The caste system in India has continued to persist by adapting itself to a variety of changing socio-economic and political conditions in the past few decades. Discuss.

The caste system is a social institutionalism that prevails in Indian society since the ancient times. Though it has morphed itself to other forms, it still persist.

* Caste in socio-economic condition *

1. The socio-economic indicators of lower castes are very much poor as compared to other castes. This creates an issue of diluted opportunity which is akin to the ones that existed in ancient times. Like the shudras was not allowed to study vedas.

National higher education enrollment = 2.6:3.7

CC/ST = 10.14 y.

Upper class enrollment = ~40 y.

Economic status of these class Health of the old lower utilized in turns results in the other hyp indicators such as low health, widow, livelihood, etc.

Ace to yoga committee (2011) - life expectancy at birth's = 61 as compared to 69 national average.

There has also been a stirr of a new caste, that is women, who are under represented in all spheres of economic opportunity & have low social indicators as well.

* caste in political condition *

1. The caste based politics has been in vogue since many decades. It sculpts the caste band identities.

2. The issue of conflict or interest at many at times highlighted as caste based interest.

But all said, the progress made in the sphere of social equality with our constitutional provisions of Art. 14, Art. 19, Art. 328 & Art 329 A and several legal reforms such as CC/LIT Act have tried to use these identities to varying rates of success.