What is it about?
It explains the nature of discrimination faced by Scheduled Caste in accessing one of the government food programme for the children.
Featured Image
Why is it important?
It helps to understand how social identity of a person can help or hinder in access and utilisation of a government programmes even though it is universal for all.
Perspectives
In India people are excluded from accessing the resources not because they did not have the required skill or capacity, but on the basis of their caste and religion identity. Though it is an ascribed status, it helps the people to have more opportunities than their achieved status.
Dr Dilip Diwakar
Indian Institute of Dalit Studies
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Addressing utilization of the ICDS programme in Tamil Nadu, India: how class and caste matters, International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, April 2014, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/ijssp-01-2013-0008.
You can read the full text:
Resources
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page
