UNDERSTANDING

MARGINALISATION
OVERVIEW

UNDERSTANDING
MARGINALISATIO
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SCHEDULED OTHER
CASTES AND BACKWARD MINORITIES PROBLEMS RELATED
TRIBES CASTES AND WOMEN TO CHIDREN
WHAT IS MARGINALISATION??
In which a group of people are excluded
from the participation in the society
Affects a lot of people
Nature of marginalisation varies
Has adverse affects on individuals
Social marginalisation
When a group of people are deprived of
having equal opportunity
These are socially and economically weak
Vulnerable to poverty and discrimination
Don’t have oppurtunities at times
Marginalised groups
Scheduled castes
Scheduled tribes
Other backward castes
Minorities
Women
Children
Scheduled castes
Placed at the bottom of social structure
Comprise more than one seventh of the
population
Maximum number of them are illeterate
Face a lot of atrocities
Faced discrimination in all kinds of
spheres
Scheduled tribes
Known as adivasis
Originated from Sanskrit meaning
original inhabitants
Belong to tribal communities
There are about 705 ST’s in india
Article 275 ensures the welfare of this
people
Other backward castes
isa collective term used by the  
Government  to classify castes which are
educationally or socially disadvantaged.
 were found to comprise 52%
entitled to 27% reservations in 
public sector employment and higher
education.
Women
Sex ratio in 2011-940females:1000males
Girls are often denied from their rights
Female literacy rate is 65.5%
Girls usually outperform boys
They are not literated
Sex ratio
The sex ratio is the ratio of males to 
females in a population. 
Right to health
enumerated in international agreements
which include the 
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
, cultural rights etc
Supreme Court held that Article 21 of the
Constitution of India in relation to human
rights
Minorities
Who are less in population
Not represented politically, economically
Termed on the basis of religion, language
etc
Some are created by our political system
the minority groups get marginalized but
it is not necessarily the case always.
Caste distribution in india
Problems related to children
Right against exploitation says no child of
age under 14 shoudnt be involved in
hazardous work
Poverty is the main problem which makes
thir children to wrok
Child labou r is widespread in india