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Discrimination and atrocities against scheduled castes in india a historical injustice '
1. “ DISCRIMINATION AND ATROCITIES
AGAINST SCHEDULED CASTES IN INDIA : A
HISTORICAL INJUSTICE”
Present By
SHAMBHARKAR DEVIDAS PRALHADRAO
M.S.W., SET,NET- SOCIAL WORK
(Assistant Professor)
Mobile No: 09421892282, Email : shambharkar.devidas@gmail.com
Mahatma Jyotiba Fule College of Social Work-Yavatmal ,
Maharashtra(India).
2. Dalits- officially known as ‘Scheduled Castes’ (SCs) – constitute
16.23% of India’s population. They have historically occupied the
lowest status in the Indian society. A central feature of caste
discrimination is the concept of ‘untouchability’ based on the
notion that certain caste groups are considered ‘impure’ and
‘polluting’ to other caste groups, leading to social ostracism,
economic exploitation and denial of human dignity. Article 17 of
the Constitution outlaws the practice of ‘untouchability’. However,
despite legal and constitutional provisions as well as affirmative
action schemes, SCs continue to face many forms of untouchability
practices as well as social, economic and institutional deprivations.
(1)
The Indian Constitution vide Article 15 lays down that no citizen
shall be subjected to any disability or restriction on the grounds of
religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth. It also guarantees that
every citizen shall have equality of status and opportunity. (2)
3. The Planning Commission highlighted the fact that nowhere else
in the world “has any particular section (of society) been devoid
of basic human rights, dignity of labour and social equality on the
basis of classification that finds its root in religious writings.” (5)
The Commission added: “Since the caste system attains its
sanctity in religious writings, emancipation from the rigid
classification has been difficult to achieve. The consequences of
these traditional restrictions in the past are to be seen, even
today.” (6)
4. Objectives of the Paper :
To describe the present situation of discrimination
against scheduled caste
To describe the present statues of atrocities against
scheduled caste
Methodology:
The descriptive nature of this paper ; basically uses
published secondary data related to study topic also
takes reference of useful website links.
5. About the study of “Untouchability in Rural India” which survey was
conducted in 565 Villages of 11 states in 2006 by Ghanshyam Shah, Harsh
Mander, Sukhadeo Thorat, Satish Deshpande and Amita Baviskar, As per this
study
More than 50% of villages:
Denied entry into non-Dalit houses
Prohibitions against food sharing
Denied entry into places of worship
Ill-treatment of women by other women
45-50% of villages:
Denied cremation and burial grounds
Denied access to water facilities
Ban on marriage processions
Not allowed to sell milk to cooperatives
Denied barber services Denied laundry services
Ill-treatment of women by non-SC men
6. 30-40% of villages :
Schools-separate eating
Payment of wages: no contract
Denied entry in to village shops
Denied work as agricultural labour
Cannot sell things in local markets
Denied visits by health workers
Separate seating in hotels
Separate utensils in hotels
Discriminatory treatment in police stations
25-30% of villages :
Separate seating in Panchayats
Separate seating in schools
Not employed in house building
Denied entry into police stations
Denied entry in to PDS shops
Forced to stand before upper-caste men
7. 20-25% of villages:
Paid lower wage rates for same work
Ban on festival processions on roads
Segregated seating in schools
Denied entry into private health clinics
Separate drinking water in the schools
15-20% of villages :
Cannot wear new/bright clothes
Denied access to public roads/passages
Denied entry in to Primary Health Centers
Discriminatory relationship by non-SC teachers towards SC
students
Discriminatory relationship by non-SC teachers towards SC
teachers
8. 10-15% of villages:
Denied entry in to Panchayat offices
Schools: SC teacher and non-SC student
Separate lines at polling booth
Discriminatory treatment in Primary Health Centers
Less than 10% of villages:
Denied access/entry to public transport
Cannot use cycles on public roads
Denied entry/seating in cinema halls
Compulsion to seek blessing in marriages
9. The following cases of discrimination against known
public figures illustrate the gravity of the problem.
In November 2011, a Justice of the Madras High Court
stated that he had been humiliated by fellow judges
due to his caste since 2001.(9)
In June 2011, the Chairperson of the National
Commission for Scheduled Castes – himself a Dalit –
was denied entry into a Hindu Temple in Puri, Odisha.
(10)
In July 2011, a Dalit Member of the Legislative
Assembly in Odisha, was allegedly not allowed to eat
food along with his colleagues at an official meeting.(11)
10. SCs face persistent discrimination and serious crimes are
committed against them ranging from abuse on caste name,
murders, rapes, arson, social and economic boycotts, naked
parading of SC women, force to drink urine and eat human
excreta.(18)
“As per Crime Statistics of India, every 18 minutes a crime is
committed against SCs; every day 27 atrocities against them, (3
rapes, 11 assaults and 13 murders); every week 5 of their homes or
possessions burnt and 6 persons kidnapped or abducted”.(21)
The UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women noted
that Dalit women “face targeted violence, even rape and death,
from state actors and powerful members of dominant castes who
employ these methods to inflict political lessons and crush dissent
within the community”.(23)
11. Sr.No Crime-Head Year % Variation
in 2011 over
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2010
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
1. Murder 674 626 624 570 673 18.1
2. Rape 1,349 1,457 1,346 1,349 1,557 15.4
3. Kidnapping & 332 482 512 511 616 20.5
Abduction
4. Dacoity 23 51 44 42 36 -14.3
5. Robbery 86 85 70 75 54 -28.0
6. Arson 238 225 195 150 169 12.7
7. Hurt 3,814 4,216 4,410 4,376 42 -2.9
8. Protection of Civil 206 248 168 143 67 -53.1
Rights
9. SC/ST(Prevention of 9,819 11,602 11,143 10,513 11,342 7.9
Atrocities ) Act
10 Others 13,490 14,623 15,082 14,983 14,958 -0.2
Total 30,031 33,615 33,594 32,712 33,719 3.1
Source :http://ncrb.nic.in , National Crime Records Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs , Government of India
12. According to the National Crime Records Bureau,
Ministry of Home Affairs Compendium-2011 report
the registered cases under SC/ST(Prevention of
Atrocities) Act , against Scheduled Castes in 2007-9819,
2008-11602, 2009-11143, 2010-10513 and in 2011-11342 .
