{"id":1379,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/the-changing-socio-economic-profile-of-our-legislators-does-not-upsc-psir-2019-2504\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:24:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:23","slug":"the-changing-socio-economic-profile-of-our-legislators-does-not-upsc-psir-2019-2504","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/the-changing-socio-economic-profile-of-our-legislators-does-not-upsc-psir-2019-2504\/","title":{"rendered":"The changing socio-economic profile of our legislators does not augur well for the health of Indian democracy. Comment."},"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> <b>Burke\u2019s<\/b> microcosm = the yardstick <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> judge the change against it <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> verdict: social gain, economic-criminal danger<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> \u201cdoes not augur well\u201d only half-true <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> social widening deepens democracy; money + crime weaken its quality<\/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>widening recruitment pool <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> OBC \/ backward-caste entry ends upper-caste + lawyer + foreign-educated dominance <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Yadav<\/b>: plebeianization \/ democratic upsurge <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> House nearer Burke\u2019s microcosm <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <i>but<\/i> presence \u2260 responsiveness for lower orders <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> upper castes still over-represented, women ~14%, Muslims below share <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> turn to economic-criminal profile <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> crorepati dominance (93% above \u20b91 cr) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> wealth filters entry <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>ADR<\/b>: ~46% of 18th LS face criminal cases <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Vaishnav<\/b> (<i>When Crime Pays<\/i>): costly elections + local problem-solvers <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> SC: termite to democracy<\/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>against the pessimism <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> social broadening is a genuine democratic gain (microcosm met, Yadav\u2019s upsurge) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> threat lies not in <i>who<\/i> enters but in money + crime<\/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> statement half-true <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> social broadening augurs well; money-and-crime capture does not<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> keep the widening, curb the muscle + money that distort it <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> representation must become responsiveness<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[37],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[66],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1379","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-37","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-party-system","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1379","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":5,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4791,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1379\/revisions\/4791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1379"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1379"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1379"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}