Tackling poverty: Can affirmative action work?
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For decades, India has ring-fenced around half of all government jobs and university spots for the socially disadvantaged groups that were for centuries relegated to the bottom rung of the Hindu caste hierarchy.\\n \\nNow, a similar policy is being launched for the poor as well. Divya Arya asks whether affirmative action can help tackle poverty.\\n \\nIn this edition of WorklifeIndia, we speak to a student from the disadvantaged groups, an economist and a corporate diversity advisor about the quota system. Has it led to greater social inclusion, and can the new policy aimed at tackling poverty have any meaningful impact?\\n \\nPresenter: Divya Arya \\n \\nContributors: Thallapelli Praveen, PhD candidate, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Rosita Rabindra, Co-Founder, Diversity Dialogs; Ashwini Deshpande, Professor of Economics, Ashoka University.
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