1. Concept of Human Development – Evolution of the concept of human development, advances in human
development, measuring human development, human development index, sustainable human development, the
limits to human development, prospects for millennium development goals (8L)
2. Inequality and human development – Social justice and morality, growth and efficiency, public policy goals,
inequality within countries, human development potential for improving the distribution of growth (4L)
3. Contribution of health towards human development – Ensuring longevity, indicators of health, preventive and
curative health, nutrition, water and sanitation (4L)
4. Contribution of education towards human development – concept of education, literacy vis a vis education,
provision for education, indicators of education (4L)
5. Contribution of resources needed for a decent standard of living towards human development – Concept of
poverty, inequality in income or consumption, indicators of poverty, measuring poverty index (4L)
6. Gender Development Index – Gender and human development, gender related development index, gender
empowerment measure (4L)
7. Human development scenario – Human development in India, human development in West Bengal (4L)
8. Understanding human development conditions in any selected village and case study preparation (8 contact
hour)