Department of Economics is one of the oldest department established simultaneously with Bhanupratapdev Govt. P. G. College in 1962. Since its inception the department has been offering Under Graduate and Post Graduate courses in Economics. It attracts the largest number of students at the UG and PG level from within and outside the Kanker Dist. Department has also Research Center since 2018.
The teaching programmers in the Department are focused on proper blending of “quality” and “relevance”. Department makes tutorials more effective by establishing close student-teacher contact. The thrust areas include the various fields of Development Economics, International Economics, Environmental Economics, Industrial Economics, Labour Economics, Public Finance and Indian Economy.