The Indian Society is based on Caste System which is, in fact, a two-tier construction i.e. upper caste and lower caste. The Caste System alienated a large part of our society from the mainstream. The division of society according to privileges enjoyed by the people paints carefully the picture of social exploitation of a community by another community. The present edited book is an attempt to describe differently development aspects of Scheduled Caste. Different aspects such as discrimination and inequality, well-being of rural women, income inequality, contribution of some social reformers in the nation-making, development and empowerment, disadvantaged migrants, primary education, constitutional safeguards, literacy, political reservation and the role of Scheduled Caste Women in decision-making have well been documented by social scientists. This is a timely publication in the sense that it has presented some thought-provoking papers relevant for understanding the issue of reservation especially for the most disadvantaged in the community. It cannot be denied that in a country like ours some form of affirmative action is unavoidable to eradicate various forms of social, cultural and economic backwardness.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Anil Bhuimali
Dr. Anil Bhuimali, M.A. (Economics), Ph.D: (Economics) from the University of North Bengal, West Bengal is currently serving the Department of Economics, University of North Bengal as
Reader in Economics. Earlier he was associated with Dinhata College, Cooch Behar College and Acharya Brojendra Nath Seal College, Cooch Behar, West Bengal. After his M.A. he was the Junior Research Fellow of National Cooperative Union of India and University Grant Commission. He was also university Grants Commission Treacher Fellow during 1991-92. His areas of specialization, among others, are Rural Economics, Agricultural Economics, Development Economics, Gender Economics and Gandhian Economics. He has published in his credit, several research papers in reputed journals of economics and social sciences. Her has contributed papers in national and international seminars, workshops and conferences. He is the author of the books Arthanaitik Unnayan O Parisankhyan Bijnan (Joint), International Economics: Theory and Policy (in press). Empowering Women in Education and Employment (Ed.) (in press). He has been the life member of Indian Econometric Society, Indian Society of Gandhian Studies, Indian Association of Women’s Studies, Bangiya Arthaniti Parishad and Balason Society for Improved Environment.
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