CHAPTER 3 SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF MINORITIES OF INDIA
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1 CHAPTER 3 SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF MINORITIES OF INDIA 73
2 List of Contents S.No. Chapter-3 Socio economic condition of Minorities of India on the Page number basis HDI indicators 3.1 Defination of Human Development Index -HDI Indicator of HDI according to UNDP (a) Knowledge (b) Long and healthy life (c) A decent standard of life Educational status of minority (a) Literacy Rate (b) Gender group in Literacy (c) Educational level (d) Drop outs rates Health status of Religious Minorities (a) Infant and child Mortality Rate (b) Nutritional status of Women (c) Nutritional status of Women (d) Nutritional status of Children Housing and related amenities (a) Availability of type of houses (b) Ownership of houses Standard of living (a) Water supply in houses (b) Availability of toilet 88 74
3 Socio-economic condition of Minorities on the basis of HDI indicators. 3.1 Definition of 'Human Development Index - HDI' A tool developed by the United Nations to measure and rank countries' levels of social and economic development based on four criteria: Life expectancy at birth, mean years of schooling, expected years of schooling and gross national income per capita. The HDI makes it possible to track changes in development levels over time and to compare development levels in different countries. 1 The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical tool used to measure a country's overall achievement in its social and economic dimensions. The social and economic dimensions of a country are based on the health of people, their level of education attainment and their standard of living. Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq created HDI in 1990 which was further used to measure the country's development by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). Calculation of the index combines four major indicators: life expectancy for health, expected years of schooling, mean of years of schooling for education andgross National Income per capita for standard of living. Every year UNDP ranks countries based on the HDI report released in their annual report. HDI is one of the best tools to keep track of the level of development of a country, as it combines all major social and economic indicators that are responsible for economic development. 2 75
4 3.2 INDICATORS OF HDI ACCORDING TO UNDP The Human Development Index (HDI) forms part of the annual human development report and is a composite measure of economic and social welfare that has three main components. At its most basic the HDI focuses on longevity, basic education and minimal income and progress made by countries in improving these three outcomes. The inclusion of education and health indicators is a sign of successful government policies in providing access to important merit goods such as health care, sanitation and education (a).knowledge: First an educational component made up of two statistics mean years of schooling and expected years of schooling 3.2 (b).long and healthy life: Second a life expectancy component is calculated using a minimum value for life expectancy of 25 years and maximum value of 85 years 3.2 (c).a decent standard of living: The final element is gross national income (GNI) per capita adjusted to purchasing power parity standard (PPP) Human development is the expansion of people s freedom to live long, healthy and creative lives; to advance other goals they have reason to value; and to engage actively in shaping development equitably and sustainably on a shared planet. People are both the beneficiaries and the drivers of human development, as individuals and in groups Source: HDR Report, November Educational status of minorities Education is one of the significant social indicators having bearing on the achievement in the growth of an individual as well as community. This is perceived to be highly suitable for providing employment and thereby improving the quality of life, the level of human well being and the access to 76
5 basic social services (a) Literacy Rate Status of literacy among different communities and caste is given in Table 3.1 Table 3.1 Literacy Rate among Religious Communities, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Community/Caste Male Female Total India Hindu Muslim Christian Sikh Buddhist Jain Others Scheduled Castes Scheduled tribes Source:- Census 2012 The lowest literacy has been recorded at 47 percent for Other Religions and Persuasions. Muslims have a literacy rate (59.1 percent) lower than the national average literacy rate. Literacy among Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes was abysmally low. Analysis of literacy rates reveals that Muslims were better off than Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and those pursuing other religions but lagged behind 77
