Question

Positive and negative aspects of caste in politics

Answer 1

Positive effects:

Fixed occupation:- The caste system has promoted contentment and the stability of Indian society. The birth of a man fixes his career for him and thus he has not to worry about the choice of an occupation.

Preservation of hereditary skill:- It preserves the advantages of hereditary skill. The son in early life picks up the trade of his farther and becomes skilled.

Trade guilds:- The caste organizations served as Trade Guilds. They regulated production and prices and settled trade disputes.

Negative effects:

Caste system prevents the choice of occupations according to one’s personal taste and ability.

Since change of occupations is debarred by the caste system, mobility of labor is not possible.

Caste system hinders the growth of large-scale enterprises. In large-scale enterprises intellect, capital and labor require to be brought together; but since the caste system allocates these two different castes, any large-scale enterprise is out of the question.

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Answer 2

The positive and negative aspects of caste in politics or caste based politics are :

1.  Positive Aspects :

a.  It enables downtrodden or lower caste sections of society a share in power or in decision-making.

b.  It highlights the oppression on lower castes or caste discrimination and the need to end the same.

c.  It helps in mobilization in employment and better opportunities for lower castes.

d.  It helps in social mobilization.

Negative Aspects :

a.  It leads to violence, conflicts and division in society.

b.  At times, caste based politics chooses incompetent and naive legislators as people cast their vote of their own caste.

c.  It often diverts the real issues of people like education, development, poverty etc.