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Subject: political science

Project topic: Is India a police state or welfare state

Instructor: T.Y.Nirmala Devi Mam

Submitted by: V.Vamsi Krishna Naik

Roll No: 2019073

Section: B
INTRODUCTION:

A totalitarian state controlled by a political police force that secretly supervises the citizen’s
activities is a police state and welfare state is a system whereby the state undertakes to protect
the health and well-being of its citizens, especially those in financial or social need, by means of
grants, pensions, and other benefits.

In this project I would like to discuss the difference between the police state and the welfare state
and importance and features of welfare state.

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY:

 To clearly understand the concept of welfare state.

 To know the difficulty involved in the concept.

 To substantiate and elaborate the concept.

SCOPE OF THE STUDY:

The study is constricted to explanation of state, police state, welfare state and differences
between police state and state.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY:

The study teaches us concept of police state and welfare state and also the differences between
them. Historical background of state features of welfare state and its importance.

LITERATURE REVIEW:

The researcher has taken the information from different books online sources and journals.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY:

The study is based on doctrinal method of research .

RESEAECH QUESTION:

 Whether there is any difference between police state and welfare state?

 Whether India is welfare state or not?

ABSTRACT

Police state is a term denoting a government that exercises power arbitrarily through
the power of police force . The inhabitants of a police state may experience restrictions
on their mobility , or on their freedom to express or communicate political or other views
, which are subject to police monitoring or enforcement.

The Welfare state is a form of government in which the state protects and promotes the
economic and social well-being of the citizens, based upon the principles of equal
opportunity, equitable distribution of wealth, and public responsibility for citizens unable to
avail themselves of the minimal provisions for good life.

A state which is only concerned about maintenance of law and order they aren’t really
worried about the condition of the lives of people. E.g.: British Raj in India …. And
when the state is elected through democratic means such as elections it becomes a
Democratic Welfare state .

In this project I would like to mention

1. What are the Differences between a police state and a welfare state
2. What does it mean to live in a police state
3. How India is a welfare state
4. What is the concept of welfare state
5. What is a welfare state and its functions
6. Does India have a benefits system

Some of the famous books written on welfare state which I referred are

1. The three Worlds of Welfare capitalism

2. The divided Welfare state

3. Beyond the Welfare state