India suffers from extreme social and economic inequality. The combined share of Schedule Tribe and Schedule Caste in the affluent population of India was less than 30 percent. Contrary to this, economically and socially stronger groups constituted the major part of the affluent population. Hence, ...
This paper attempts to comprehend the impact of climate vulnerability on household nutrition status through agriculture production systems in Odisha, India. This study using secondary data estimates a composite index of climate vulnerability on the agriculture ecosystem in Odisha at the district scale. ...
The Indian Constitution and many later policy resolutions have stressed universal access to education and enrolment of children of school-going age irrespective of class and caste. Nevertheless, there is no equal access to education across social groups. In Andhra Pradesh as well as in India, the...
There exists limited data on such issues among different Indian population and caste groups. This cross sectional study was carried out during the period October-December 2007 in four localities of Alipurduar town (Alipurduar sub-division, Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, India). A total of 150...
In India, they, too, have an agenda. Dr Khalidi has just put it in words and has, in fact, given a clarion call. Jinnah propounded the 'Two-Nation Theory' and carved out a nation of Dar-ul-Islam (land of believers). The rest of India is Dar-ul-Harb (land of non-believers) ...
It also included in the form-1 are: name, relationship to head, sex, age, caste/ethnicity, marital status and age at first marriage, religion, mother tongue and second language, citizenship, type of disability, literacy and level of education. It contains the question on: migration, ...
2a). The two tribal groups, Irula and Khonda Dora, are clearly separated from the caste groups on PC1 and PC2, respectively. Consistent with this result, Irula has the highest pairwise FST with all other SAS-AP group, followed closely by Khonda Dora, except for Brahmins, who have a...