4. Rights-based approach to social policy, which has rippled through India over the past decade and a half, reorients governance from ideas of patronage towards duty of the state and justified claims of citizens. Discuss with examples. Also, explain how the rights-based approach helps in improving public service delivery.

Approach:

♤ Discuss what rights based approach to social policy is through examples.

♤ Explain how it has reoriented governance by putting legitimate obligations on the state and giving people the authority to see them fulfilled.

♤ Conclude by highlighting its advantages in public service delivery.