India’s Fragmented Social Protection System: Three Rights Are in Place; Two Are Still Missing

Nehra Kumra and Ankita Gandhi

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Abstract: The paper touches only briefly upon the issue of social insurance because achieving this is a medium-term goal which the Indian welfare state must work towards within current fiscal constraints. It focus primarily on the performance and the weaknesses of the health system.

Keywords: welfare system; social insurance system; health care; Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana; Right to Work; Right to Education; Right to Food in India; health system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-01
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