Answer the following questions in 25-30 words.

What is the aim of the social welfare programme?

Indian society, since the post-independence period, is riddled with large scale economic, social, educational and cultural inequalities. However, it is necessary to provide opportunities for development for all sections of the society including women, children, the differently abled as well as the minorities (Scheduled castes, Scheduled tribes etc.).

The incorporation of the ‘welfare state’ idea in the constitution highlights this idea wherein the social welfare programme aims to make opportunities for full-time employment, health care, education and development available to all Indian citizens.