Answer this question in not more than 20 words:
What is India's stand on untouchability?
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Answer:
The 1950 A.D., national constitution of India legally abolished the practice of untouchability and provided measures for affirmative action in both educational institutions and public services for Dalits and other social groups who lie within the caste system.
Explanation:
In India more than 160 million people are considered as untouchables . Human abuse against these people and called them as Dalits . They were not allowed to walk with slippers on their feet in front of the upper class. They were treated very differently. Although the government banned this some still follows this rules.. The Dalits were not allowed to drink water from the same well and were not allowed to go to the same temples or drink water from the same cups .
Nearly 90% of all the poor Indians and 95% of the illiterate Indians are Dalits .