economy

  • Traditional Indian economy was agrarian with subsistence farming and barter system
  • Commercial farming replaced subsistence farming with cash crops like cotton, sugarcane, jute
  • Industrial Revolution (17th-18th century Britain) created capitalist class and modern industries
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Sources of Income in Economy

  • Simple economy has two sectors: Household sector and Firm sector
  • Households own factors of production: Land, Labour, Capital, Organization
  • Households receive: Rent (land), Wages (labour), Interest (capital), Profit (organization)
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Sources of Employment

  • Employment sources: Agriculture, Industry, and Service sectors
  • Agriculture-based nations gradually become industrial and service-oriented
  • Modern technology in agriculture created surplus labour (disguised unemployment)
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Static vs Dynamic Economy

  • Static Economy: No changes, timeless, factors remain constant
  • Static characteristics: constant population, capital, production methods, organization, wants
  • Pre-independence India was static: poverty, outdated methods, high death rate, capital scarcity

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The organization of an economy basedThe gradual shift of economic activityTraditional farming focused on subsistence (growingIncome flows between households (providing landAn economy with no changes where

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