Give any 3 reasons of Poverty in People from SC and ST.
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Some Hindu Dalits achieved affluence, although most remain poor. In particular, some Dalit intellectuals such as Chandrabhan Prasad have argued that the living standards of many Dalits have improved since the economic liberalisation in 1991 and have supported their claims through large surveys.
According to Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011, nearly 79 percent of rural Adivasi households and 73 percent for Dalit households were most deprived among rural households in India. While 45 percent of scheduled caste households are landless and earn by manual casual labour for their living and same is for 30 percent for adivasis.
A 2012 survey by Mangalore University in Karnataka stated that 93% of dalit families still live below the poverty line.
Education
According to a 2014 report by The. IndiaGoverns Research Institute, Dalits constitute nearly half of primary school dropouts. In Karnataka State, 48% of school dropouts are Dalits.
In Nepal, Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students have the highest dropout rates at the primary school level.
Dalit students are given scholarships only after they produce photographs of family members working in traditional occupations.
Among state schools, 88% discriminated against Dalit children, while 79% required Dalit students to sit in the back of the classroom.
In 79% of schools, Dalit children are forbidden from touching mid-day meals. They are required to sit separately at lunch in 35% of schools, and are required to eat with specially marked plates in 28%.
In high schools, higher caste students are often advised not to mingle with Dalits.
There have been incidents of Dalit teachers and professors being discriminated against and harassed by authorities, upper castes colleagues as well as upper caste students in different education institutes of India.
(Source:Wikipedia)
Maharashtra is the only state where they(dalits:SC and ST) are in good position as others(high caste people) are. It's the only state where people face less discrimination as they are highly developed compared to other dalits living in india. most of them have converted to buddhism and are very proud of being buddhists and are followers of Dr. Ambedkar's ideology. Sadly, the state of states like Up, bihar, Tamil nadu, kerala is much much worse as most of them are still the followers of hinduism, being subjected to discrimination, outcast to the society. They are still being suppressed and not given the chance to rise, it's the reason why dalits are still poor among all the communities even after more than 60 years of independence(dalits contribute to about 25% of india's population).