THE SOCIO –ECONOMIC SECURITY THREATS AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN INDIA: A STUDY OF THE INTER – LINKAGES

Economic security was always a vital and immediate concern of the developing countries. Following decolonization, the third world leaders have recognized economic development and consolidation of state legitimacy as the two primary concerns and India has been no exception to this. With the failure of the old strategy of autonomous development, the state today is in most cases undergoing a fundamental shift from a leader in a relatively controlled economy to manager in a relatively free market. The decreasing ability of the state to control the economic life within its jurisdiction, in turn pressurizes the states in attempting to meet its welfare goals. As economics go increasingly global, the state's control over economic activity declines. The economic fate of its people is determined ever more by forces outside its borders. The recession in the American economy, which began with the crash of the Lehman Brothers at the beginning of the year 2008, has adversely affected the world economy. The Indian economy has also been hard- hit by this 1 global economic phenomenon rendering many Indians jobless.