An Analysis Of Socio Economic Conditions Of Scheduled Castes In Himachal Pradesh

Abstract

newline newlineThis study comprehensively examines the socio-economic conditions of Scheduled newlineCastes (SC) in Himachal Pradesh, focusing on education, employment, living standards, newlinepoverty, unemployment, participation in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural newlineEmployment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), and public policies aimed at their newlineupliftment. The analysis is based on both primary data, collected through structured newlinehousehold surveys and interviews with 300 SC households, and secondary data, sourced newlinefrom government reports, census records, National Sample Survey (NSS) data, and newlineacademic studies newline