Publication Date:
2024-03-30
Description:
India has learned what to do and what not to do when it comes to implementing policy to address human suffering. The COVID-19 pandemic unified the international response in similar ways, and the world has a lot to learn about key initiatives in India that have been implemented since India's independence. This open-access book includes key learnings about the conceptualization, design, and impact of social welfare programs in India spanning more than a 75-year period. The Future of India's Social Safety Nets provides a comprehensive analysis of these systems by combining insights from a wealth of interdisciplinary scholarship on social protection, economic development, and social policy. It covers India’s social development in terms of three essential aspects of policy design: focus (intended beneficiaries), form (transfer modalities), and scope (developmental objectives). Highlighting the developmental achievements and shortcomings of the myriad of social welfare schemes, this book proposes a framework to foster human resilience through social protection. This is an open-access book.
Keywords:
Social Safety Nets
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Indian Welfare Safe
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Food Policy in India
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Political Economy
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Governance
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Development Economics
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Health Care
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Poverty
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Public Distribution System (PDS)
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Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
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thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCP Political economy
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies
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thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming::TVB Agricultural science
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thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies
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thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics
Language:
English
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