white-collar jobsclerical or professionalare largely unavailable
for Dalits.
- Low educational status- Untouchability
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In the !!" election for #D$chairpersons %
Bahuns&$hhetris '(.()* of the"+' #D$ chairpersons.
,anajatis +!.*Dalits .+ *
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Occupations
/he Dalit respondents still practised theirtraditional
occupations such as blac0s1ith
wor02 tailoring2 leatherwor02 earth-digging2sweeping and
cleaning2 ploughing2 1usicalinstru1ent playing2 hu1an waste
disposal. /hese occupations did not contribute
1uch to thehousehold3s livelihood.
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Wages and Salaries
4lthough around + per cent of the respondents were
engaged in those occupations that brought 5uite lowreturns2 they
had no alternative other than to continuewith the1. 4bout ! percent
of the1 believed that 6uppercaste3 people received higher returns
fro1 the sa1e job7
around )+ per cent felt that their current jobs were lin0edto
their caste status7 and around " per cent believedthat even if they
got so1e jobs in the infor1al or privatesector2 they would be paid
lower wages and salaries thantheir 6upper caste3 colleagues.
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$onclusion
4s a result of the low participation of Dalits insocio-cultural
and econo1ic processes2 a1ong allpopulation groups2 Dalits possess
the leastawareness of di8erent interventions of
socioecono1ic uplift and fare the worst invirtually all
conceivable indicators of socio-cultural an econo1ic
participation.
9i1ilarly2 they have the lowest annual percapita inco1e2
e:penditure2savings andinvest1ent. /he 1agnitude of e:clusion of
Dalitsis re;ected by all indicators2 including the
