KSEAB SSLC JTS Economics case studies
KSEAB SSLC JTS Economics · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The KSEAB SSLC JTS Economics paper is the economics component of the Job Training Scheme stream examined by the Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board for Class 10 candidates. It suits students who want a working grasp of how an economy functions - how income is measured, how banks and government budgets operate, why agriculture and industry matter, and how Karnataka's own development story fits into national and global trends - rather than a purely theoretical route. The KSEAB SSLC JTS Economics case studies are 5 cases and about 3,801 words.
1Sugarcane or ragi–cowpea on three acres in Mandya
Raman cultivates 3 acres in Maddur taluk, Mandya district, on canal ayacut. For three years the canal has released water only from July to October; his borewell yields enough for about one acre of paddy.
794 words, about 4 min2A credit society, a defaulting miller and a women's group
A primary agricultural credit society (PACS) in a drought-prone taluq has 640 members. Deposits are ₹18 lakh, borrowings from the district central cooperative bank ₹30 lakh, and loans outstanding ₹42 lakh.
732 words, about 4 min3Balancing a gram panchayat budget with a low property-tax collection
A gram panchayat of 8,400 people has annual receipts of ₹62 lakh. Of this, ₹30 lakh is a tied state Finance Commission grant usable only for drinking water and sanitation, ₹12 lakh is an untied grant, property tax collection is ₹7.2 lakh against a demand of ₹18 lakh, non-tax revenue is ₹5 lakh, and ₹7.8 lakh is an opening balance and assigned revenue.
743 words, about 4 min4Fast GSDP growth and falling garment jobs in a southern Karnataka district
A district in Karnataka's southern plateau reports GSDP growth of 8.4% a year for five years, driven by IT-enabled services and a new industrial estate. But registered manufacturing units fell from 410 to 355, and garment employment fell from 9,000 to 5,600, of whom 70% were women.
750 words, about 4 min5Deciding the fate of a sewage-fed lake
A 42-hectare lake on the edge of a Class II town receives about 3 million litres a day (MLD) of untreated sewage from 6,000 households. Dissolved oxygen falls to 1.2 mg/l, and fish kills were reported in April and May.
782 words, about 4 min