75% in rural areas. 20% in slums. 66% literacy rate. Women 56%.
85% cases of crimes against SC pending.
Incidence of crime declined by half in last 5 years.
Nfhs 4. 27% children not fully immunized. 40% stunted.
Imr. 45
Anaemia. 55% women
50% broke out by 10th class
28% below poverty line
Less than 5% professor and 10% corporate
42% of group c service Safai karmchari
20% do not have access to safe drinking water.
socio economic census 2011 notes 1.8 lakh families have at least one manual scavenger.
Face civil disabilities schools hospital Wells ponds. Manual labour.
Constitutional safeguards. 338 National Commission 341 scheduled caste list. Atrocities act. Civil rights act. Focus in welfare schemes mudra Yojana startup India standup India. Skill India mission.
Case study. Gau rakshak attack 7 for cow slaughtering and beat them with iron rod and flogging in public. Una 2016.
Issues
Deprivation. Politicization. Stratification within 80. Social discrimination. Poor implementation of legal and constitutional safeguards. Atrocities.
Solutions.
Dalit capitalism. skill development point in force in the law. Education and changing social attitude. Scheduled caste sub plan. Encourage inter caste marriage. Rehabilitate manual scavenging. Reform urban slums. Involve NGO. Media sensitization
Changing role
Crimes. Crimes declined by half in last 5 years
Economic. Dalit capitalism dicci on the rise
Urban. Discrimination reduced in urban areas.
Movement. National campaign on dalit human rights 1998 to reduced caste based discrimination
Scholarship. Dalit scholars like Kancha ilaiah.
Media Velicham TV for dalit specific tissues Tamil Nadu.
Government focus. stand up India rashtriya Garima abhiyan manual scavenging act.
But still incidents happened. Beating of dalit in in marriage for horse riding. 2019 bikaner