1. Social Exclusion

2. Contents
• Meaning of Social Exclusion
• Causes of Social Exclusion
• Consequence of Social Exclusion
• Socially excluded people in different zones
of India
• Major Take away.
• Sources

3. Meaning of Social Exclusion
Social Exclusion is the process
through which individuals or
groups are excluded from
facilities, benefits and
opportunities that the
others(their “betters”) enjoy.

4. Causes of Social Exclusion
The main cause of social
exclusion is the racial, caste
discrimination that have existed
from the pre-independent India.

5. Discrimination is also in the basis of
• Caste
• Race
• Religion
• Culture
• Gender
• Others

6. Major Socially excluded groups in India
• Scheduled caste(SC)
• Scheduled tribes(ST)

7. Consequence of Social Exclusion
• The major consequence of
social exclusion is poverty.
• Poverty is also a cause of
social exclusion.

8. Socially excluded people in different zones of
India
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
North South West East
Per 100 people in the area
SC
ST
Total
Census of India, 2001

9. East zone of India broadly
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Per 100 people in the area
SC
ST
Total
Census of India, 2001

10. Distribution of SC and ST in different
zones
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
North South East West Others
SC
ST
Total
Census of India, 2001

11. State wise distribution of the SC and ST
0
5
10
15
20
25
SC
ST
Total
Census of India, 2001

12. More on the socially excluded people in
India
• Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of
scheduled caste. 21.09% of total
Scheduled Caste(SC) in India is in Uttar
Pradesh.
• In Madhya Pradesh about 14% of the
total Scheduled Tribes(ST) of India are
there.
According to Census of India, 2001

13. Major Take Away
• Social exclusion is a major cause of
poverty in our country.
• ST and SC are more in population ratio
in East Zone of India.
• Uttar Pradesh has the highest number
of SC in it.
• Madhya Pradesh has the highest
number of ST in it.
• Both the states are in poverty
condition.

14. Sources.
• Census of India, 2001
• NCERT, Text Book for Class IX,
Economics, 2013.
• Pictures from Internet.

15. Thank You for following.