Question

India aims to be a welfare state. Justify this statement.

Answer 1

Instructions: Write about

• Objective of being a welfare state
• Aim of the welfare provision
• Challenges faced by India
• Steps taken by India in this regard

Solution:

• The Constitution has incorporated the objective of establishing a welfare state.
• The social welfare programmes aim to make opportunities for full-time employment, health care, education and development available to all Indian citizens.
• But Indian society is riddled with large-scale economic, social, educational and cultural inequalities.
• So, it is necessary that opportunities for development reach women, children, the differently abled, the scheduled castes and tribes, and other minorities.
• This was the greatest challenge facing the government during the post-independence period.
• That is why, on 14th June 1964, the government of India constituted the Ministry of Social Welfare. This ministry implements programmes for nutrition and child-development, social security and social protection, and women’s welfare and development.