Why are caste barriers breaking down in India ?
CBSE Class X Social Science SA ( 3 marks)
Answers
Caste barriers are breaking down in India due to the following reasons :
(i) With the economic development, large scale urbanization, growth of literacy and education, occupational mobility and the weakening of the position of landlords in the villages, the old notions of caste hierarchy are breaking down.
(ii) Due to socio-economic changes, i.e., now, most of the times, in urban areas it does not matter much who is walking along next to us on street or eating at the next table in a restaurant.
(iii) The Constitution of India prohibited any caste-based
discrimination and laid the foundations of policies to reserve the injustices of the caste
system.
Explanation:
Due to various socio-economic changes,social division on the basis of caste has been blurring in recent times.Economic development , large scale urbanization,literacy, occupational mobility and weakening of the position of landlords in villages have helped in blurring the caste-based divisions. We don't see who is walking with us on street.We don't see people of which caste are eating with us on the next table in hotel.