New Delhi: Fifty per cent of poor in the country belong to the schedules castes, the National Council for Scheduled Castes has revealed in a study.
The report was submitted to the Prime Minister and the law minister, and the NCSC requested them to issue directions for initiating necessary action in view of the recommendations of the report.
The report also stated that a literacy gap of 10.69 per cent exists between SCs and other castes. Moreover, Dalits in many parts of the country are still subject to rampant social & economic discrimination.
The NCSC has been constantly highlighting the importance ofpolicies relating to reservation in admission of SC students as well asreservation in promotion of SC employees.
Earlier, a survey conducted by the Planning Commission had found that SCs/STs constitute a mere 25 per cent of the ‘non-poor households’ who showed deprivation on some of the parameters -- ranging from housing to illiteracy to homelessness and destitution.
While Dalits and tribals form the bulk of poor households, their share drops to 25 per cent among the non-poor households with deprivation, a fact which underlines the relationship between SC/STs and economic status.
The findings of the study prove that caste and class identities in the country overlap and the social identity of Dalits lead to cumulative deprivation cutting across parameters for identification of poor.
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50 pc of India’s poor are SCs: Study
New Delhi: Fifty per cent of poor in the country belong to the schedules castes, the National Council for Scheduled Castes has revealed in a study.
The report was submitted to the Prime Minister and the law minister, and the NCSC requested them to issue directions for initiating necessary action in view of the recommendations of the report.
The report also stated that a literacy gap of 10.69 per cent exists between SCs and other castes. Moreover, Dalits in many parts of the country are still subject to rampant social & economic discrimination.
The NCSC has been constantly highlighting the importance ofpolicies relating to reservation in admission of SC students as well asreservation in promotion of SC employees.
Earlier, a survey conducted by the Planning Commission had found that SCs/STs constitute a mere 25 per cent of the ‘non-poor households’ who showed deprivation on some of the parameters -- ranging from housing to illiteracy to homelessness and destitution.
While Dalits and tribals form the bulk of poor households, their share drops to 25 per cent among the non-poor households with deprivation, a fact which underlines the relationship between SC/STs and economic status.
The findings of the study prove that caste and class identities in the country overlap and the social identity of Dalits lead to cumulative deprivation cutting across parameters for identification of poor.
