“household Income, Expenditure and Human Capital Formation: an Empirical Study among Scheduled Caste People”
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چکیده
The term ‘SC’ appeared for the first time in Government of India Act of 1935(1). In April 1936, British government issued the Government of India Scheduled Caste order 1936, specifying certain castes, races and tribes as scheduled castes in the then provinces of Assam, Bengal, Bihar and Bombay, Central provinces and Berrar, Madras, Orissa, Punjab and United Province. Prior to these, they are known as depressed classes. The depressed classes were systematically categorized in 1931 by Hutton, the then commissioner of India.
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