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100 _aJena, Shibsankar
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245 _aThe poverty discourse in state development policy: India since Independence
260 _aWorld affairs: The Journal of International issue
300 _a28(1), Jan-Mar, 2024: p.80-89
520 _aThe journey of democracy and development in the post-Independent Indian state under the Congress-led government had conceptualized poverty and unemployment as a phenomenon of unsatisfied individual needs that could only be met though external material support for the economic survival of the poorer masses. In this context, this article argues that “ skill India” is a counter discursive approach to the statistical understanding of poverty and transforms an individual’s abstract labour into concrete labour though developing his/her skills and capabilities to become a productive and innovative agent of the global economy. – Reproduced
773 _aWorld Affairs: The Journal of International issue
906 _aPOVERTY
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