BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE INDIA: THE ROLE OF DR. BABU JAGJIVAN RAM IN PUBLIC POLICY DEVELOPMENT FOR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES

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Abstract Providing a social justice perspective to India, Dr. Babu Jagjivan Ram is still remembered as the most effective minister who worked as an untiring social activist. The objective of the study is to take a critical look at his leadership and shows how his policies have affected discrimination based on caste, affirmative action, and changes in society and institutions. The study looks at the results of Babuji's work in terms of diverse representation in political, educational, and economic settings. It does this by talking about the past in a structured way and evaluating current practices. Therefore, the presentation uncovers how dynamic, perpetual changes initiated by his visionary leadership are still functional in responding to modern India’s issues of inequality and exclusion. With respect to the context of the work done to address the plight of the minority people, the paper underlines the relevance of his efforts to this day in the construction of society’s inclusive environment. The analysis presented in the paper raises a question about the applicability of his vision to new emerging marginalization processes in contemporary India and stresses the importance of revisiting and reinventing it.

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