political clientelism in the delivery of social programmes in India, especially by allowing party leaders to bypass local … brokers to credit-claim for better service delivery and allowing politicians to deliver programmatic service delivery much …

examines the State-capital nexus in India during the neoliberal era, focusing on how the State has facilitated accelerated … relationships are becoming increasingly evident in India, wherein a select group of favoured conglomerates reap exclusive benefits. …

governments in India, party-based clientelism is shown to exist in two out of four states and to be strongly affected by economic …. The paper discusses when and why clientelism on the basis of party affiliation may arise. Operationally, party …-based clientelism is defined as a bias of public policy in favour of members of the governing political party. In a sample of local …

for poverty alleviation, adopted by Government of India since independence. It was implemented in year 2006, starting with … the first phase of 200 most backward districts in India. Two more consecutive phases were implemented to cover all rural … regions in India but, even after almost 6 years of its implementation, it has not been adequately analyzed for its effect on …