Booklist for Economics optional UPSC

Here’s a concise booklist for economics optional, on popular demand

Paper 1

1. Microconomics – 
   1. Ahuja
   2. Pindyck and Rubenfield for conceptual clarity  
2. Macro economics and Money Banking
   1.  Froyen
   2. Jhingan and Ahuja to find out any new definitons / terms 
3. International
   1. Salvatore primarily
   2. Krugaman for additional undersrtanding
4. Growth and Devleopment
   1. Thirlwall mainly
   2.  Jhingan for new terms / definitions 
5. Public
   1. Musgrave mainly
   2. Bhatia for new terms / definitions 

Paper 2

• Mishra and Puri
• Uma Kapila
• Dutt and Sundaram
• My own notes – https://1drv.ms/u/s!Am-XDyZeJwRZjJkuXjXNDxvI6uss-A

For details on how to prepare economics optional for UPSC see my article here