From what I've read people will still try to figure out your native cast even if you convert, but by converting you lose the official status and lose access to

From what I've read people will still try to figure out your native cast even if you convert, but by converting you lose the official status and lose access to India's government programs intended to help members of disadvantaged castes. I'm not Indian and have never been to India, but this exact concept has come up in multiple unrelated things I've read so I'm inclined to believe that "convert and your caste association disappears" is not so simple.