LAW POVERTY AND DEVELOPMENT

Weightage (%)
Module I Understanding Law, Poverty and Development    (International Conventions and UN Plan need to be 25 %
taught with relevant topics)                                          
Law- Meaning and Relationship between law poverty and development.
Poverty- Concept of poverty and Poor Types, Issues, Dimensions, Poverty Line and BPL, Government Schemes to
Control Poverty and Support Development, Niti Ayog and It’s Recommendation, International Dimensions of Poverty
Development- meaning, Features, indicators, development index.
Economic Plan on Poverty, Hunger, and Malnutrition.
Module II: Constitutional Guarantees for the Poor                                  25%
(International Conventions and UN Plan need to be taught with relevant topics)                                          
Right to Equality, Constitutional, Judicial and Legislative efforts towards:
 Right to Food
 Right to Work
 Right to Housing
Denial of Right to Livelihood, Abolition of Untouchability, Poverty & Judicial Review
Equal pay for equal work, Right to Education, Right to Dignity.
Module III: Criminal Justice System and the Poor   25%
(International Conventions and UN Plan need to be taught with relevant
topics)                                                                          
Treatment of Police towards Poor, Problems of Poor Under trials, Right to Free Legal Aid and Lok Adalat. Justice,
Poverty, and Pandemic

Module IV: Conceptualizing and Defining Impoverishment (International Conventions and UN Plan need to be 25%
taught with relevant topics)                                          

Concept of Impoverishment,
Position of Women in Indian Legal System, Women Workers - organized and unorganized sectors, Migrant Worker
Crisis: Rights and Government Polices
Children – Issues and Legal Protections, Rights of The Disabled in India