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प्रश्न
Describe some of the policies designed to address caste inequality.
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उत्तर
At the state level, there are special programs for scheduled tribes and scheduled castes.
Because of massive discrimination practiced against them, special provisions have been made for them.
The OBCs have also been added to these special provisions.
The laws passed to end, prohibit and punish caste discrimination, especially untouchability are :-
- Caste Disabilities Removal Act of 1850, disallowed the curtailment of rights of citizens due solely to change of religion or caste. It allowed entry of Dalit to government schools.
- Constitution Amendment (93rd Amendment) Act of 2005, for introducing reservation for OBCs in institutions of higher education.
- Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act of 1989, to abolish untouchability (Article 17) and introduced reservation provisions.
- 1989 Prevention of Atrocities Act revised and strengthened the legal provisions against Dalits and Adivasis.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
How are the Other Backward Castes different from the Dalits (or Scheduled Castes)?
____________ was the founder of Satyashodak Samaj having its primary emphasis on “truth-seeking”.
People do not face discrimination and exclusion on the basis of:
Caste system can be understood as the combination of two sets of principles:
Prolonged experience of discriminatory or insulting behaviour often produces a reaction on the part of the excluded who then stop trying for inclusion. In this context choose the incorrect statement.
| Strictly speaking, the ‘untouchable’ castes are outside the caste hierarchy – they are considered to be so ‘impure’ that their mere touch severely pollutes members of all other castes, bringing terrible punishment for the former and forcing the latter to perform elaborate purification rituals. In fact, notions of ‘distance pollution’ existed in many regions of India (particularly in the south) such that even the mere presence or the shadow of an ‘untouchable’ person is considered polluting. |
The names used to refer to untouchables are all almost always:
| Strictly speaking, the ‘untouchable’ castes are outside the caste hierarchy – they are considered to be so ‘impure’ that their mere touch severely pollutes members of all other castes, bringing terrible punishment for the former and forcing the latter to perform elaborate purification rituals. In fact, notions of ‘distance pollution’ existed in many regions of India (particularly in the south) such that even the mere presence or the shadow of an ‘untouchable’ person is considered polluting. |
As per the understanding of distance pollution from the given passage, which of the following qualify as sources of distance pollution?
I. Mere presence
II. Shadow
III. Pollution associated with women during menstruation
IV. Ceremonial pollution associated with death
Assertions of tribal identity are on the rise. This can be laid at the door of the emergence of a middle class within the tribal society. With the emergence of this class, in particular, issues of culture, tradition, livelihood, even control over land and resources, as well as demands for a share in the benefits of the projects of modernity, have become an integral part of the articulation of identity among the tribes. There is, therefore, a new consciousness among tribes now, coming from its middle classes. The middle classes themselves are a consequence of modern education and modern occupations, aided in turn by the reservation policies.
States like Jharkhand and Chattisgarh have made full use of their statehood as a result of the tribal movement. Mark the statement as true or false.
Assertions of tribal identity are on the rise. This can be laid at the door of the emergence of a middle class within the tribal society. With the emergence of this class, in particular, issues of culture, tradition, livelihood, even control over land and resources, as well as demands for a share in the benefits of the projects of modernity, have become an integral part of the articulation of identity among the tribes. There is, therefore, a new consciousness among tribes now, coming from its middle classes. The middle classes themselves are a consequence of modern education and modern occupations, aided in turn by the reservation policies.
Mark the statement as true or false. Tribes were a community which always had sharp divisions.
Which of the following is true regarding discrimination?
Which caste was not supposed to a mass wealth?
What is the mere presence or shadow of an untouchable person considered to be?
Who appointed a commission to look into measures for the welfare of the OBCs?
When did the first backward classes commission submit its report?
The Jana were believed to be people of what?
When did the OBC issue become a regional affair pursued at the state rather than the central level?
It means an opinion formed in advance of any familiarity with the subject before considering any available evidence.
Untouchability is almost always associated with
Who proposed a resolution against the evils of polygamy in the All India Muslim Ladies Conference?
Who was known as the Father of Indian Renaissance?
Elaborate on state and non-state initiatives addressing caste and tribal discrimination.
