Question Q.19Analyse. Answer in 250 wordsGS1GS1

मलिन बस्तियां ऐसी 'समस्याएं' नहीं हैं जिनका 'समाधान' किया जाना है – बल्कि यह 'समस्या' और 'समाधान'-आधीन पूर्वो की शाखिल करे साठी असंसृत और स्वचालित नगरीय नीतियों का एक परिणाम है। परिभाषन कीजिए। Slums are not 'problems' that have to be 'solved' – but are instead a result of lopsided and vested urban policies covering infrastructure provision and socio-economic issues. Analyse.

Introduction

Slums can be defined as dilapidated structures in outskirts and sometimes middle of the urban areas and they lack basic amenities like light, water etc.

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Main Body

They are result of lopsided & vested interest policies

1Slums emerge due to huge inequality prevailing in the country.

OXFAM says 1% population hold 40% of wealth, while bottom 50% held 6%

2Stark inequality restful mobility and creates a vicious cycle of culture of poverty

No investment in living standard or skill

Vicious cycle

No access to education & skill

Remain unemployed & do job in undue labour

3Structural challenges like no equality in opportunity, further discrimination & exploitation by contractors

Poverty & Inequality in Slum

↓ No investment in living standard or skill

↑ Vicious cycle

↓ No access to education & skill

↓ Remain unemployed & do job in undue labour

3Structural challenges like no equality in opportunity, further discrimination & exploitation by contractors

4Flaws in policies

PM Awas Yojana - houses are appropriated by exam lower class urban people → No benefit to slum dwellers

5Institutional forces of disenchantment

Budgetary policy adopted in some stance.

Way Forward:

People are State's responsibility forward and their state need to uphold their needs

Gradual Deeireaches by providing appropriate rehabilitation and compensation and education to children living in slums

Proper facilitiesclean drinking water for short term.

In long term, government needs to provide birth job creation and skills and also Affordable Housing to All

Social contract theory says that they are state's responsibility

239 words14 paragraphs3 bullet points

Clear definition of slums
Uses statistical data (OXFAM)
Identifies root causes
Discusses vicious cycle concept
Structural analysis provided

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Topper

Anjali Thankur

AIR 432023

Subject & Paper

GS1GS1

Topic

Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India

Urbanization and Social Issues

Slums and Urban Inequality

Writing Stats

264

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