SC-ST-Representaion in Group A,B,C,D

This blog  discusses in detail the representation of SC/ST, infact they are under representing  their population as seen in the below table.

  Form the second table it is evident that Reservation has helped in the improvement of conditions and their  numbers in Govt Services.

In 1959 GROUP A 1.18 % represented, in 2005 about 11.9 %.

 

Population of SC/ST In India and their representation in Govt Servcies

In 2005					Excluding sweepers
Total Population	Percentage	Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
SC	16.6	11.9	13.7	16.4	18.3
ST	8.6	4.3	4.5	6.5	6.9
TOTAL	25.2	16.2	18.2	22.9	25.2
Lagging Behind		9%	7%	2.30%	0%
http://www.friendsofsouthasia.org/caste/reservations/data.html
Class	1959	1965	1974	1984	1995
I	1.18	1.64	3.2	6.92	10.12
II	2.38	2.82	4.6	10.36	12.67
III	6.95	8.88	10.3	13.98	16.15
IV	17.24a	17.75	18.6	20.2	21.26a

Table 1: Representation of Lower Castes in Central Government Services [All numbers in %]
Source: Report of the Backward Classes (Mandal) Commission, 1980, Vol II, p.92. Also available at

http://idsn.org/news-resources/idsn-news/read/article/two-thirds-of-indias-dalits-are-poor/128/

Poverty levels are highest among India’s tribal population (81.4 percent), followed by Dalits (65.8 percent) and Other Backward Classes (58.3 percent). The poverty level among the rest of the population is 33.3 percent.

http://www.nlm.nic.in/lit_scst.htm
http://idsn.org/news-resources/idsn-news/read/article/two-thirds-of-indias-dalits-are-poor/128/
http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?234783 Typical comparison of  Upper caste Bramhins Vs SC/ST [ The data is collected form the above link, the bramhin data is published in an article in outlookindia]
Caste	Total population in crores ~data	poor	Rich	Literacy levels	Graduates
SC/St in2007, basically 26% of 113crores	30	75%		(2001)54.69/ 47.10%	NA
Brahmins as in 2007	5.6	13%	19%	84%	39%

http://karnmk.blogspot.in/2012/12/representation-of-scst-in-group-c-and-d.html

as on 1.1.2011, the representation of SC and ST in Group C is 16.4% and 7.7%, respectively. Similarly, in erstwhile Group D as on 1.1.2009, the representation of SC and ST was 21.6% and 6.7%, respectively, which as on 1.1.2011 has gone upto 23% and 6.8%, respectively

GROUP C as on 1.1.2011	16.4%	7.7%
GROUP D as on 1.1.2011	23%	6.7%

http://karnmk.blogspot.in/2013/03/representation-of-scs-and-sts-in.html

As per the annual publication “Statistics of Higher and Technical Education” of Ministry of Human Resource Development, the number of teachers in higher education in the country during 2009-10(Provisional) is 652665. As per the provisional report on the All India Survey on Higher Education, the percentages of SC and ST teaching and non-teaching staff out of their total number during 2010-11 (Provisional) based on data collected up to 31st July, 2012 are given below:

	SC	ST
Teaching Staff	7.4	2.9
Non -Teaching Staff	12.2	4.0

September 5, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qfAyDVogxc&feature=player_embedded

He summarises caste system and economic policies etc.. are the deep routed problems. Corruption is just the tip of the iceberg  This man Sainath he has journeyed 10k + kms into rural areas, he is an authority on rural India and its issues.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/independence-changed-little-for-the-scheduled-castes-former-vc/article4020859.ece

Quantifying untouchability, the study revealed that the denial of entry to Dalits into ‘upper caste’ homes was a “strictly observed practice” with 82 per cent of the households saying they were not allowed into these homes.

Sixty-four out of 100 households said they were denied entry to temples (here, an overwhelming majority said they could not enter the sanctum sanctorum of the temple, notes the study), while 22 per cent were not allowed to go near common water sources in the villages.

If we were to look at specific groups or communities, this would be even clearer. Let alone on the hunger index, India's rank in the U.N.'s Human Development Index is anyway dismal. There, at 126, we are below Bolivia, Guatemala and Gabon. Yet even that rank does not tell the full story. If we were to isolate the rich and the better off as a group, they might enter the top 10 nations. Efforts last year to look at adivasis as a group led pretty much in the reverse direction. One study found that if we were to derive the HDI for our tribes only, they would rank in the worst off 25 nations of the world.
http://www.indiatogether.org/2007/nov/psa-index.htm

http://www.levyinstitute.org/pubs/wp_566.pdf