Scheduled Castes Status to Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims: Problems and Perspectives

Being from backward castes, classes and Muslims in India has an economic cost associated with the nature of institutional discrimination. Using the 2011–2012 National Sample Survey data, this study identifies that caste and religion still rule the modern Indian labour market. We find that discrimination is evident in the socio-religious earnings gaps. While the parametric decompositions suggest that most of these gaps are due to differential human capital endowment, the nonparametric method almost evenly attributes inequality to discrimination and endowment. The results presented in this study suggest that discrimination against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Muslims and Other Backward Classes should be included in policy designs to promote equity in the Indian labour market.

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The Caste-Class Association in India

Asian Survey ◽

10.1525/as.2012.52.2.395 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 52 (2) ◽

pp. 395-422 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Divya Vaid

Keyword(s):

Upward Mobility ◽

Caste System ◽

Downward Mobility ◽

Scheduled Castes ◽

Over Time

Abstract This paper empirically analyzes the association between caste and class in India. I find a tentative congruence between castes and classes at the extremes of the caste system and a slight weakening in this association over time. Although Scheduled Castes have low upward mobility, higher castes are not entirely protected from downward mobility.

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Riservation Policy: Sources for Achieving the Social Justice in India

World Journal of Social Science Research ◽

10.22158/wjssr.v6n4p424 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. p424

Author(s):

Shiw Balak Prasad

Keyword(s):

Social Justice ◽

Political Rights ◽

Supreme Court Of India ◽

The People ◽

The Social ◽

The Supreme Court ◽

Form Of Government ◽

Long Time ◽

Scheduled Castes ◽

The Third World

In a democratic form of Government all citizens of the country are equal before the law of land. There is no scope of differences in any stage of life between them. Although natural discrimination may be possible, but politically and legally all should be equal. Discrimination on one or more of these factors became normal feathers particular in the third world countries of Africa and Asia. Really this social discrimination reflects in political rights and economic opportunities of the people so that the question of social justice became very important.In India, there has been so many social, economic and educational discrimination among the people from the very beginning. Weaker sections of the people have been deprived their rights. They are living like animal even today. So, Framers of the constitution of India include the provisions of reservation in the constitution of some posts of Government services to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes for their upliftment. Actually, these reservation policies were implemented for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes only at the time of implementation of the constitution. After very long time, the then prime minister Late V.P. Singh had implemented 27 percent reservation to other backward classes for gaining of Social Justice. But due to conspiracy and the upper castes the conditions of reamy layer were imposed by the supreme court of India. Thus this paper will disclose all secrets in this countex.

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DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAMS AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION - ASTUDY ON SCHEDULED CASTES IN GUNTUR DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

International Journal of Advanced Research ◽

10.21474/ijar01/13342 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (08) ◽

pp. 896-899

Author(s):

Bontha Ambedkar ◽

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V. DivyaThejomurthy ◽

Keyword(s):

Social Transformation ◽

Andhra Pradesh ◽

Total Population ◽

British Government ◽

Medieval Period ◽

Developmental Programs ◽

Guntur District ◽

Scheduled Castes ◽

The Government

The Scheduled Castes, according to the 2011 census, are 20.13 crores and constitute 16.6 per cent of the total population of the country and have long suffered from extreme social and economic backwardness. The Scheduled Castes category comprises many castes which share certain common handicaps in relation to the rest of the castes in society. They are quite distinct in caste hierarchy. They are economically dependent, educationally backward, politically suppressed, and socially the worst sufferers. Further they were classed as untouchables. The term scheduled castes refers to a list of castes prepared in 1935 by the British Government in India. But during the ancient period and medieval period they were known as Panchamas (fifth group), Chandalas (heathens or outeastes) and Antyajas (lowest class), and during the British period they came to be called first as Depressed Classes (dalitjatis) or Exterior Castes (avarnas), later as Harijans (children of God), and finally as Scheduled Castes (castes listed in the Government Schedule Article 341).

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Screening for hemoglobinopathies in a socially disadvantaged population from a rural district of West Bengal, India

International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences ◽

10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20205319 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (12) ◽

pp. 4430

Author(s):

Prakas Kumar Mandal ◽

Tuphan Kanti Dolai ◽

Soma Mandal ◽

Tamanash Mondal ◽

Suman Kumar Maji

Keyword(s):

West Bengal ◽

Sickle Cell Trait ◽

Venous Blood ◽

Rural District ◽

Compound Heterozygous ◽

Reference Laboratory ◽

General Category ◽

Beta Thalassaemia ◽

Thalassaemia Trait ◽

Scheduled Castes

Background: Detection of traits/carriers plays an important role in preventing the birth of a thalassemic child. West Bengal, one of the eastern states in India is the home to a bulk of socially challenged population including scheduled castes and scheduled tribes among others. The present study aimed to detect the prevalence of different hemoglobinopathies in a socially challenged district of West Bengal.Methods: In this retrospective cross sectional study thalassemia detection camps were organized at the community level over a period of four years. Venous blood samples were subjected to complete hemogram and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). In few difficult cases samples were sent to the reference laboratory for molecular characterization. The prevalence of heterozygous, homozygous or compound heterozygous states of different thalassemias and hemoglobinopathies across various respondent groups (e.g. children, premarital, postmarital and antenatal) and existing caste categories (scheduled tribes, scheduled caste and general) were analyzed.Results: We analyzed a total of 114,606 HPLC reports; 18681 (16.30%), 15438 (13.47%) and 80487 (70.23%) cases belonged to scheduled tribes, scheduled castes and general category respectively. Out of 114,606 cases, 11,001 (9.6%) had revealed abnormal hemoglobins; beta thalassaemia trait was the most common (6.63%; n=7602) across all subgroup analysis. Among others, HbE trait, sickle cell trait and HbD trait were detected in 1788 (1.56%), 1362 (1.18%) and 126 (0.11%) cases respectively.Conclusions: Beta thalassaemia trait and HbE trait are the common haemoglobin variants in this rural district of West Bengal. The prevalence of sickle gene revealed in the present study is much less than previous studies in the locality.

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