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The definition of household adopted in National Sample Survey household surveys does not always serve well the intended purpose. The article examines its suitability for estimating the distribution of rural and urban households’ assets over economic classes and for measuring changes over time.
Untouchability in India: A Reading List
Mar 15, 2021 · The caste system in India involves “rank and gradation,” Sukhadeo Thorat explains, which make “the rights and privileges of higher castes, become the disabilities of the lower castes, particularly the untouchables.”. According to Amit Thorat and Omkar Joshi, being India’s “quintessential social and individual identifier,” caste receives a …
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This paper reflects upon how the 1971 specific factor model of Ronald W Jones still holds its relevance in the face of growing within-country income inequality that has led to rising discontent for globalisation and underlying political tensions causing protectionist trends to make their way back slowly in many developing countries, including India.
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Reservations in India: A Resource Kit
Deprivation is only one measure of caste discrimination in India. Reservations for the SCs and STs were put in place in the Indian constitution, immediately after independence, as a means to recognise the historical injustice meted out to these groups and to implement provisions by which groups would have better access to resources and opportunities that …
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Article 19: Mapping the Free Speech Debate in India
19 (1) (a) All citizens shall have the right to freedom of speech and expression …. 19 (2) Nothing in sub clause (a) of clause (1) shall affect the operation of any existing law, or prevent the State from making any law, in so far as such law imposes reasonable restrictions on the exercise of the right conferred by the said sub clause in the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of ...
Commentary - Economic and Political Weekly
Employment increased by about 150 million between 2017–18 and 2023–24. About half of this increase in employment in six years is traceable to increased employment of rural female workers, most of whom are engaged in agriculture and allied activities.