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“Social support mechanism needs to be strengthened for effective implementation of development programmes.” Comment.

  • UPSC 2011
  • Social Change in Modern Society

A development programme is only a design; it is delivered through social structure — the collectives, kin networks, local bodies and frontline cadres that stand between the state and the household. "Social support mechanism" names precisely this, and sociologists study it as social capital. The statement is largely correct, but it needs an important qualification:…

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