For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still ... should be based on other criteria like socioeconomic class, said Desai, also a professor of applied economic ...

(CNN) — For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still ... be based on other criteria like socioeconomic class, said Desai, also a professor of applied economic ...

For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much ... government policies like affirmative action should be based on other criteria like socioeconomic class, ...

The govt’s recent reversal of its earlier stand may mean that the ruling class ... system, we have to rethink the route to this destination. The Congress model of ‘caste-blind’ development ...

Many of these workers were either poor migrant or informal workers, who mostly belonged to marginalised caste or class communities ... accountability gaps in the system. The contractual system ...