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Social Justice – UPSC GS2

This module of the GS Paper 2: Polity, Governance, Social Justice & IR course covers rights-based laws, welfare and human development. It has 2 study lessons and a 16-question practice quiz. Free lessons can be read in full; premium lessons show a preview.

Lessons in this module

1. Rights-based Laws and Welfare for Vulnerable Sections

Free 7 min

The Preamble promises social, economic and political justice. The state uses laws, reservations and welfare schemes to support those who are disadvantaged by poverty, caste, gender, disability, age or location. SCs/STs: reservation in legislatures (Art.…

2. Health, Education, Poverty and Human Development

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Why multidimensional? Income alone misses things like lack of a toilet, clean fuel, schooling or nutrition. India has a three-tier public system: Sub-centres/Health and Wellness Centres → Primary Health Centres → Community Health Centres, then…

 Module quiz: Social Justice (16 questions)

Maps & infographics in this module

Timeline of rights-based laws from the RTI and MGNREGA in 2005 to the Transgender Persons Act in 2019
A decade of laws turned welfare into enforceable rights.
Comparison of a welfare approach and a rights-based approach by basis, citizen position, remedy and example
Rights-based laws make the state answerable.
Infographic of the three HDI dimensions: health, education and standard of living
The MPI adds deprivations such as cooking fuel, sanitation and housing.

Frequently asked questions

Lessons: Rights-based Laws and Welfare for Vulnerable Sections; Health, Education, Poverty and Human Development.

Answer: 5 kg. Priority households get 5 kg per person per month; Antyodaya households get 35 kg per family.

Answer: 21. The Act recognises 21 types of disability.

Answer: Indra Sawhney case. Indra Sawhney (1992) set these principles.

Answer: Unemployment rate. HDI uses health, education and standard of living (GNI per capita) dimensions.

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