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Reservation Policy for Backward Classes in India

India -"Hindustan" literally means the land of Hindus. It is a secular nation since 1950. Officially, there is no place for religious, cultural or caste segregation in the society. However, the framers of the Indian Constitution decided to give special benefits to the backward classes and women by forming a reservation policy that was included in the Constitution itself. This paper tries to loo...

Competing Equalities: Law and the Backward Classes in India

Living Standard Differences between Backward Classes and Other Social Groups in India

Was the Mandal Commission Right? Living Standard Differences between Backward Classes and Other Social Groups in India Affirmative action has been at the heart of public policies towards the socially disadvantaged in India. Compensatory discrimination policies which have been adopted for the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) since independence were recommended for Other Backward C...

Malnutrition in Children of the Backward States of India and the ICDS Programme

Introduction Malnutrition is a widely prevalent problem in India and one of astonishing magnitude. According to the National Family Health Survey (1992-93), more than half (53%) of children below four years of age are under nourished. In 1998, 29.1% children between 1-5 years of age suffered from moderate and 12.3% from severe under-nutrition. Nutritional adequacy is one of the key determinants...

Backward Children

Dr. Holmes' contribution to the series edited by Professor O'Shea is "an inductive study of backward children. It presents in a series of concrete illustrations," says Dr. Holmes, "studies of cases to exemplify the principles and methods underlying the diagnosis, treatment and training of backward children." His aim has been to describe the cases "simply, non-technically, and humanly." His succ...