Authors

1. Mr. Sundeep Kumar
2. Ms. Monica Sharma
3. Mr. A K Bhardwaj
4. Dr. Govind Sharan Dangayach

Affiliation

• State Project Coordinator and Nodal Office, Center for Electronic Governance, Jaipur
• Associate Professor, MBA Department, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur
• Professor, MBA Department, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur
• Professor, MBA Department, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur

Abstract

The concept of welfare state has always drawn attention of policy makers, academia and
researchers. The state is looked upon as a care taker of the poor and the downtrodden. As a welfare
state, the government has to act as a policy maker that defines the principles of welfare state keeping
focus on the poor and the deprived. It has to find problems to the solution of poverty, inequality and
unemployment. With the growing population, the problem of unemployment is escalated. To curb
these socio economic problems, every government formulates Public Welfare Schemes (PWS)
according to its unique socio economic milieu. This paper identifies the PWS implemented in Brazil,
Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) and their effectiveness, outcomes and pitfalls. The
research concludes that the basic objective of PWS i.e. employment was fulfilled, target groups were
employed to a large extent, but launching of these schemes has given rise to corruption and increase
in the fiscal deficit of governments.

Keywords

Public Welfare Schemes, BRICS, Employability, Bolsa Familia Programme, MGNREGA, Social welfare

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