CBSE Class 12 Economics Syllabus 2025-26: Check Course Structure and Subject-wise weightage, Download PDF

Jun 2, 2025, 13:28 IST

CBSE Class 12 Economics Syllabus: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has published the Class 12 syllabus for the 2025-26 academic year. Students preparing for the 2026 Class 12 board exams can find the latest Economics syllabus here, outlining the necessary topics. A free PDF download is available.

CBSE Class 12 Economics Syllabus 2025-26 Download PDF Here
CBSE Class 12 Economics Syllabus 2025-26 Download PDF Here

CBSE Syllabus 2025 Economics for Class 12: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has published the updated Class 12 syllabus for the 2025-26 academic year. This syllabus, available as free PDFs on the official CBSE Academic website (cbseacademic.nic.in), provides a crucial framework for students and teachers. It details the course structure, content organization, and chapter-wise weightage for the upcoming 2026 board examinations. Access to the latest syllabus at the beginning of the academic session helps in effective preparation. The CBSE Class 12 Economics syllabus for 2025-26 is readily available for download.

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CBSE Class 12 Economics Syllabus 2025-26: Marks Distribution

Section

Topic

Marks

Theory

 

80

 

Duration

3 Hours

Project

 

20

Part A: Introductory Macroeconomics

   
 

National Income and Related Aggregates

10

 

Money and Banking

06

 

Determination of Income and Employment

12

 

Government Budget and the Economy

06

 

Balance of Payments

06

 

Total Part A

40

Part B: Indian Economic Development

   
 

Development Experience (1947-90) and Economic Reforms since 1991

12

 

Current Challenges facing Indian Economy

20

 

Development Experience of India – A Comparison with Neighbours

08

 

Total Part B

40

Theory Paper (Part A + Part B)

 

80

Part C: Project Work

 

20

Part A: Introductory Macroeconomics

Unit 1: National Income and Related Aggregates

What is Macroeconomics?
Basic concepts in macroeconomics: consumption goods, capital goods, final goods,
intermediate goods; stocks and flows; gross investment and depreciation.
Circular flow of income (two sector model); Methods of calculating National Income -
Value Added or Product method, Expenditure method, Income method.
Aggregates related to National Income:
Gross National Product (GNP), Net National Product (NNP), Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) and Net Domestic Product (NDP) - at market price, at factor cost; Real and
Nominal GDP
GDP Deflator, GDP and Welfare

Unit 2: Money and Banking

Money – meaning and functions, supply of money - Currency held by the public and
net demand deposits held by commercial banks.
Money creation by the commercial banking system.
Central bank and its functions (example of the Reserve Bank of India): Bank of issue,
Govt. Bank, Banker's Bank, Control of Credit through Bank Rate, Cash Reserve Ratio
(CRR), Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR), Repo Rate and Reverse Repo Rate, Open
Market Operations, Margin requirement.

Unit 3: Determination of Income and Employment

Aggregate demand and its components.
Propensity to consume and propensity to save (average and marginal).
Short-run equilibrium output; investment multiplier and its mechanism.
Meaning of full employment and involuntary unemployment.
Problems of excess demand and deficient demand; measures to correct them -
changes in government spending, taxes and money supply.

Unit 4: Government Budget and the Economy

Government budget - meaning, objectives and components.
Classification of receipts - revenue receipts and capital receipts;
Classification of expenditure – revenue expenditure and capital expenditure.
Balanced, Surplus and Deficit Budget – measures of government deficit.

Unit 5: Balance of Payments

Balance of payments account - meaning and components;
Balance of payments – Surplus and Deficit
Foreign exchange rate - meaning of fixed and flexible rates and managed floating.
Determination of exchange rate in a free market, Merits and demerits of flexible and
fixed exchange rate.
Managed Floating exchange rate system

Part B: Indian Economic Development

Unit 6: Development Experience (1947-90) and Economic Reforms since 1991:

A brief introduction of the state of Indian economy on the eve of independence.
Indian economic system and common goals of Five Year Plans.
Main features, problems and policies of agriculture (institutional aspects and new
agricultural strategy), industry (IPR 1956; SSI – role & importance) and foreign trade.
Economic Reforms since 1991:
Features and appraisals of liberalisation, globalisation and privatisation (LPG policy);
Concepts of demonetization and GST

Unit 7: Current challenges facing Indian Economy

Human Capital Formation: How people become resource; Role of human capital in
economic development; Growth of Education Sector in India
Rural development: Key issues - credit and marketing - role of cooperatives;
agricultural diversification; alternative farming - organic farming
Employment: Growth and changes in work force participation rate in formal and
informal sectors; problems and policies
Sustainable Economic Development: Meaning, Effects of Economic Development on
Resources and Environment, including global warming

Unit 8: Development Experience of India:

A comparison with neighbours
India and Pakistan
India and China
Issues: economic growth, population, sectoral development and other Human
Development Indicators

Part C: Project in Economics

Prescribed Books:
1. Statistics for Economics, NCERT
2. Indian Economic Development, NCERT
3. Introductory Microeconomics, NCERT
4. Macroeconomics, NCERT
5. Supplementary Reading Material in Economics, CBSE
Note: The above publications are also available in Hindi Medium.

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The CBSE Class 12 Economics Syllabus for 2025-26 provides a clear roadmap for students preparing for their 2026 board exams. The detailed syllabus helps in understanding the course structure, subject-wise weightage, and chapter-wise breakdown, facilitating a well-organized study plan and successful academic outcomes.

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