Why ‘poverty is the only caste’ is a myth: From Telangana, a measure of caste inequality
Indian Express·2h ago·Neutral
What Happened
Telangana's government created a Composite Backwardness Index measuring 242 caste groups using 35 million people's data across 75 fields and 42 parameters. The study shows SCs and STs are three times more backward than General castes, while BCs are 2.7 times more backward. This empirical framework challenges the notion that poverty alone determines backwardness.
Key Entities
Telangana GovernmentComposite Backwardness Index (CBI)Scheduled Castes (SCs)Scheduled Tribes (STs)Other Backward Classes (BCs)Mandal Commission