{"id":1355,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/in-the-post-liberalization-era-indian-politics-is-moving-from-upsc-psir-2017-2302\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:24:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:15","slug":"in-the-post-liberalization-era-indian-politics-is-moving-from-upsc-psir-2017-2302","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/in-the-post-liberalization-era-indian-politics-is-moving-from-upsc-psir-2017-2302\/","title":{"rendered":"In the post-liberalization era, Indian politics is moving from ascriptive politics to developmental politics."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> liberalisation brought development to the centre (jobs, growth, FDI, infrastructure, welfare) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> shift real but partial<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> earlier axis = caste \/ religion \/ region \/ birth <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> post-1991 economic issues now drive competition <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> movement incomplete<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>developmental turn <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> ideological dilution + growth agenda accepted <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> pocket-book voting <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> leaders judged on performance \/ inflation \/ jobs \/ welfare <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> turnout up, gender gap down <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> digital media diversifies information<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>ascription not gone <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Kanchan Chandra<\/b>: ethnicity modernised, not eliminated <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> caste + religious mobilisation, dynastic parties, weak representation of weaker sections, <b>Sachar Committee<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> developmental politics widened the agenda, but did not displace ascription<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> shift = expansion and coexistence, not replacement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[45],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[64],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1355","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-45","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-planning-and-economic-development","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4767,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1355\/revisions\/4767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1355"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1355"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1355"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}