Showing posts with label role of caste in economic transformation. Show all posts
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Thursday 7 July 2022

Role of caste in economic transformation

How caste system impedes economic growth and development

1.caste through its rigid social control and Network facilities economic mobility for some and erects barriers for others by mounting disadvantages on them. 

2.ownership and land inequality related to productivity failure within the farm sector

3.elite bias in highest education and historical neglect of mass education

4.caste based entry barriers and exclusive networks in the modern sector 

5.Social inequalities have mounted barriers for economic transition

6.caste shaped policy outcomes including india highly unequal land reform and lack of public provision of education and health 

7.caste that were already in control of trading and industrial spaces resisted the entry of others. 

8. Unequal distribution of land was perpetuated by British colonial intervention that legalised a traditional disparity.
 ๐Ÿ”น Some castes were assigned land ownership at the expense of others by the British for its administrative practices

9.Role of Green Revolution
 ๐Ÿ”นThe Green Revolution did not alter land inequality as it was mostly achieved through technological intervention. 
 ๐Ÿ”นCastes that benefited from the Green Revolution tightened their social control over others in rural India. 
 ๐Ÿ”นLand still defines social status and pride in many parts of rural India.

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