Caste

Caste is a form of social stratification characterized by endogamy, hereditary transmission of a style of life which often includes an occupation, ritual status in a hierarchy, and customary social interaction and exclusion based on cultural notions of purity and pollution. Its paradigmatic ethnographic example is the division of India's Hindu society into rigid social groups, with roots in India's ancient history and persisting to the present time. However, the economic significance of the caste system in India has been declining as a result of urbanization and affirmative action programs. A subject of much scholarship by sociologists and anthropologists, the …

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The Equality Trust · 22 July 2024 English

"The Spirit Level at 15: The Enduring Impact of Inequality" revisits the influential work "The Spirit Level" fifteen years after its initial publication. It underscores the persistent and growing impact …

unhappy societies and the risk of drifting into a caste society where life possibilities depend on the


NITI Aayog: National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) · 22 July 2024 English

The economic reforms under way and the economic & institutional reforms on the agenda for the next few years, will sustain growth of per capita GDP at 7% during the …

citizens and their children, independent of the class, caste, religion or ethnic origins of the parents, or gender that India is slowly progressing towards cross-caste equality. Genicot, Ray & Concha-Arrigada (2024)


NCAER: National Council of Applied Economic Research · 18 July 2024 English

The Indian approach to social protection was developed at a time when a vast proportion of the population lived below the poverty line and unequal access to productive resources such …

discrimination, and accidents of birth associated with caste, religion, inheritance of productive assets and size, presence of the elderly, land ownership, and caste/religion that may predict the potential of slipping 2011 was carried out through the Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) conducted by the Ministry of Rural graded score based on occupation, living conditions, caste/tribe, and family composition. These criteria were 4th 18% 23% Richest 25% 36% Social Group Forward Caste 21% 26% OBC 15% 18% SC 13% 15% ST 15% 13% Muslim


World Bank Group · 17 July 2024 English

Annexture 4: DoSE Scholarship Schemes for Scheduled Caste Students ...................................... Education RTI Right to Information SC Scheduled Caste SCERT State Council for Educational Research and the highest percent (31.94 percent) of Scheduled Caste (SC) population in the country. SC in Punjab has (b) non-discrimination based on religion, race, caste, and gender, (c) transparency with the right to Tribe people (Indigenous Peoples) and scheduled caste people, and to the needs or concerns of vulnerable


ADB: Asian Development Bank · 17 July 2024 English

Sociocultural globalization and environmental globalization have a positive impact on human development at the individual level.

variables like age group, gender, marital status, caste, religion, and family type is made based on the 18 85 Marital Status 579 1.896 0.499 1 4 Caste 579 2.544 1.017 1 4 Religion 579 1.275 001 (0.020) –0.004 (0.036) –0.002 (0.014) Caste OBC –0.066*** (0.035) –0.016*** (0.009) –0 belong to unreserved categories. This is because the caste system in India represents a historically deep-rooted social stigma where individuals belonging to lower-caste categories (i.e., OBC, SC, and ST) have faced greater


World Bank Group · 16 July 2024 English

society, AABCS targets members of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities, and NEEDS is targeted since 2021. They also have a Tamil Nadu Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe Startup Fund and as of February


CSE: Centre for Science and Environment · 15 July 2024 English

Under IPS, the capacity of the solar power plant can be twice the capacity of the farmers’ existing water pumps in kW so that farmers can sell the excess electricity …

levels and extreme heat. Nemichand, a Scheduled Caste small farmer from district Dudu, has cultivated


World Bank Group · 15 July 2024 English

SBR Statistical Business Register SC Scheduled Caste SCP Special Component Plan SDA State Data AuthorityEnvironment


World Bank Group · 12 July 2024 English

areas for the selected schemes (disaggregated by caste and gender Source DLI# Responsibility Timing Timing block/district wise data on beneficiaries segregated by caste and gender Comments Since the inception of the program


Amnesty International · 9 July 2024 English

Marginalized groups, including women and LGBTI people, face threats to their human rights due to extensive and improper data collection practices that do not reflect their individual realities. Governments justify …

including on the basis of disability, religion, caste, ethnicity, race, age, class, rural and urban setting (including gender, sexual orientation, race, class, caste, disability, immigration status, religion, ethnicity


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