Why were Ansari's discriminated
Answers
Explanation:
Politics and Nation
Increase Font
Decrease Font
Save News
Cancel
SHARE THIS NEWS
Canceled
Social identities have led to discrimination: Hamid Ansari
PTI | Updated: Sep 27, 2014, 05.00 PM IST
Social identities have led to discrimination: Hamid Ansari
NEW DELHI: Citizens belonging to SCs, STs, religious minorities and women have suffered discrimination due to their social identities and this in turn has affected their access to resources, opportunities and even civil rights, Vice-President Hamid Ansari today said.
He was delivering inaugural address at the Decennial Celebration Conference of Indian Institute of Dalit Studies (IIDS) on 'Inequality Revisited: Theory, Evidence, and Policy' in Jawaharlal Nehru University here.
"The Scheduled Castes and the OBCs suffer caste-based discrimination. The tribals endure both physical and social isolation. Religious minorities, principally the Muslims, lag behind the majority population in most human development indicators and also experience social discrimination.
"Women who constitute half the population face prejudice, although its nature and form varies according to their caste, ethnicity, and religious backgrounds," he said.
The Vice President said that the SCs, STs, and OBCs account for about half of India's population and together with religious minorities and nomadic and denotified tribes, they comprise around three-fourths of our population.
"This signifies the magnitude of the challenge and the importance of addressing it," Ansari said.
The Vice-President said that our developmental experience, since independence, shows that there has been a significant improvement in the living standards of our people, including the marginalised groups.
Poverty, an important indicator, has declined in rural and urban areas and across social, religious and economic groups, especially in the last 20 years.
Similarly, incidences of malnutrition, infant mortality rates, maternal mortality, literacy rates, proportion of homeless, drinking water, and sanitation facilities have also fallen at all-India level and within the groups, he said.
Ansari, however, expressed his concern that despite these overall positive changes, the outcomes of our developmental agenda have been uneven across social, religious and economic groups.
PEOPLE'S OPINION
READ COMMENTS
POST COMMENT
SHARE THIS ARTICLE
READ MORE ON
HAMID ANSARITRIBALSMINORITIESRIGHTSSTOCK SPLITNET WORTHINSURABILITYPRICING OPTIONS
Budget 2020headerimage
Six terms that will define the upcoming Budget
Six terms that will define the upcoming Budget
India's much-abused taxpayers
Budget 101: The complete guide to Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget on February 1
Modi’s many stalemates are a drag on Budget
READ MORE FROM BUDGET HEADLINES
Related News
No corruption complaint against RSTV under Hamid Ansari, reveals RTI
No corruption complaint against RSTV under Hamid Ansari, reveals RTI
Hamid Ansari pitches for liberal nationalism
Hamid Ansari pitches for liberal nationalism
There's fear Indian democracy could metamorphose into illiberal one based on Hindutva: Hamid Ansari
There's fear Indian democracy could metamorphose into illiberal one based on Hindutva: Hamid Ansari
PM Narendra Modi's remarks at my farewell considered departure from accepted practice: Hamid Ansari
PM Narendra Modi's remarks at my farewell considered departure from accepted practice: Hamid Ansari
T