Awareness level towards the Rights among Scheduled Caste in Tumkur District

Abstract

Indian society is stratified based on the caste system that classified people by their occupation and status. “Each caste had a specific place in the hierarchy of social status. Inclusive growth assumes that all social groups have equal access to the services provided by the state and equal opportunity for upward economic and social mobility without any discrimination against any particular section of Indian Society. Indian constitution made provision to inclusion of all the weaker sections. The present study is aimed at find out the awareness level towards the constitutional provisions and their utilization among the scheduled caste people in Tumkur district. Descriptive research design was adopted and 500 respondents were selected as sample by using purposive sampling technique. Both primary and secondary data was used. The data is analyzed and interpreted by using simple statistical method. The study found that majority of the respondents was not aware of their rights.