PYQ Vault · Paper 1 · Planning & Economic Development
In the post-liberalization era, Indian politics is moving from ascriptive politics to developmental politics.
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Flow snapshot — how the answer moves
Intro routes
G3) liberalisation brought development to the centre (jobs, growth, FDI, infrastructure, welfare) → shift real but partial RZ earlier axis = caste / religion / region / birth → post-1991 economic issues now drive competition → movement incomplete
Body flow
developmental turn → ideological dilution + growth agenda accepted → pocket-book voting → leaders judged on performance / inflation / jobs / welfare → turnout up, gender gap down → digital media diversifies information
Counter-view
ascription not gone → Kanchan Chandra: ethnicity modernised, not eliminated → caste + religious mobilisation, dynastic parties, weak representation of
Conclusion routes
weaker sections, Sachar Committee G3} developmental politics widened the agenda, but did not displace ascription shift = expansion and coexistence, not replacement
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
