Economics has a bold approach to solve the multi-dimensional problems facing the nation. It is useful for eradicating, poverty, unemployment and overcome problems such as inflation, stagnation, recession, population explosion and adverse balance of payments etc. Knowledge of economics is being used for accelerating growth in the economies of world. Economics is a social science concerned with the use and allocation of resources for achievement and maintenance of growth with stability. Over the years economics has produced many fascinating fields such as: 

• Agricultural Economics
• International Economics
• Business Economics
• Labour Economics
• Development Economics

• Natural Resource Economics
• Econometrics
• Rural economics and Rural Development
• Financial Economics
• Welfare Economics
• Industrial Economics 
Prominent Institutes for higher learning: 

• Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi, North Campus, Delhi-110007. www.iegindia.org 

• Indian Council of Social Science Research, JNU Institutional Area, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi-110067.www.icssr.org 

• National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), Parisila Bhawan, 11, Indraprastha Estate, New Delhi-110002. www.ncaer.org 

• National Institute of Rural Development, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500030. www.nird.org.in 

• Institute of Applied Manpower Research, New Delhi-110002. 

• Indian Statistical Institute, 203,  www.isical.ac.in 

• Institute of Studies in Industrial Development, PO Box 7151, Narendra Niketan, Indraprastha Estate, New Delhi-110002. www.icssr.org 

• Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai. Gen. AK Vaidya Marg,  www.igidr.ac.in 

• Institute of Development Studies, 8-B, Jhalana Institutional Area, Jaipur-302004. www.idsj.org 

• Centre for Economics and Social Studies, Nizamia Observatory Campus, Hyderabad-500016. www.cess.ac.in 

• Institute for Social & Economic Change, Nagarbhavi, Bangalore-560072. www.isec.ac.in

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