Equality in Post-Independence India: Progress and Challenges

Equality in Post-Independence India: Progress and Challenges

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By Caste: Likelihood of different kinds of employment (2014)

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By Caste: Likelihood of different kinds of employment (2014)

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Equality in Post-Independence India: Progress and Challenges

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  1. 1 Intro
  2. 2 Commitment to equality central to Indian nationalist project
  3. 3 Fierce debate among Indians before independence on how to protect weaker groups and tackle discrimination
  4. 4 1950 Constitution reflected Nehru's vision
  5. 5 1951 established precedent that who benefits from reservations can be as much about political clout and upcoming elections as disadvantage
  6. 6 Large scale political inclusion of BCs and SCs and creation of SC middle class
  7. 7 Big differences in poverty by state and region
  8. 8 Muslims overrepresented in low paid and unpredictable occupations
  9. 9 By Caste: Likelihood of different kinds of employment (2014)
  10. 10 Still lots of Market Discrimination (Thorat, Attewell & Rizvi 2006; Madheswaran 2006)
  11. 11 'Pre-Market' Inequalities also fed by deep-rooted casteism and anti-poor bias (eg Weiner 1990; Rao 2013)
  12. 12 Excluded groups' lack of cultural capital' and connections (Jeffrey 2010; Jodhka and Newman 2007) We also ask a lot of questions related to family background. Questions like how many family members a…
  13. 13 Failures in the delivery of food to poor through Targeted Public Distribution Schemes 2003-04

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