Do you think that efficacy of the existing affirmative actions and social programmes improved the socio-economic status of the marginalized groups in India? Critically examine. (200 Words)
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IAS Parliament 5 years
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Lack of improvement in socio-economic status
· A 2018 Oxfam study reports a significant increase in the consumption Gini index (a statistical measure of inequality) in both rural and urban areas from 1993-94 to 2011-12.
· According to the Global Wealth Report (GWR) 2017, put out by the Credit Suisse Research Institute, between 2002 and 2012, the share of the bottom 50% of the population in total wealth declined from 8.1% to only 4.2%.
· In contrast, over the same time period, the share of the top 1% in total wealth increased from 15.7% to 25.7%. Among the countries for which the GWR gives the share of wealth held by the top 1%, only Indonesia and the US have higher shares than India.
· The IHDS is a nationally representative multi-topic household survey covering more than 40,000 households in each wave across India.
· Muslims are more vulnerable to falling below the poverty line over the seven-year period compared to Hindus or other religious groups; they are also less likely to achieve secure non-poor status from below poverty line, or remain secure non-poor.
· Compared to upper-caste groups (Brahmin and non-Brahmin) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are less likely to escape poverty and more likely to move into poverty.
· Finally, rural households, compared to urban households, are more likely to remain in poverty. They are also less likely to escape poverty and more likely to enter poverty than urban households.
Improvement in socio-economic status
· According to UN Development Programme released the 2019 global Multidimensional Poverty Index India lifted 271 million people out of poverty between 2006 and 2016,
· Recording the fastest reductions in the multidimensional poverty index values during the period with strong improvements in areas such as “assets, cooking fuel, sanitation and nutrition.
· India reduced deprivation in nutrition from 44.3 per cent in 2005-06 to 21.2 per cent in 2015-16,
· Child mortality dropped from 4.5 per cent to 2.2 per cent,
· People deprived of cooking fuel reduced from 52.9 per cent to 26.2 per cent, deprivation in sanitation from 50.4 per cent to 24.6 per cent,
· Those deprived of drinking water reduced from 16.6 per cent to 6.2 per cent.
· The country's per-capita income is estimated to have risen by 10% to 15% a month during the financial year ended March 2019, government data on national income.
Aspirant 5 years
please review every aspect.
IAS Parliament 5 years
Try to provide data to support the arguments in first part of the answer. Try to underline key points. Avoid listing out points. Keep writing.
Anu 5 years
Kindly review. Thank you
IAS Parliament 5 years
Try to include criticisms part separately. Keep Writing.
Anu 5 years
IAS Parliament 5 years
Content relevance is good, try to focus on "Critically examine" key word.
Anu 5 years
Rahul 5 years
Pls review
IAS Parliament 5 years
Try to include about data from poverty line, NFHS survey. Keep writing.
Chinna 5 years
Kindly review sir
IAS Parliament 5 years
Try to include about measures taken by government to improve socioeconomic status, provide relevant data to support it. Keep writing.
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