DDEDU - B.COM SYLLABUS: PUBLIC FINANCE


Dibrugarh University
Syllabus for B.COM Programme
Under Directorate of Distance Education
2nd Year
Course No: B. Com. 207: PUBLIC FINANCE
Total Marks: 90

Objectives: To acquaint and Learners on Public Finance. 




Block I: Introduction:                                                                     18
Nature and Scope of Public Finance; Private and Public Finance; Keynes Theory of Public Finance; the Principles of Maximum Social Advantage

Block II: Financial Administration:                                          18
Meaning; Principles; Agencies Involved; Executives; Legislative; Finance Ministry; Budgetary Control System; Techniques of Budgeting; Performance Budget; Zero-Base Budgeting.

Block III: Public Revenues:                                                          18
Meaning and Classification of Public Revenue; Sources; Tax and Non-Tax Revenue; Cannons of Taxation; Impact and Incidence of Taxes; Taxable Capacity

Block IV: Public Expenditure:                                                     18
Meaning and Scope; Reasons of Growth of Public Expenditure; Objectives of Public Expenditure; Effects of Public Expenditure on Production; Distribution; Economic Stability and Economic Development.

Block V: Specific Issues of Public Finance in India:           18
Specific issues of Public Finance in India:
Ø  Growth of internal and external public debt in India.
Ø  Union-state Financial Relations.
Ø  Finance Commission (Recent).
Ø  Deficits Financing.
Ø  Local Finance-Municipalities, Municipal Corporation, Gram Panchayat.

Suggested Readings:
1.       Tyagi; B. P: Public Finance; Jai Prakash Nath and Co.; Meerut.
2.       Sundaram and Sundaram: Public Finance; Sultan Chand & Sons; New Delhi.
3.       Delton: Public Finance; Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt. Ltd.; New Delhi.

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