ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that post-colonial welfare states tend to incur more 'developmental expenditure' than 'social expenditure'. It examines the evolution of the idea of development in the global development discourse in the post-colonial era followed by shifts in the policy focus. The chapter also examines apparatuses that were effective in bringing social change in India. It presents the data pertaining to development expenditure and social sector expenditure to argue why social policy presents only a partial view of welfare in the post-colonial context. The chapter examines whether social policy is sufficient to deal with a variety of social evils in the Global South, particularly India. It makes an assessment as to whether social policy is sufficient to deal with the five evils that Beveridge projected as the targets of social policy. The chapter also argues that social reforms are inevitable to create an environment where social policies could operate.
