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Caste classification is a big sh*t show. For example, Rajput is supposedly an upper caste, but by just changing it to "Rajput Bhamta" and bribing some official
by ridiculous_leke 3y ago
Caste classification is a big sh*t show. For example, Rajput is supposedly an upper caste, but by just changing it to "Rajput Bhamta" and bribing some officials one can get classified as "Vimukta Jati" in Maharashtra (which has tons of benefits at). I wouldn't be surprised if such lapses in the regulations have been abused in the past.
- rhuru 3y agoCorrect. In fact a lot of castes got SC/ST status because these names had some spelling mistakes when the clerks wrote it down. For example when a clerk read out to another the list of STs, there was one name called "Bhil Meena", the clerk who as writing it down heard it as "Bhil, Meena" as a result Meena which is actually a pretty powerful caste is ST even today where as Bhil Meena is still fighting for that status.