Question

what are the legal measures to eradicate untouchability taken by the government ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Legal measures: the 1955 among other things it provides penalties for preventing a person on the ground of untouchability from entering a place of public worship, offering prayers thereinvor taking water from a sacred tank, well or spring.

Answer 2

Explanation:

: Article 17 of the constitution abolishes the practice of untouchability. Practice of untouchability is an offence and anyone doing so is punishable by law.

Article 17 of the Indian constitution provides that untouchability is abolished and its practice in any form is forbidden. ... Therefore, to abolish all such practices and give equal rights to all the people of India, the government abolished the pratice of untouchability.

Origin of Untouchability: The origins of untouchability can be traced back to the times when the Aryans invaded India around 1500 BC. They looked down upon the indigenous people as culturally and racially inferior.