Scheduled Castes of India: Dimensions of Social Changes

The study draws an empirical profile of new dimensions of social change among scheduled castes of India. Major dimensions of social change in the field of social structure, occupation, economic, condition, political, participation and affiliation, education, health, housing and reservation quota are analysed. An endeavour has been made to investigate into the impact of the modern forces on the scheduled castes. The well-known technique of inflow analysis has been adopted. The conclusions of the study are definitive and will be extremely useful in planning further descriptive studies on the subject in future.