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In the light of neo-economic policies adopted since 1991, examine the relevance of the term ‘socialist’ in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution.

  • UPSC 2015
  • 20 marks
  • Salient Features of the Indian Constitution

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"Socialist" entered the Preamble through the 42nd Amendment (1976). Fifteen years later the New Economic Policy of 1991, launched by the P. V. Narasimha Rao government with Manmohan Singh as Finance Minister, dismantled the licence-permit regime and opened the economy through liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation. Whether the word is now obsolete depends on what it…

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  • What Indian Socialism Meant
  • The Case That 1991 Hollowed It Out
  • The Case for Continuing Relevance
  • Evaluation
  • Conclusion
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