MA-CST admissions for the session beginning July, 2027, will be only through GATE exam and interviews. The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences will not hold its own exam. All prospective candidates are requested to register for the GATE exam in HSS.
The resilience of a nation’s economy is determined by the quality of its human capital. Other things being equal, a country with a healthy and educated population will grow much faster than one with a semi-literate and undernourished one.
And yet, has historically, and consistently, under-invested in health and education – neglecting them even in years of high economic growth. There is a strong tendency to dismiss state expenditure on people’s well being a as ‘freebies’ or ‘revdi’. But are they freebies or are they basic rights that people can demand from the state?
Economist and author Reetika Khera discusses her new book, Freebies or Rights: Understanding Social Policy in India, addressing the shifts in India's priorities regarding welfare spending. She addresses the widening gap between rising GDP and the realities that most of India's population faces. She says increasing tax rates, expanding the tax base or other ways to raise government revenues are very difficult to talk about in India. Instead, both fiscal anxieties and skewed priorities, such as heavy defence budgets, continue to pressurise the poor.
Notes:
1. Final admission is subject to document submission and verification. Individual offer letters will be sent to all provisionally selected candidates with details of the offer. The list appears in no particular order.
2. (For wait list candidates) Offer letters will be sent to particular candidates in the order of merit as and when vacancies arise in particular admission categories as per IIT Delhi rules.
Here are the question papers containing answer keys (in bold font) for the MSc Economics entrance exam, 2026.
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Interviews will be in 20-minute slots as per the schedule posted below. Links and further instructions will be posted to individual candidates.
