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प्रश्न
The post independent Indian state‟s caste considerations had some contradictions. Elucidate on these contradictions.
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उत्तर
The state was committed to the abolition of caste and explicitly wrote this into the Constitution. On the other hand, the state was both unable and unwilling to push through radical reforms which would have undermined the economic basis for caste inequality. At yet another level, the state assumed that if it operated in a caste-blind manner, this would automatically lead to the undermining of caste based privileges and the eventual abolition of the institution. For example, appointments to government jobs took no account of caste, thus leaving the well-educated upper castes and the ill-educated or often illiterate lower castes to compete on “equal” terms. The only exception to this was in the form of reservations for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
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Reason (R): Each caste has its own place in the system which cannot be taken by any other caste.
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Which of the following statements is not true for the institution of caste today?
