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प्रश्न
What is the relationship between caste and economic inequality today?
उत्तर
In the hierarchy of the caste system, each caste has a specific place and social status. There has been a close correlation between social or caste status and economic status. The high’ castes were almost invariably of high economic status. On the other hand, the “low’ caste was almost always of low economic status.
However, in the 19th Century, the link between caste and occupation had become less rigid consequently, the link between caste and economic status is not as rigid today as it used to be. At the macro line, things have not changed much. The difference between the privileged a high economic status sections of society and disadvantaged (a low economic status) sections still persists.
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