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1. Election Outcomes and the Poor: Evidence from the Consumption of Scheduled Castes and Tribes in India.

Author

Tandon, Sharad

Subjects
POOR people, SCHEDULED tribes (India), DALITS
Abstract

This article investigates whether parliamentary election outcomes affect the consumption of households belonging to scheduled castes and tribes (SC/STs), which are the poorest Indian households and constitute one-quarter of the population. Using arguably exogenous variation in party affiliation introduced by close election outcomes, this article finds that expenditures of SC/ST households were higher in regions where candidates more sympathetic to the groups were successful. These results demonstrate that SC/ST welfare responds to election outcomes in instances when successful politicians do not belong to SC/STs themselves and that electing candidates from left-leaning political parties can have a significant economic impact on the lives of poor and minority voters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2018
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2. The war on penury.

Subjects
*POOR people, *POLITICAL campaigns, *CAMPAIGN promises, *POVERTY, *ELECTIONS
Abstract

The article focuses on a scheme developed by the Congress party of India known by its Hindi acronym NYAY under which it will hand out 6,000 rupees to poor households in the country if it wins power in the 2019 national election. Topics covered include action taken by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to address rural resentment, failure of the government to identify the poor and possibility for NYAY to become a reality in line with the electoral prospects of Congress.

Published
2019

3. The beauty of breadth.

Subjects
*POOR people, *POLITICAL parties, *POVERTY
Abstract

The author argues that the schemes adopted by competing political parties, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress party, to give money to poor people in India, need rethinking due to the difficulty of identifying the poorest in the country. Topics covered include number of people in India who live in extreme poverty, outcomes of the schemes launched by the Indian government to help the poor, negative effects of the BJP and Congress' schemes and the cost of eradicating poverty in India.

Published
2019

4. Economic Boom Fails to Generate Optimism in India.

Author

Sengupta, Somini

Subjects
*INCOME inequality, *POOR people, *RURAL development, INDIAN economy, 1947-
Abstract

The article reports that Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his Independence Day speech warned Indians that economic development for a nation is unsustainable if it does not benefit the poor. Although Singh's coalition government led by the Congress party has achieved sustained economic growth, 30% of Indians still live below the official poverty line. Singh emphasized the need for water conservation while promising plans for rural irrigation and health care.

Published
2007

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