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The New Humanitarian | How India’s caste system keeps Dalits from accessing disaster relief
Historically disenfranchised, they are denied aid and equal protection.
Historically marginalised, many of the 280 million Dalits that form 20% of India’s population today still live on the fringes of society. About a third of the population remains impoverished, according to the UN, and they often continue to be shunned by so-called oppressor castes who hold power at both the village and federal levels