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ECONOMIC ROLE OF
GOVERNMENT IN
INDIAN BUSINESS
By-Chakresh bhawsar
`INTRODUCTION
• Economic role is basically concerned with the
economic development of the nation by framing
rules and regulations .
• Government always plays a very important role in
the development of the economy .
• In capitalist countries ,government participation was
increasede after the great economic depression in
the 1930’s .
• The most important roles of any government are
Stability & Growth .
FACTORS DETERMINING THE NATURE
OF ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
• NATURE & STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE
ECONOMY
• BEHAVIOUR OF PRIVATE SECTOR .
• POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
• SOCIAL ATTITUDES
• ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS , ETC.
ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
Government’s role as Regulator of
Business
• Ensure the private investment and production in the
industry meets the socio-economic objective of the
government
• Ensure bthe efficient use of resources and prevent
explotation
• Restraints on private activities
• Control of monoploy & big business
• Development of public enterprises to ensure
competitive dualism
• Maintenance of a proper socio-econi=omic
infrastructure .
Government’s role as Promoter of
Business
• Providing finance to the industry (through
developmental banks etc).
• Granting incentives
• Creating infrastructural facilities for industrial
growth & investment
• Promoting development in No industry Districts.
• Estabilishing district industrial centres for
assisting the developmental of small industries .
Government’s role as an
ENTERPRENUER in business
• Mainly concerned with growth &
development of public industeries
• Has earnes the name of a “social
Enterprenuer”
• “BSNL” can be a best example for the above
stated term
Government’s role as a Planner in
business
• Indicating priorities through the five year
plans for sectoral allocation of resources
• Ensuring the equal distribution of scare
resources to all the sector in the order to
avoid clashes
Government’role redefined
• Poverty
• Unemployment
• Infrastructral facilities
POVERTY IN INDIA
• Indiais said to have 3rd of the world’s poor
• 37% of indian population is below the poverty
line (BPL)
• Kalahandi,bolangir&koraputh (known as KBK
Districts) in odisha are the most poverty affected
areas .
• Kerela stands last in the poverty line .
• Some reasons of poverty are:
• 1high population growth
• 2caste system
• 3India’s economic policies
• 4liberaliazation and its effect
• REDUCING POVERTY
• Employment opportunities
• Agricultural Development
• Primary Education & Good Infrastructural
Facilities
• Poverty alleviation programs like National
Rural Employment Program, Rural Landless
Employment Guarantee Program, Jawahar
Rojgar Yojna etc.
Unemployment
• There are more than 6 crore well educated
• youth in India who are unemployed.
• Reasons for Unemployment:
1. Rapid Population Growth
2. Defective Education System
3. Limited Land
4. Seasonal Agricultural
5. Outdated Agricultural Methods
6. Inadequate Employment Planning
Strategies undertaken by Government
to reduce Unemployment in India
• Heavy Investment in Basic Industries.
• Development of Cottage & Small-scale Industries.
• Change in Educational System.
• Checking of Population Explosion.
• Modernization of Agriculture.
• Introduction of Rural Works Programmes.
• Developing Infrastructure.
• Subsidies to Private Sector.
• Stress on Self-employment
INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT
Infrastructure can be divided into 2
types
Social
infrasturcture
Business environment ppt on role of government