Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Government Strategy against Discrimination and for Empowerment; Demographic Profile; Occupational Pattern; Access to Agricultural Land; Rural Wage Labour; Employment and Unemployment; Employment under Reservation; Rural Poverty: Magnitude and Change; Literacy and Education Levels; Health Status and Utilisation of Healthcare; Access to Civil Amenities: Housing, Water and Electricity; Practice of Untouchability and Atrocities; Conclusion and Policy Directions; Annexure I; Annexure II; Annexure III; Annexure IV; Annexure V; Annexure VI
Documenting the status of Dalits (or scheduled castes) in contemporary India, this text charts the change in their status since independence with respect to important indicators of human development such as education level, health, housing and other social needs
