Affirmative action has been at the heart of public policies towards the socially disadvantaged in India. Compensatory …

The caste system – a system of elaborately stratified social hierarchy – distinguishes India from most other societies … India, with Dalits or Scheduled Castes (SC) clustered in occupations that were the least well paid and most degrading in … terms of manual labor. Along with the Scheduled Tribes (STs), the SCs have the highest incidence of poverty in India, with …

In spite of rapid economic growth in the past three decades, poverty rates in India remain high, especially in certain … regions and among the socially excluded groups. However, what has happened to poverty in India, especially after the onset of … Indian Poverty Debate, addressing both the measurement and causes of India's persistent poverty. Our analysis of recent …