NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
Theme : Social empowerment, development and management of social sectors/services related to Education
Paper : GS - 1, GS - 2
- It is a philosophical perspective that emphasizes equality and equal treatment across gender, religion, economic status, and political beliefs.
- Egalitarianism may focus on income inequality and distribution, which are ideas that influenced the development of various economic and political systems.
- Under law: Egalitarianism also looks at how individuals are treated under the law.
TABLE OF CONTENT
- Context
- Egalitarianism
- By 100th independence how India should be?
- Vision for India by 100 years of independence
- Challenges
- Road Ahead
Context : When India celebrates one hundred years since Independence, by then, it should become more egalitarian and more open-minded.
Egalitarianism :
- It is a philosophical perspective that emphasizes equality and equal treatment across gender, religion, economic status, and political beliefs.
- Egalitarianism may focus on income inequality and distribution, which are ideas that influenced the development of various economic and political systems.
- Under law: Egalitarianism also looks at how individuals are treated under the law.
By 100th independence how India should be?
- Free of caste: where being a Brahmin, a Kshatriya, a Bania, an OBC, a Dalit or a tribal does not matter.
- Accountability: Those responsible for governing and protecting citizens are made much more accountable, not so much by the law and the courts, as much as by citizens.
- Governance: Voters being able to distinguish between good governance and pretense.
- Bridge the class divide in a country where paymasters and workers, no matter how skilled or how loyal, are underpaid, kept at arm’s length, and notoriously underpaid.
Vision for India by 100 years of independence :
- Secure freedom from casteism
- Breakdown of the walls that separate community and caste.
- Young Indians participate in a thinking way in the way elections are fought and votes cast.
- Citizens must gather voices to question, debate, discuss and kick out those who only sit as cheerleaders for their political party.
- Classless society
Challenges :
- Political voice and reservation in government services: the efforts have been effective only in small proportions.
- Those who are better placed, through access to education or their own initiative, continue to benefit.
- Affirmative action has not addressed the root causes of the continuing predicament of these groups.
Road Ahead :
- Let more inter-caste marriages bloom and let the diversity of cultures create a band of young Indians who do not need to go to caste-based sites to select a partner.
- Identify deprivation not just by the caste name being included in the state lists by nativity, but by identifying families among these very groups,where not even one woman in the family has studied beyond Class 8 or is a wage earner in the labor force.
- Census: We need to have a census of women among the Scheduled Castes and Tribes and work towards educating and equipping them with one test of success.
- With fertility declining, the goalposts should be changed because India is the only country where women’s labor force participation seems to be declining.
- Political participation of youth: Media to be assertive, not just choosing their targets.In the UK, ministers are forced to resign over unethical conduct or immoral behavior.
FAQs :
1. What is Egalitarianism ?
Answer :
- It is a philosophical perspective that emphasizes equality and equal treatment across gender, religion, economic status, and political beliefs.
- Egalitarianism may focus on income inequality and distribution, which are ideas that influenced the development of various economic and political systems.
- Under law: Egalitarianism also looks at how individuals are treated under the law.
2. What are the Challenges Present ?
Answer :
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Political voice and reservation in government services: the efforts have been effective only in small proportions.
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Those who are better placed, through access to education or their own initiative, continue to benefit.
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Affirmative action has not addressed the root causes of the continuing predicament of these groups.