Contents:

1.  Introduction to Labour Economics

1.1 Meaning, nature, scope and importance of Labour  Economics

1.2 Definition of the term Labour

1.3 Characteristics of labour

2.  Wage Management

2.1 Wages

2.2 REAL WAGES AND NOMINAL WAGES

2.3 Different concepts of wages

2.4 Factors Influencing Wage and Salary Structure

2.5 Purpose and Objectives of Wage and Salary Administration   

2.6 Principles of Wage and Salary Administration   

2.7 Prerequisites of a Good Wage Incentive Plan

2.8 Dearness Allowance

2.9 consumer price index

2.10      age Differentials

3.  labour market and its analysis

3.1 Main characteristics features of labour market

4.  demand for and supply of labour

4.1 Demand for labour

4.2 FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE AND AFFECT THE DEMAND LABOUR

4.3 Supply of Labour

4.4 Factors which affect or determine the supply of labour

5.  Labour Mobility

5.1 Different types of Labour mobility 

5.2 Importance of mobility and the factors that increase or hamper mobility of labour their career

5.3 Casual labour

6.  Unemployment and Employment

6.1 TYPES, NATURE AND MAGNITUDE

6.2 Nature of the Problem of unemployment

6.3 CAUSES AND REMEDIES of unemployment

6.4 Suggested Remedial Measures of unemployment

6.5 Major employment programmes

7.  Efficiency of Labour

7.1 INTRODUCTION

7.2 Meaning of Labour efficiency and its importance

7.3 Measurement of labour efficiency

7.4 Factors affecting labour productivity

7.5 Other Various factors influencing labour efficiency

7.6 Relationship between productivity and production

7.7 Actions for improvement of productivity

7.8 Other way and means to improve productivity

7.9 Efficiency of Indian labour and measures to improve

7.10      Technology and labour efficiency

7.11      How does education and training influence labour efficiency?

8.  Problem of Agriculture, Child Labour and Female Labour

8.1 AGRICULTURAL LABOUR

8.2 SERIOUS PROBLEM of AGRICULTURAL LABOUR

8.3 MEASURES FOR IMPROVEMENT of the plight of AGRICULTURAL LABOUR

8.4 AGRICULTURAL FINANCE AND RURAL INDEBTEDNESS

8.5 Sources of Agricultural Credit

8.6 Various Problems

8.7 IMPROVING THE SYSTEM OF FINANCE    

8.8 MEASURE FOR IMPROVEMENT

8.9 Contributions of commercial banks

8.10      Role of Reserve Bank

8.11      National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

8.12      RURAL INDEBTEDNESS

8.13      CHILD LABOUR

8.14      Problems of Female labour

9.  Industrial Economics

9.1 Meaning and Scope of Industrial Economics

9.2 Meaning of the Term Industrial Economics

9.3 SCOPE OF “INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS”

10. Economic Development and Growth

10.1      Meaning of Economic Growth

10.2      INDUSTRIAL GROWTH:  PERFORMANCE AND PROBLEMS

11. public sector and private in the indian economy

11.1      EVOLUTION OF PUBLIC SECTOR IN INDIA

11.2      PRIVATE SECTOR

12. Small Scale and Cottage Industries 

12.1      IMPORTANCE AND PRESENT POSITION of small scale and cottage industries

12.2      Important Role of small scale and cottage industries

12.3      Important Position in the Economy of small scale and cottage industries

12.4      Several Difficulties of small scale and cottage industries

12.5      Measures for Development of small scale and cottage industries

12.6      Government Policy and Measures for the development of small scale and cottage industries

13. Joint Sector

13.1      Meaning of Joint sector

13.2      Formation of joint sector enterprises

14. Location of Industry

14.1      Introduction

14.2      Supply of Labour

14.3      Infrastructural facilities

14.4      Alfred Weber’s Theory of Industrial Location

14.5      AGGLOMERATIVE AND DEGLOMERATIVE FACTORS

15. Industrial Finance

15.1      Introduction

15.2      Finance for Industrial Activities

15.3      Three types of needs

15.4      Efficient financial system

15.5      Sources of Finance

15.6      Finance for Small-Scale Industries

15.7      INDUSTRIAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

15.8      Form of foreign capital

16. Service Sector in India

16.1      Introduction

16.2      Financial Services

17. Industrial Productivity and Efficiency

17.1      Introduction

17.2      Factors affecting the industrial productivity