Description

India's welfare state did not expand merely in size—it transformed in design.

The Provider examines how welfare in India shifted from discretionary charity to system-driven delivery. This book analyzes the restructuring of sanitation, housing, healthcare, electricity, water access, and direct transfers, and explains how dignity became a core principle of public policy.

Written as serious nonfiction analysis, this volume avoids political advocacy and focuses on mechanisms and outcomes—how logistics replaced intermediaries, how entitlements became predictable, and how welfare altered the citizen-state relationship.

As the fourth volume in the India Reordered series, The Provider explains why welfare delivery became a test of state capacity, why coverage mattered as much as spending, and how the social contract evolved toward 2047.