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Social exclusion can be due to the rigid caste system. Give reasons.​

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• In India, social exclusion is mainly based on paternity and caste. Paternity breeds gender inequality and social exclusion of weaker sections. It is closely associated with the discriminatory practices and inequality embedded in the institution of caste.Inequality is the organizing principle of the caste-based hierarchy, which spews discrimination and has kept numerous groups outside the gamut of Hindu social life. The rigid barriers of caste not only practise the most pungent form of exclusion but also regulate economic and social life. The salient features of social exclusion on the basis of caste are social stratification, social inequality, hierarchy and hegemony. The caste system’s fundamental characteristics of fixed civil, cultural and economic rights for each caste, with restrictions for change, imply ‘forced exclusion of one caste’ from the rights of other castes, or from undertaking the occupa­tions of other castes (Ambedkar,1917).

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