A total of 11,342 cases were reported under this Act
during the year 2011 as compared to 10,513 in the year
2010 thereby reporting as increase of 7.9%(25)
13. It is taking place in 21st century when science guides the minds,
entire human race has accepted the fundamental principles of
equality of all humans, human rights and justice to all without
discrimination of any kind. But in our society even educated
people have irrational caste oriented minds. It appears the
casteism is not a social problem but a chronic malaise or genetic
disorder we suffer from.(26) Atrocities against Scheduled Caste is
deeply rooted in the caste system. Yet, Dalit are facing different
forms of discrimination in day to day life in republic of India. If
India wants to be the super power in near future, there is much
to be said and done regarding effective constitutional
provisions and the fruitful attainment of cultural and socio
economic equality of scheduled castes in our secular country.
14. 1.www.wghr.org. Human Rights in India Status Report 2012, Page 116
2.htpp://ncrb.nic.in - National Crime Records Bureau Ministry of Home Affairs Government of
India, Compendium 2011,Page 105
3.Ibid
4.Ibid
5.Planning Commission, Schedules Caste Sub Plan – Guidelines for Implementation, New Delhi
2006,planningcommission.nic.in
6. Ibid
7.UNHCR, Refworld, Broken People: Caste Violence Against India’s “Untouchables” http://www.unhcr. org
8.Ghanshyam Shah, Harsh Mander, Sukhadeo Thorat, Satish Deshpande and Amita Baviskar,
Untouchability in Rural India: A survey conducted in 565 Villages of 11 states, Sage Publications, 2006.
9. The Times of India, Judge rubbed his shoes against me, says Justice Karnan, November 4, 2011
10. The Daily News and Analysis, Dalit denied entry in temple:Orissa government steps in to resolve issue,
June 25,
11.IBN News, Orissa: Dalit MLA faces discrimination, July 23, 2011, available at:http://ibnlive.in.com/news/
12.Dr Anand Teltumbde, Globalization and the Dalits, available at: http://www.ambedkar.org /
13.Annual Report of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, 2009, http://socialjustice.nic.in Also
See:
Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, India, 2007
http://www2.ohchr.org/
15. 14.A large number of ‘manual scavengers’ are still employed in the Indian railways. The Ministry of Railways has
chosen to deny the existence of manual scavenging in the Indian Railways entirely, most recently in the affidavit
dated 21.3.2011 filed before the Court. The Court ordered a change of the toiletry system in the trains, raising
public awareness on public hygiene, and prohibited manual carrying of human excreta. - Safai Karamchari
Andolan & Ors v. Union of India & Ors, Writ Petition (C) No. 845 of 2011
15.National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution
16/21: India, A/HRC/WG.6/13/IND/1, UN General Assembly, 8 March 2012, para 65.
16.Annual Report of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, 2009, available at: http://socialjustice.nic.in/
17. Unpublished Note from Rashtriya Garima Abiyan.
18.National Coalition for Strengthening the PoA Act, Initiation of National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights
(NCDHR), Joint Stakeholders’ Report on Caste Based Discrimination, November 2011.
19.This includes 2,208 murders, 5,974 rapes, 15,603 cases of hurt, 1,764 cases of kidnapping and abduction, 687
cases of arson, 572 of other Untouchability practices and 53,174 of other IPC crimes – National Coalition for
Strengthening the PoA Act, Initiation of National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR), Joint
Stakeholders’ Report on Caste Based Discrimination, November 2011.
20. National Crime Records Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs, Prison Statistics 2008; 2009; 2010.
21.National Coalition for Strengthening the PoA Act, Initiation of National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights
(NCDHR), Joint Stakeholders’ Report on Caste Based Discrimination, November 2011.
22.Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: India, 2007,
CERD/C/IND/CO/19, para 14.
23.UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, Cultural Practices in the
Family that are Violent towards Women, 2002, E/CN4/2002/83, Para 53.
24.Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: India, 2007,
CERD/C/IND/ CO/19, para 15.
25.http://ncrb.nic.in- National Crime Records Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs , Government of India
26.Rajasvi M.I.(Quoted in) Igen B. ; Mayavati: Hope of Dalits-Faith of Bahujan Society , Manoj Publications,
2011, Page-124
16. Thank You Very Much !
SHAMBHARKAR DEVIDAS PRALHADRAO
M.S.W., SET,NET- SOCIAL WORK
(Assistant Professor)
Mahatma Jyotiba Fule College of Social Work-Yavatmal , Maharashtra(India).
Mobile No: 09421892282, Email : shambharkar.devidas@gmail.com