{"id":304858,"date":"2024-07-18T20:14:55","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T14:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=304858"},"modified":"2024-07-18T20:14:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T14:44:55","slug":"the-problems-with-sub-caste-reservations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-problems-with-sub-caste-reservations\/","title":{"rendered":"The problems with sub-caste reservations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: <\/strong>This post the problems with sub-caste reservations<\/strong> has been created based on the article published in The Hindu<\/strong> on 18th<\/sup> July 2024.<\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus Topic:<\/strong> GS Paper 2 \u2013 Social Issues – mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections<\/p>\n

News: <\/strong>This article discusses the issue of sub-caste reservations within the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) communities in India.<\/p>\n

In an ongoing case in the Supreme Court, the decision on sub-caste reservation for SC\/STs has been reserved. Now let\u2019s discuss the government\u2019s steps for empowerment of lower castes. The government\u2019s steps till now are in line with the Ambedkar\u2019s 3 policy measures.<\/p>\n

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar advocated for three policy measures to address the denial of rights and isolation faced by untouchables:<\/p>\n

1) Legal safeguards against caste discrimination<\/p>\n

2) Reservations in legislature, public jobs, and educational institutions<\/p>\n

3) Measures to improve ownership of capital assets and education levels<\/p>\n

What was the rationale behind these 3 policies?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Legal Safeguards and Reservations<\/strong>: Ambedkar proposed legal safeguards to ensure fair representation in the present, complemented by reservations to address immediate discrimination in legislatures, jobs, and education.<\/p>\n

Economic Empowerment:<\/strong> Recognizing the limitations of legal safeguards and reservations, Ambedkar emphasized improving ownership of capital assets and education for long-term empowerment and capability building.<\/p>\n

Therefore, any sub-caste reservation should be extended with these 3 policies in mind.<\/p>\n

Is there any need of the sub-caste reservation?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Proponents argue that some sub-castes have benefited more than others, necessitating separate quotas for those lagging behind.<\/p>\n

However, it is often ignored that low job participation may stem from low education levels and lack of income-generating assets, not necessarily from discrimination by other sub-castes.<\/p>\n

If the sub-caste reservation is given without improving their capital ownership and educational participation, they may continue to have a low share in jobs and education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: This post the problems with sub-caste reservations has been created based on the article published in The Hindu on 18th July 2024. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2 \u2013 Social Issues – mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections News: This article discusses the issue of… Continue reading The problems with sub-caste reservations<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,154],"tags":[212,8131,10498],"class_list":["post-304858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-social-issues","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-social-issues","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304858\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}