The Library has a very good collection of books on Economics and its allied subjects. Its holdings of literature on Indian economic history and land legislation in particular are most comprehensive and unique. It has also quite a fair collection of books on agricultural economics, Indian economy and also reports of committees and commissions. The other significant features of this section are:

• The library possesses complete collection of EXIM Bank Occasional Paper Series, Essays in International Finance Series and Princeton Papers in International Finance Series of the Princeton University, Research papers of International Food Policy Research Institute, World Watch papers of World Watch Institute and some other institutions like OECD Development Centre, Institute of Economics, etc.
• The Library has almost all complete sets of different policy documents and committee/commission reports pertaining to Indian economy. It also has all the documents pertaining to planning in India
• The library stocks almost complete collection of different types of publications of Reserve Bank of India, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), and also lead bank reports.
• The library has built up a strong collection of books on Environmental Economics with the financial assistance under World Bank grant for capacity building in Environmental Economics.

Besides Economics, the Library possesses a strong collection of books on History, Political Science, Sociology, Population Studies, and Law. The significant features of this section include:

• Reports and resolutions of Indian National Congress from 1885 onwards (58 volumes)
• Biographies of prominent national and international leaders such as M.K. Gandhi, J. L. Nehru, Vallabh Bhai Patel, Winston Churchill, George Washington, etc.
• Collections of works of eminent national and international political thinkers like:
1. M. K.Gandhi (90 vols.)
2. J. L. Nehru (15+31 vols.)
3. B. R. Ambedkar (10 vols.)
4. Rajendra Prasad (18 vols.)
5. Karl Marx and Frederic Engles (40 vols.)
6. V. I. Lenin (44 vols. + 45 vols.)
7. Abraham Lincoln (8 vols.)
8. Sri Aurobindo (30 vols.)
• Letters and correspondences of eminent personalities like:
1. Letters of Jawaharlal Nehru to Chief Ministers of states
2. Sardar Patel’s correspondence
• Books on Sociology, especially pertaining to rural and urban sociology, culture, customs, dowry, rural development, urban development etc.
• National and international family health survey reports, fertility and mortality survey reports
• Policy documents on family planning
• Books on caste structure, Anthropology, Gerontology, Tribal Development, etc.
• Publications describing genealogy (dqyo`Rrkar) of different families of Maharashtra
• Books on education especially reports of major educational committees and commissions, policy documents, economics of education and history of education
• Gazetteers of most of the princely states and provinces of India during the pre-independence period

The Library possesses quite a large number of books published before the advent of twentieth century and which may not be available elsewhere. The oldest book in the Library dates back to 1680. Besides, there are quite a few hundred books which were published during the 18th and 19th centuries.

1. Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics (13 vols.)
2. Wealth of India (21 vols.)
3. Encyclopaedia of Education
4. ejkBh fo’odks’k (16 vols.)
5. Encyclopaedia of Dalits in India (14 vols.)
6. India’s Communities (3 vols.)
7. International Encyclopaedia of Economics (2 vols.)
8. International Encyclopaedia of Sociology (2 vols.)
9. International Encyclopaedia of Population (2 vols.)
10. Encyclopaedia of Social Work (2 vols.)
11. Encyclopaedia of Terrorism (2 vols.)
12. Committees and Commissions in India (18 vols.)
13. International Encyclopaedia of Sustainable Development (20 vols.)
14. Marxism, Communism and Western society : Comparative Cyclopaedia (8 vols.)
15. egkjkIVz~h; Kkudks’k (24 vols.)
16. Standard Cyclopaedia of Modern Agriculture (11 vols.)