Vulnerable Groups that Face Discrimination

The vulnerable groups that face discrimination in India include — Women & Children, Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Castes (OBCs), Aged, Differently-abled, Poor Migrants, People living with HIV/AIDS and Sexual Minorities. Sometimes each group faces multiple barriers due to their multiple identities. For example, in a patriarchal society, disabled women face double discrimination of being a women and being disabled.

• Scheduled Castes: “Scheduled Castes” are “castes, races or tribes or parts of or groups within castes, races or tribes”, which the President, by public notification, “specify” to be “Scheduled Castes in relation to that State or Union Territory”. ....