Published: January 6, 2011 23:42 IST | Updated: January 6, 2011 23:42
IST Kolkata, January 6, 2011
National meet on 'Dalit households in village economies' begins today
V. Sridhar
A two-day national seminar titled 'Dalit households in village
economies' begins in Kolkata on Friday. Organised by the Sociological
Research Unit at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata, it
will focus on the extent and forms of economic discrimination that
rural dalits across the country face.
V.K. Ramachandran, Professor at the Sociological Research Unit, ISI,
said the seminar would explore the issue of "how direct and indirect
forms of discrimination" affect livelihood prospects of Dalit
households in India. The seminar will also provide an account of the
market and non-market forms of discrimination that Dalits face, he
said.
Caste-based discrimination is "a peculiarly Indian form of
establishing hierarchies, which has serious consequences for large
sections of people", Prof. Ramachandran said.
"There is clearly a need for rigorous micro-studies of the access of
the victims of sectional deprivation to land, employment, credit, and
other inputs in the contemporary context," Prof. Ramachandran said. A
key highlight of the seminar will be the presentation of a series of
village studies from across the country. The seminar is being
supported by the ISI, the Indian Council of Social Science Research,
and the Foundation of Agrarian Studies.
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