Caste based census dangerous
Finally, the populism and pandering to voters by political parties to create vote banks, whatever may be the cost to the country, has reigned supreme. The current UPA government is going ahead with census on caste basis.
THERE SHOULD be no doubt that this decision taken by the government for the short term personal gains of the politicians will have dire consequences for the country in the long run.
The arguments being given in favor of caste based census is that caste has existed in our country for centuries. It exists in our society even today. Since this fact can’t be wished away the cast based enumeration will help us in knowing the percentage of different castes and their regional concentration. This in turn will help ameliorate their status.
History tells us that in our country, caste is a multiple social force that collectively serves to divide the society and create community consciousness of high caste and low caste. Caste has never improved the race, for it does not help economic efficiency and economics is the prime mover of the social change.
British had the penchant for carrying out caste based census because right from start they had followed the policy of divide and rule in India. Their ultimate aim was to finally partition the country. The tall captains of Indian politics who wrote Indian constitution realized this and that is why they only catered for reservations for SC/ST and that also only for ten years. It were the self serving Indian Netas who are still continuing with these reservations and in addition they have included OBC also in the fold. It is pathetic that Supreme Court had to step in to fix this reservation ceiling to 50 per cent.
With the progress of education and India’s growing economic status in the world after reforms of 1990, India has emerged as a major economic power. This has brought in more jobs to Indian youth. Today, the youth of all castes are rubbing shoulders with each other in the work field and cast consciousness is gradually fading among youth. With 740 million youth below 35 years of age, India is the youngest country in the world.
However, this caste based census is bound to increase new caste based solidarity where there will be strong dynamics in each caste to increase their population base to gain more strength. Already, cases have come to fore where to obtain admissions for their wards in prestigious institutions the parents have obtained fake caste certificates for their children. These cases are likely to increase. There will be more aggressive inter-caste fights to grab bigger size of the cake and the reservation quota. This will lead to more Dharnas and bunds. No party in power will be able to satisfy all.
There will also be attempts to reduce the share of castes at the lower rung to accommodate new entrants. Most of the benefits will be grabbed by the creamy layer with hardly any benefit percolating to those who really deserve.
The relationship between people and their economic well being is neither random nor accidental. It is actually creational. Besides, it has been proven time and again that caste divides people and it is not a man’s destiny. It will be socially and nationally rewarding if people are identified by their economic status and position in society. It must not be forgotten that census is not just headcount, it also takes into account literacy rate, education, language, housing and urbanization.
If economic status is made the criteria it will help in reaching out to people who are really needy. The whole nation is a community and nation will only progress if the economic development takes place of the genuine people who are in real need of it. The caste must be eliminated from all public policies. Of course, for this to happen, our small-minded politicians will have to come out of their vote bank political mindset for the good of the nation or the youth of India must force these Netas of old mind set to change.
History tells us that in our country, caste is a multiple social force that collectively serves to divide the society and create community consciousness of high caste and low caste. Caste has never improved the race, for it does not help economic efficiency and economics is the prime mover of the social change.
British had the penchant for carrying out caste based census because right from start they had followed the policy of divide and rule in India. Their ultimate aim was to finally partition the country. The tall captains of Indian politics who wrote Indian constitution realized this and that is why they only catered for reservations for SC/ST and that also only for ten years. It were the self serving Indian Netas who are still continuing with these reservations and in addition they have included OBC also in the fold. It is pathetic that Supreme Court had to step in to fix this reservation ceiling to 50 per cent.
With the progress of education and India’s growing economic status in the world after reforms of 1990, India has emerged as a major economic power. This has brought in more jobs to Indian youth. Today, the youth of all castes are rubbing shoulders with each other in the work field and cast consciousness is gradually fading among youth. With 740 million youth below 35 years of age, India is the youngest country in the world.
However, this caste based census is bound to increase new caste based solidarity where there will be strong dynamics in each caste to increase their population base to gain more strength. Already, cases have come to fore where to obtain admissions for their wards in prestigious institutions the parents have obtained fake caste certificates for their children. These cases are likely to increase. There will be more aggressive inter-caste fights to grab bigger size of the cake and the reservation quota. This will lead to more Dharnas and bunds. No party in power will be able to satisfy all.
There will also be attempts to reduce the share of castes at the lower rung to accommodate new entrants. Most of the benefits will be grabbed by the creamy layer with hardly any benefit percolating to those who really deserve.
The relationship between people and their economic well being is neither random nor accidental. It is actually creational. Besides, it has been proven time and again that caste divides people and it is not a man’s destiny. It will be socially and nationally rewarding if people are identified by their economic status and position in society. It must not be forgotten that census is not just headcount, it also takes into account literacy rate, education, language, housing and urbanization.
If economic status is made the criteria it will help in reaching out to people who are really needy. The whole nation is a community and nation will only progress if the economic development takes place of the genuine people who are in real need of it. The caste must be eliminated from all public policies. Of course, for this to happen, our small-minded politicians will have to come out of their vote bank political mindset for the good of the nation or the youth of India must force these Netas of old mind set to change.
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