Punjab Board PSEB Class 11 Economics Syllabus 2025-26, Download FREE PDF

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The PSEB Class 11 Economics syllabus may be downloaded in PDF format here. The syllabus must be examined in order for students to become acquainted with the course material and exam format for the upcoming academic year 2025–2026. The curriculum is designed to give pupils a fundamental understanding of economic concepts and how they are used in the real world. The economic history of India is covered in Part A, beginning with its pre-independence state and moving on to present issues, Part B delves deeply into Punjab's particular economy, While Part C introduces students to statistics as a tool for economic study.

There are three primary sections to the PSEB Class 11 Economics curriculum.

Part A: Indian Economic Development
Part B: Punjab Economy
Part C: Statistics

PSEB Class 11 Economics Syllabus: Key Highlights

Board Name	Punjab School Education Board (PSEB)
Class	11
Subject	Economics
Total Marks	100
Theory Marks	80
Practical Marks	20

PSEB Class 11 Economics: Detailed Syllabus 2025-26

Check below to know the full syllabus of Punjab Board Class 11 Economics:

Part-A Indian Economic Development

UNIT-1 DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AND EXPERIENCES

Chapter 1: Indian Economy on the Eve of Independence: Introduction: Low Level of Economic Development, Occupational Structure and Demographic Position. Three Sectors of Indian Economy on the Eve of Independence: Agriculture, Industry and Service Sector.

Chapter 2: Indian Economy 1950-1990: Introduction, the Goals of Five-Year plans; Agriculture: Land Reforms, The Green Revolution, Industry and Trade, Public and Private Sectors in Indian Industrial Development, Industrial Policy Resolution 1956, Small Scale Industry, Trade Policy, Effect of Policies on Industrial Development, Five-year Plans in India, NITI Aayog: Structure and Objectives of NITI Aayog.

UNIT: 2 ECONOMIC REFORMS SINCE 1991

Chapter 3: Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization- An Appraisal: Background, Liberalization, Privatisation, Globalisation, Indian Economy during Reforms: An Assessment.

UNIT:3 CURRENT CHALLENGES FACING INDIAN ECONOMY

Chapter 4: Human Capital Formation in India: Meaning, Sources of Human Capital, Need and Role of Human Capital Formation, State of Human Capital in India, Various Human Capital Indices: PQLI, HDI, Construction of HDI.

Chapter 5: Rural Development: Meaning, Institutions that cater to Rural Development like Panchayats, NABARD, Commercial Banks, Co-operatives, Regional Rural Banks and Other Ancillary Sources of Finance.

Chapter 6: Employment: Growth, In formalization and Other Issues: Workers and Employment, Participation of People in Employment, Self-employed and Hired Workers, Employment in Firms, Factories and Offices; Growth and Changing Structure of Employment, In formalization of Indian Workforce, Unemployment; Government and Employment Generation.

Chapter 7: Environment and Sustainable Development: Environment: Definition and Functions, State of India’s Environment. Sustainable Development, Strategies of Sustainable Development. Modern initiatives: Organic Farming.

PART-B PUNJAB ECONOMY

UNIT 4: AN OVERVIEW OF PUNJAB ECONOMY

Chapter 1: Physical and Human Resources of Punjab: Physical Features of Punjab, Physical Resources of Punjab: Geographical and Socio-Cultural Division of Punjab, Soils, Water Resources, Minerals, Forest Resources, Power Resources. Human Resources of Punjab, Size and Growth of Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy Ratio, Density of Population, Trends in Urbanization, Occupational Distribution of Population.

Chapter 2: Agricultural and Industrial Development of Punjab: Salient Features of Punjab’s Agriculture, Major Crops of Punjab, Agricultural Marketing in Punjab, Green Revolution in Punjab-A Critical Assessment. Industrial Development of Punjab, Major Industries of Punjab, Need for Industrialization in Punjab, Difficulties in the Way of Industrialization in Punjab, Steps Taken by Government to Develop Industries in Punjab.

Chapter 3: Fiscal State of Punjab: Sources of Revenue and Expenditure of Punjab Government, Overall Budgetary Position of Punjab Government, Public Debt of Punjab Government.

PART-C STATISTICS

UNIT 5: STATISTICS IN ECONOMICS

Chapter 1: Introduction: Why Economics, Statistics and Economics: What is Statistics, What Statistics Does?

UNIT 6: COLLECTION, ORGANIZATION AND PRESENTATION OF DATA

Chapter 2: Collection of Data: Sources of Data, How Do We Collect the Data, Census and Sample Surveys, Sampling and Non-Sampling Errors, Census of India and NSO.

Chapter 3: Organization of Data: Raw Data, Classification of Data, Variables: Continuous and Discrete; What is Frequency Distribution, Bivariate Frequency Distribution.

Chapter 4: Presentation of Data: Textual Presentation of Data, Tabular Presentation of Data, Tabulation of Data and Parts of a Table, Diagrammatic Presentation of Data.

UNIT 7: ANALYSIS OF DATA

Chapter 5: Measures of Central Tendency: Arithmetic Mean, Median, Quartile, Decile, Percentile, Mode, Relative Position of Mean, Median and Mode.

Chapter 6: Correlation: Types of Correlation, Techniques for Measuring Correlation: Scatter Diagram, Karl Pearson’s Coefficient of Correlation, Spearman’s Rank Correlation, Appendix to Correlation.

Chapter 7: Index Numbers: What is an index number, Construction of an Index Number: Simple Aggregative Method, Simple Average of Price Relative Method, Some Important Index Numbers: Consumer Price Index, Wholesale Price Index, Index of Industrial Production, Human Development Index, Sensex, Issues in the Construction of an Index Number, Index Number in Economics.

Chapter 8: Use of Statistical Tools: Construction of Project Work in Economics: Various Steps in the Construction of Project Work and Suggested List of Projects.