State Support Programs and Caste Based Discrimination :With special reference to PDS and MDMs
Journal Title: International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies (IJIMS) - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
“I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity”- Dr. BR Ambedkar Our food security program, especially after the Food Security Act of 2013 is one of the largest flagship programs in the world in terms of both volume and value with the largest coverage.PDS and MDMs are important programs implemented by the Central and State governments with the aim to achieve food security to all. On one side the state is trying to reduce the inequalities with different welfare Schemes but the outcomes are contradictory. The recent Oxfam report points out that the gap between the rich and poor is increasing at a faster rate than ever. Its recent estimates states that 1% of rich people are taking away the major share about58% of countries wealth and remaining is shared by 99% of India. One of the main reasons behind this is, the programs or the policies were not implemented properly and the intended benefits of these programs are not reaching the targeted groups.We are proud that India’s growth rate is high and robust even when the global economy is in turmoil. But on the other hand, we have millions of people dying with hunger (India ranks 97th of 118 in GHI-2016) and a very high percentage of people facing the problem of malnutrition (Over 1.45 lakh kids suffer from severe acute Malnutrition, GNR-2016).With the peculiar practice of caste system in India, these rates are higher in socially disadvantaged groups. Discrimination in forms of caste, gender, religion is very much evident in India and SCs, STs are the most vulnerable groups in these forms of discriminations. In this context, the role of caste in PDS and MDMs programs is not very surprising. Usually the dealers at fair price shops are from upper caste and when MDMs are cooked by women from lower caste, there were cases of the food being left uneaten. Given the above background, in this paper would like to outline the role of caste discrimination in the State support programs like Public Distribution System and Mid-Day in the rural areas and how this in turn is effecting the food security of people in general and marginalized in particular.
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Suresh G
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