6 others. The literacy rate in the Parsi community is 97.9 percent. This could be due to the fact that education of Parsi children was emphasised as early as the late 19th century. The Jain population has also returned very high national literacy rate of 94.1 percent and is one of the most literate religious community. Both males and females among the Jain population have very high literacy rate of 97.4 percent and 90.6 percent respectively at the national level followed by Christians at 84.4 percent for males and 76.2 percent for females. Thus, the gender gap in male-female literacy for these two religions is less than 10. Among the six major religions at the national level, the maximum gap between male and female literacy is among Hindus (23 percent) followed by Buddhists (21.4 percent) and Muslims (17.5 percent points). 5 There exists an interesting relationship between female literacy and proportion of child population in the 0-6 years age group. Generally, it has been argued that in developing countries high female literacy rate usually has a dampening effect on fertility rate other factors being constant. Thus, there is a negative relationship between female literacy and fertility. This indicates that irrespective of religious affiliations, creation of a conducive environment and promotion of education facilities leading to improved female literacy might bring down fertility rate. Among Jains high female literacy rate and lowest proportion of child population (0-6 years) and among Muslims low female literacy rate and higher proportion of children in the age group (0-6 years) support this contention. The drop out rate indicates the wastage of school education and tends to undermine benefits of increased enrolments. According to the Educational Statistics, published by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, during , out of students enrolled in classes I to V, over 40 percent dropped out. Similarly, out of students enrolled in classes I to VIII over 55 percent dropped out. The drop out rate in classes I-X was over 68 percent. Further, the drop out rate has been higher for girls. 78
7 Chief reasons for dropping out from schools could be inability of students to cope up with the studies or lack of interest among parents in the education of their children or economic considerations, like compulsion to work for augmenting family income or need for looking after younger siblings or unfriendly atmosphere in the schools etc. Among girls in rural areas, these factors mostly accounted for the dropouts (b) Gender Gap in Literacy Both males and females among the Jain population have very high literacy rate of 97.4 percent and 90.6 percent respectively at the national level followed by Christians at 84.4percent for males and 76.2 percent for females. Thus, the gender gap in male-female literacy for these two religions is less than 10. Among the six major religions at the national level, the maximum gap between male and female literacy is among Hindus (23 percent) followed by Buddhists (21.4 percent) and Muslims (17.5percent points) There exists an interesting relationship between female literacy and proportion of child population in the 0-6 years age group. Generally, it has been argued that in developing countries high female literacy rate usually has a dampening effect on fertility rate other factors being constant. Thus, there is a negative relationship between female literacy and fertility. This indicates that irrespective of religious affiliations, creation of a conducive environment and promotion of education facilities leading to improved female literacy might bring down fertility rate. Among Jains high female literacy rate and lowest proportion of child population (0-6 years) and among Muslims low female literacy rate and higher proportion of children in the age group (0-6 years) support this contention (c) Educational Level On analyzing the distribution of literates by educational level, it was found that 79
8 Jains(21.47 percent) have the highest proportion of educated persons among all the religions among those who have completed graduation stage. This is followed by Christians (8.71percent) and Sikhs (6.94 percent). Muslims have the lowest proportion at 3.6 percent. Among Hindus, the proportion of those attaining the educational level of Graduate and above is seven percent, which is more or less in the same order as the overall proportion of all religious communities taken together as per details given in Table 3.6. Further, Muslims (65.31 percent) are better off at primary level of education but their proportion goes down as we go to secondary(10.96 percent) and senior secondary (4.5 percent) stages. Though Christians at the primary level with percent are lower than the national average but levels increases at secondary (17.48 percent) and senior secondary (8.70 percent) stages. Other religions follow almost national average level (d) Drop out Rates The drop out rate indicates the wastage of school education and tends to undermine benefits of increased enrolments. According to the Educational Statistics, published by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, during , out of students enrolled in classes I to V, over 40 percent dropped out. Similarly, out of students enrolled in classes I to VIII over 55 percent dropped out. The drop out rate in classes I-X was over 68 percent. Further, the drop out rate has been higher for girls Chief reasons for dropping out from schools could be inability of students to cope up with the studies or lack of interest among parents in the education of their children. 3.4 Health Status of Religious Minorities Health is one of the most important inputs for human development. Improvement in the health and nutritional status of people is therefore, 80
