NSCE -> NCSE Economics Syllabus
Class 9
Themes Objectives
India: Location, relief, structure, major physiographic units. To understand the major landform features and the underlying geological structure; their association with various rocks and minerals as well as nature of soil types.
Climate: Factors influencing the climate; monsoon – its characteristics, rainfall and temperature distribution; seasons; climate and human life. (One case study to be introduced related with natural disasters) To identify the various factors influencing the climate and explain the climatic variation of our country and its impact on the life of the people; To explain the importance and unifying role of monsoons;

Drainage: Major rivers and tributaries, lakes and seas, role of rivers in the economy, pollution of rivers, measures to control river pollution.

 To understand the river systems of the country and explain the role of rivers in the evolution of human society.
Natural Vegetation: Vegetation types, distribution as well as altitudinal variation, need for conservation and various measures. To find out the nature of diverse flora and fauna as well as their distribution;
Wildlife: Major species, their distribution, need for conservation and various measures. To develop concern about the need to protect the biodiversity of our country.
Population: Size, distribution, age-sex composition,
population change-migration as a determinant of population change, literacy, health, occupational structure and national population policy: adolescents as under-served population group with special needs.		 To analyse the uneven nature of population distribution and show concern about the large size of our population; To understand the various occupations of people and explain various factors of population change; To explain various dimensions of national policy and understand the needs of adolescents as underserved group.
Class 10
Themes Objectives
Resources: Types — natural and human; Need for resource planning.
Natural Resources: Land as a resource, soil formation, types and distribution; changing land-use pattern; land degradation and conservation measures.		 To understand the value of resources and the need for their judicious utilisation and conservation.
Forest and wildlife resources: Types and distribution, depletion of flora and fauna; conservation and protection of forests and wildlife. To understand the importance of forests and wildlife in our environment as well as develop concern towards depletion of resources.

Agriculture: Types of farming, major crops, cropping pattern, technological and institutional reforms; their impact; contribution of Agriculture to national economy — employment and output, food security, impact of globalisation.

To identify various types of farming and discuss the various farming methods;

To describe the spatial distribution of major crops as well as understand the relationship between rainfall regimes and cropping pattern;

To explain various government policies for institutional as well as technological reforms since independence;
To understand the importance of agriculture in national economy.
Water resources: Sources, distribution, utilisation, multipurpose projects, water scarcity, need for conservation and management, rainwater harvesting. (One case study to be introduced) To understand the importance of water as a resource as well as develop awareness towards its judicious use and conservation.
Mineral Resources: Types of minerals,distribution, use and economic importance of minerals, conservation. To discuss various types of minerals as well as their uneven nature of distribution and explain the need for their judicious utilisation.
Power Resources: Types of power resources –
conventional and non-conventional, distribution and utilization, and conservation.		 To discuss various types of conventional and nonconventional resources and their utilization.
Manufacturing Industries: Types, spatial distribution, contribution to industries to the national economy, industrial pollution and degradation of environment, measures to control degradation. (One case study to be introduced) To discuss the importance of industries in the national economy as well as understand the regional disparities which resulted due to concentration of industries in some areas;

To discuss the need for a planned industrial development and debate over the role of government towards sustainable development.
Transport, communication and trade. To explain the importance of transport and communication in the ever shrinking world; To understand the role of trade in the economic development of a country and analyse the changing.