The unequal treatment meted out to SCs by the Indian social system over centuries is being remedied through special interventions. But some SCs are more unequal than others.
The Scheduled Castes (SCs) are not a monolith; graded inequality exists across different individual jatis within the larger group classified as SCs. They have been treated as one group for the purpose of affirmative action, including quotas in education and jobs. The unequal treatment meted out to SCs by the Indian social system over centuries is being remedied through special interventions. But some SCs are more unequal than others.