9 important consideration for determining the health standard of a community. Different indicators which determine the health status of different religious communities are discussed below: 3.4 (a) Infant and Child Mortality Rate Based on NFHS II Report, Table 3.2 indicates infant and child mortality rates among different communities: Table 3.2 Infant and Child Mortality Rate among different Communities and Castes Community/Caste Infant mortality rate Child Mortality Rate Hindu Muslim Christian Sikh Jain (46.7) (11.3) Buddhist/Neo-Buddhist No religion (77.6) (77.2) Scheduled castes Scheduled tribes Other Backward Class As may be seen from Table3.2, infant and child mortality rates among Hindus are much higher than Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Jains, and Buddhists. However, the infant and child mortality rate are higher among Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Among minorities infant and child mortality rates of other minorities are lower than Muslims. Mortality rate differentials among different religious communities or Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes may be due to factors other than religion alone e.g. urban or rural residence or economic conditions of the family or availability of health facilities and access to them. 81
10 3.4 (b) Nutritional Status of Women Based on NFHS-II Report, nutritional status of women among different communities is indicated in Table 3.3 No religion (77.6) (77.2) Scheduled castes Scheduled tribes Other Backward Class As may be seen from Table 3.3, infant and child mortality rates among Hindus are much higher than Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Jains, and Buddhists. However, the infant and child mortality rate are higher among Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Among minorities infant and child mortality rates of other minorities are lower than Muslims. Mortality rate differentials among different religious communities or Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes may be due to factors other than religion alone e.g. urban or rural residence or economic conditions of the family or availability of health facilities and access to them. The cut off point for height, below which a woman can be identified as nutritionally at risk, varies among populations, but it is usually considered to be in the range of centimeters. As may be seen from the above Christian, Sikh and Jain women are taller, on average, than women in any other group. The percentage of women who are below 145 centimeters in height varies from 3.9 percent for Sikhs and 7.6 percent for Jains to 24 percent for women belonging to no religion category. Among Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe women below 145 centimeters in height are 17 percent and 13.5percent respectively. Based on these criteria, nutritional status of women belonging to Sikhs and Jain communities is better than women belonging to other religious communities, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes
11 3.4 (c) Nutritional Status of Women Based on NFHS-II Report, nutritional status of women among different communities is indicated in Table 3.4 Community / Table 3.4: Nutritional Status of Women among different Religious Mean height (cm) Communities and Castes Height Percent- age below 145 cm Weight for height Mean Body Mass Index (BMI) Percent- age with BMI Below 18.5 kg/m2 Hindu Muslim Christian Sikh Jain Buddhist/ Neo- Buddhist No religion Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes Other Backward Classes Source: NHFS-II report 83
12 3.4 (d) Nutritional Status of Children Nutritional status of children belonging to different religious communities, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes is given in the Table 3.5 As may be seen from the Table 3.5 Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, Other Backward Classes, Hindu and Muslim children appear to be undernourished. As against this Jain, Sikh, Buddhist and Christian children are better nourished. Table 3.5 Nutritional Status of Children of different Religious Communities Community/ Weight-for-age Height-for-age Weight-for-height Caste Percentage Percentage Percentage Percentage Percentage Percentage below 3 below 2 below 3 below 2 below 3 below 2 SD* SD 1 SD SD 1 SD SD 1 Hindu Muslim Christian Sikh Jain Buddhist/Neo Buddhist Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes Other Backward Classes Source: NFHS II, , National Report *SD= Standard Deviation 1 Includes children who are below 3 SD from the International Reference Population median 84
