ICSE Class 10 Economics Syllabus 2026-27
Updated for the 2027 ICSE exams: CISCE has published the ICSE 2027 regulations and syllabuses. No chapter deletions have been reported for this subject, and more competency-based questions are expected, but check CISCE's 2027 syllabus and prescribed-book list for your subject.
Economics is the analysis of how people, societies, and countries use limited resources to meet their unlimited wants. It uses concepts like production, consumption, distribution, and intervention of the government in the economy. The ICSE Class 10 Economics syllabus of 2025-26 has been planned to replicate a theoretical background with pragmatic implementation. It assists the students in learning economic problems confronting the world, analysing market forces, and making sound decisions. Micro and macroeconomic branches are all covered under the curriculum that focuses on cultivating economic consciousness and thought necessary for the 21st-century student.
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Syllabus Table
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| Unit No. | Unit Title | Topics and Subtopics Covered |
|---|---|---|
1 | The Productive Mechanism | Factors of production: Land, Labour, Capital, and Entrepreneur; nature and role of each |
2 | Theory of Demand and Supply | Definition of demand and supply, determinants of demand/supply, demand and supply laws, equilibrium price |
3 | Markets | Market types – Perfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition; characteristics and price determination |
4 | Inflation | Definition, inflation types (demand-pull and cost-push), causes, effects, and control measures |
5 | Consumer Awareness | Consumer rights, duties, consumer exploitation, legal measures, role of NGOs |
6 | Public Finance | Definition of public finance, public expenditure and revenue, types of taxation, budget concepts |
7 | National Income | Meaning and early concepts – GDP, GNP, NNP; techniques of measuring national income (brief overview) |
8 | Economic Role of Government | Economic planning in India, reason for planning, role of public sector, five-year plans (brief overview) |