Q.1) Legislation like Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 remains mere legal documents without intense sensitisation of public functionaries and the civil society. Discuss.
Main Body
Scheduled Caste & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 was brought to enforce Art/17: Abolition of untouchability & discrimination against them.
As mere legal document:-
L As seen in rising violence against SCs & STs: As per NCRB 2022 Report – 710% increase in last 5 years
↓ Thus, on ground effects on marge.
Reasons :-
↓ continued prejudices & biases against SCs & STs
L systematic discrimination faced by them in case registering, investing & farming the accused
L among civil society also: Thorat & Toshi's study: 17% of Indian households practice untouchability
L lack of strong voice of support for SCs & STs
economic dependency of SCs, STA → lack of social ostracisation, reporting
(C) prevailing shift sysyatem from functioning effectively
L systematic discrimination faced by them in case registering, investigating & farming the accused
L among civil society also: Thorat & Toshi's study: 17% of Indian households practice untouchability
L lack of strong voice of support for SCs & STs
economic dependency of SCs, STA → lack of social ostracisation, reporting
(C) prevailing shift sysyatem from functioning effectively
— Ishita Sharma · AIR 268
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Ishita Sharma
Welfare Schemes for Vulnerable Sections - Performance, Mechanisms, Laws and Institutions
Constitutional and Non-constitutional bodies
Protection of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
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