A Study on Development of India in the Co existence of Populism and Liberalization of the Period 1990-2020.

Abstract

India is a post-colonial democratic country. Its ideal is ideal of welfare state, as a major part of the people is marginal. Therefore, here much of modern politics is conditioned by the popular politics. It is not a new phenomenon across the globe. On the other hand, all countries irrespective of developed, developing or under developed are in the grip of liberalization, privatization and globalization (LPG). India is also not the exception to that phenomenon, although it is, in real sense, contrary to the populism. The wheel of liberalization has also been running in the world-largest democracy like India since 1991. But side by side, a lot of popular policies for welfare of the population has been taken by the government during the period from 1990 to 2020. Therefore, the paper has to highlight mainly the relationship between populism and development in terms of human development index (HDI) in the co-existence of the two opposite entities- populism and liberalization in India for the period- 1990-2020.