ISAS Working Papers

In 2014, the BJP won a substantial number of votes among India’s poor and the lower classes, which are the main beneficiaries of the government of India’s social policies. This paper analyses the BJP-led government’s performance in the social sector, with the objective of assessing their electoral impact on the forthcoming general elections in 2019. It focuses on two main areas. First, the government’s performance at implementing policies inherited from the previous administration; second, what kind of new policies has the government introduced and what kind of benefits they brought to India’s poor and lower classes.