Indian Economic Development Video Library

Introducing Indian Economic Development

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIp3d_JzCQU
Do Bigha Zameen - A film by Bhishm Sahani which tells the real story of India people living in
villages. Before beginning Indian Economic Development this movie must be shown to students
as it showcase the real state of India at the time of Independence. (02 hours)

1. Development Experience (1947-1990)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7CW7S0zxv4
Dr. Shashi Tharoor’s talk over how Britain used India for their own benefit. (16 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g27s8Ligsww
Tahreer – Mushi Premchand’s story – Poos ki Raat. To understand the relationship between
farmer and the money lender. Why credit facility is needed in agriculture. (26 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6P_xznIv4g
Detailed analysis of why British developed railways in India and to whom it benefited. (6min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ3YKh2gHmU
Understand the nature of Indian Economy with Prof. Charan Singh. Wonderful video about the
state of Indian Economy. (21 min)

2. Economic Reforms.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWufFRnelkM
A quick summary of Indian Economy between 1947 to 1991 to have an idea about state of
Indian Economy between 1947 and 1991. (10 min)

3. LPG Economic Reforms 1991

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4qE5nD8pKc
Connecting dots to Economic Policy 1991. What was the need and how it happened. (40 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYaIXWd9a2U
What was 1991 Economic crisis and how LPG Policy introduced. A role play. (23 Min)

4. Poverty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bsj9rZntAg&t=3s
Defining poverty and covering almost all the dimensions of Poverty. This video is quite sufficient
to understand the whole chapter. (56 min)

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5. Rural Development
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0IDup33qZw&t=76s
Mandi – A short film showcasing the problems faced by a farmer to sell his crops. What are
those challenges and what can be the solutions to it. (10 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8bQ8d1ePNw
Case study of Hiwre Bazar – a village in Maharashtra who has shown the real sense of
rural development. (07 min)

6. Human Capital Formation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fX4F6VM5nY
An alternative approach to develop education system of India. It’s not just the duty of Govt.
sometimes some people take the responsibity and make that change. Here is the idea. “The
Footpath School.” (16 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeN0zFOge-I
A global case study on what Human Capital formation will do to the world. (3 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-K8kGvJX94
The Human Capital Report of the world. (3 min)

7. Employment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJehxcx9WWY
State of unemployment in India. This discussion will give an idea about why unemployment is a
serious problem of our country. (12 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd6O8_L5Ofg
An alternate approach to unemployment by Sadhguru. (4 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXCm5Dky0eA
Mangu – Connecting Education and Unemployment (03 min)

8. Infrastructure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jPHyKLT0Gs
A village of Bihar has developed itself as the most popular solar village of the country. Here is
the short film about it. (5 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PGjM4_KEfM
A complete analysis of healthcare system of India. Present state, Challenges, Limitations and
Solution. (55 Min)

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 9. Sustainable development.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lc_dlVrg5M
Prime Minister of Bhutan Dr. Tshering talking about how Bhutan becomes world’s first carbon
negative country. (19 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Juc_yvEkJuc
Extension to the previous video by Dr. Tshering. This time He is calling the world especially India
and China to come and join hands against Global warming and Climate change. (14 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au3QBbuyc2M
What is Bhutan? This video will mesmerize students and change their perspective towards
Bhutan and would understand why sustainable development is the future. Also it will bring
awareness about importance of Environment. (10 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64RLBgD-Cck
The importance of organic farming and how pesticides and insecticides affecting our lives. This is
very useful video for everyone. (17 min)

10. Comparison India China and Pakistan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWupziJg6wo
A comparative study of growth of GDP per Capita of India Pakistan and China from 1960 to
2016. (4 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ3YKh2gHmU
Understand the nature of Indian Economy with Prof. Charan Singh. Wonderful video about the
state of Indian Economy. (21 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJLpGiHhr8E
Growth Story of China - The rise of China. (11 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0-FYFw09xA&t=738s
Pakistan’s Economic analysis.

This Video Library is specially designed for Economics Students of Class XII covering all the
chapters of Indian Economic Development. Kindly Share it with all the teacher and students to
make Indian Economic Development more interesting and more informative.
Mahendra Nandkishore
PGT Economics
Central Academy School, Chittorgarh (Rajasthan)
Contact - 8875313888

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