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OVERVIEW

The Constitution treats loans given under MUDRA sanitation workers can lead a
every Indian citizen as equal, have been given to SC/ST/ life of dignity.
and guarantees a life of OBC entrepreneurs.
dignity for each of them. Yet The most recent celebration
despite several decades since This is ushering of Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas
independence, in the absence empowerment of not just took place from November
of basic facilities many individuals, but is also a 15 to 26, 2024, marking the
Indians were living in abject means to empower the 150th birth anniversary
poverty. Understanding the traditionally neglected of Bhagwan Birsa Munda,
need for this unfortunate communities. a revered tribal freedom
scenario to change an ŌVWcTa HWXb ^QbTaeP]RT
irreversible process of In the spirit of inclusive aimed to honor the
development was started social welfare, the Modi contributions of tribal
with inclusive approach. government’s historic communities to India’s
Since 2014, the government decision to provide history and progress.
led by Prime Minister reservations for economically
Narendra Modi has initiated a weaker sections of upper HWT V^eTa]\T]c0b Tň^acb c^
development model in which castes provided much- extend welfare provisioning
no one is left behind. needed support to poor and poverty alleviation have
households. received recognition from
This Development model global institutions. A recent
guarantees basic facilities As part of its vision of IMF paper has credited
such as drinking water, inclusive development, the the Modi government for
electricity connections, government has undertaken ending extreme poverty
healthcare, toilets, LPG many reforms to empower in the country. The Global
cylinders, education, and Divyangjan, Transgender Multidimensional Poverty
Ō]P]RXP[ X]R[dbX^] c^ P[[ P]S _Tab^]b 8T]^cXŌTS P]S Index (MPI), released by the
not just to a privileged few. Nomadic tribes, and other United Nations Development
such hitherto unserved or Programme (UNDP) and the
In the last 11 years, the Modi underserved groups. The Oxford Poverty and Human
government has launched government’s resolve for Development Initiative (OPHI)
and implemented several social justice was evident in has also credited India with
welfare schemes to empower its decision to implement a reduction in all ten of its
every Indian. OBC and EWS reservations Multidimensional Poverty
in all India quota seats in Indicators. Serving the poor
The impact of such medical education, ensuring and the marginalized has
seamless and irreversible that students from these been the underlying promise
empowerment initiatives groups can also aspire to of the Modi government, a
can be seen in programmes QTR^\T S^Rc^ab X] Pň^aSPQ[T promise that is guided by
like MUDRA Yojana and government colleges. the principle of ‘Antyodaya’
Stand Up India, which are Likewise, under the Namaste which means that the goal of
creating a large pool of scheme, the government development isn’t complete
young entrepreneurs from aims to eradicate unsafe till it reaches the last person
marginalised groups. More sewer and septic tank in society.
than half of the 52 crore cleaning practices, so that
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