Caste Consciousness: The census heightened awareness of caste distinctions, fostering competition and conflict between groups ...

Fact checked by Suzanne Kvilhaug Reviewed by Andy Smith The Caste System: An Overview Discrimination against individuals based on caste would seem to be a relic of the past. Even in India, where the ...

Four years after launching its $23 billion Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme aimed at challenging China's manufacturing dominance, India's flagship "Make in India" initiative has become a ...

The term Dalit was firstly used by Jyotirao Phule for the oppressed classes or untouchable castes of the Hindu. Mahatma Gandhi used Harijan for the oppressed or depressed or Dalit classes which ...

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