International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy: Volume 34 Issue 3/4

Welfare schemes in India: decentralization dynamics and stakeholder influences

Anjula Gurtoo, Udayaadithya A.

The purpose of this paper is to provide a background to the special issue on welfare schemes in India. After 25 years of decentralization of governance and structural adjustments…

Addressing utilization of the ICDS programme in Tamil Nadu, India: how class and caste matters

Dilip Diwakar G.

The reduction in under nutrition is very slow in the past two decades in India even with high-economic growth rate and expansion in the ICDS programme. The ICDS evaluation studies…

Towards building a skill based society in India

Reji Edakkandi Meethal

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether public-private partnerships (PPPs) in skill building and employability training have or were able to contribute making quality…

Centrally sponsored schemes in Andaman and Nicobar Islands: a governance paradox

Jaya Goyal

The purpose of this paper is to present the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (ANI) as a case to delineate contextual and often paradoxical challenges in implementing centrally…

Welfare schemes and social protection in India

Raghbendra Jha

The purpose of this paper is to provide a broad overview of welfare schemes in India and their impact on social protection during a period of high economic growth. It summarizes…

Comparison of the effects of the food supplementation programmes of ICDS centers and primary schools at Bali Gram Panchayat, Arambagh, West Bengal, India

Gopal Chandra Mandal, Kaushik Bose, Slawomir Koziel

Developing countries like India, accounts for about 40 percent of undernourished children in the World and it is largely due to the result of dietary inadequacy in relation to…

Leadership in female SHGs: traits/abilities, situational or forced?

Archana Singh

Microfinance/microcredit/self-help groups (SHGs), as an instrument of women's empowerment, have attracted the attention of many researchers. However, despite being one of the most…

MGNREGA policy and application

Banhi Chakraborty

The purpose of this paper is to examine the success rate of MGNREGS as one of the major flagship programme aimed for employment generation for the rural unemployed through…