Chapter 4: HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION IN INDIA
1. What are the two major sources of human capital in a country?
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2. What are the indicators of educational achievement in a country?
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3. Why do we observe regional differences in educational attainment in India?
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4. Bring out the differences between human capital and human development.
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5. How is human development a broader term as compared to human capital?
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6. What factors contribute to human capital formation?
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7. How government organisations facilitate the functioning of schools and hospitals in India?
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8. Education is considered to be an important input for the development of a nation. How?
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9. Discuss the following as a source of human capital formation
(i) Health infrastructure
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(ii) Expenditure on migration.
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10. Establish the need for acquiring information relating to health and education expenditure for the effective utilisation of human resources.
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11. How does investment in human capital contribute to growth?
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12. ‘There is a downward trend in inequality world-wide with a rise in the average education levels’. Comment.
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13. Examine the role of education in the economic development of a
nation.
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14. Explain how investment in education stimulates economic growth.
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15. Bring out the need for on-the-job-training for a person.
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16. Trace the relationship between human capital and economic growth.
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17. Discuss the need for promoting women’s education in India.
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18. Argue in favour of the need for different forms of government intervention in education and health sectors
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19. What are the main problems of human capital formation in India?
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20. In your view, is it essential for the government to regulate the fee structure in education and health care institutions? If so, why?
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