13 Summing up, the nutritional status and antenatal care is relatively better among Jains, Sikhs and Christians. Use of contraceptives is comparatively less among the Muslims, Scheduled Castes, and Scheduled Tribes. While Total Fertility Rate has been found to be more among the Muslims, Scheduled Castes, and Scheduled Tribes the use of contraceptive is low among them. There is an urgent need to pay greater attention to immunisation of children among Scheduled Tribes and Muslims. 3.5 Housing and Related Amenities Housing is a basic necessity as well as an important economic activity. According to the Tenth Five Year Plan document, around 90 percent of housing shortage pertains to the weaker sections. The need for the increase in the supply of affordable housing to the economically weaker sections and those belonging to the low income category is emphasised through a programme of allocation of land, extension of funding assistance and provision of support services. The existing position of housing and related amenities among different communities is as under: 3.5(a) Availability of type of houses (i.e. kutcha, semi kutcha, or pucca house ) Table 3.6 below indicates the status of different types of houses among religious communities Table 3.6 Distribution of different Type among different Communities Community Kutcha Semipucca Pucca Muslim Christian Sikhs Buddhist Parsis All Source: Socio-economic status of Minorities, survey conducted by the Centre for Research Planning & Action, New Delhi, in the States of Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal in
14 This may be seen from the Table 3.6, while percent Parsis followed by percent Buddhists were living in pucca houses, share of pucca houses was lowest among Muslims with percent followed by Christians with percent. Similarly, percent of the respondent families lived in semi-pucca houses and percent in kutcha houses. The percentage of households living in kutcha houses was highest among Muslims with percent followed by Christians with percent. Very few Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis lived in kutcha houses, which indicates their better economic status vis-à-vis Muslims and Christians. 3.5 (b) Ownership of Houses It is true that ownership of a house empowers a person and enhances his status socially. Table 3.17 indicates the status of ownership of houses among different communities in five States of Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes on all India basis. As may be seen from the Table 3.7, percent of respondents belonging to different communities in these five States lived in own houses and percent in rented houses. The ratio of those living in rented houses was highest among Muslims (43.74 percent) followed by Christians (33.91) percent and Sikhs (33.29 percent). Ownership of houses was highest among Parsis (75.13) percent followed by Sikhs (65.89 percent). A few had other arrangements, such as living with relatives etc. As against this, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes with more than 90 percent owning houses fare better on 86
15 Table 3.7 Ownership of Houses by different Communities and Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes Community/Caste Owned Rented Muslim Christian Sikhs Buddhist Parsis All Scheduled Castes* Scheduled Tribes* Source: Socio-economic status of Minorities, Survey conducted by the Centre for Research Planning & Action, New Delhi, 2006 in the States of Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh. and West Bengal and *Census Standard of Living 3.6 (a) Water Supply in Houses Table 3.8 reveals the status of water supply in the houses among different communities in five sample States and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes on all India basis. The safe drinking water supply within the premises is one of the basic needs of the people. It is seen from Table 3.19, that more than 75 percent Parsis, Christians, Muslims and Sikhs had source of drinking water within or near their house. The share of Buddhist households with water supply within or near the house was only percent. The data shows that considerable effort needs to be made to provide water to these communities at the premises where they live. The share of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes having the source of their drinking water within their premises is dismal, when compared to religious minorities. 87
16 Table 3.9 Source of Drinking Water among different Communities, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Community/ Caste Within or near the house Within m (Near premises) Beyond 200 m (Away from premises) Muslim Christian Sikhs Buddhist Parsis Total Scheduled Caste* Scheduled Tribe* Source: Socio-economic status of Minorities conducted by the Centre for Research Planning & Action, New Delhi, 2006 in the States of Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh. and West Bengal and *Census (b) Availability of Toilets According to the Report of the Centre for Research Planning & Action, percent of households surveyed had a toilet in the house. The availability of toilets was highest among Parsis (98.41 percent) followed by Sikhs (83.77 percent). Interestingly, Muslims had a higher percentage of households with toilets (80.33 percent) as compared with Christians and Buddhists. The condition of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes households is worse compared to religious communities. 76 percent Scheduled Castes and 83 percent Scheduled Tribes had no toilets. Details in this regard are given in the Table
17 Table 3.10 Toilet Facilities in the Houses among different Communities and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Community/Caste (in percent) Muslim Christian Sikhs Buddhist Parsis All Scheduled castes* 23.7 Scheduled tribes* 17.1 Source: Socio-economic status of Minorities conducted by the Centre for Research Planning & Action, New Delhi, 2006 in the States of Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh. and West Bengal and *Census
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