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BOOKS FOR PRELIMINARY EXAM PART 3

 Economy is one subject in which the understanding of all the basics concepts and terminology is of utmost importance. The examination also would test mainly these basic concepts of economics along with current affairs. ( in economics).

SUGGESTED READING ; 

* NCERT Text books 

* Economic Survey of India 

* 12th Five year plan 

* Indian Economy by Sanjeev Verma 

* Newspaper for economy related news 

*Economy and political weekly 

* www.pib.nic.in 

* India year Book 

*Any good compilation of economy ( from either magazine or coaching center material ) 

REFERENCE BOOKS ( very selective reading and at times can be ignored ) : 

* Dutt & Sundaram 

* Mishra & Puri 

* I.C Dhingra 

* Uma Kapila 

QUESTION READING : 

* TMH Question for Economy 

* All the previous papers ( for economy question )

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