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    ISAS Working Papers

    Long-term studies on trends and issues in South Asia

    232 : The Roots of Citizen Welfare in India: Reflections on Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal

    Rahul Mukherji, Associate Professor, South Asian Studies Programme at the National University of Singapore

    18 April 2016

    This paper argues that the state in India is an important actor in engendering development and welfare. India is a different kind of development state. This argument is made by comparing two cases of welfare provision in two Indian states.