Male graduates applying for private sector jobs in India are far more likely to progress to the next round if they have high-caste Hindu names than if they have surnames associated with dalit (formerly untouchable) or Muslim origins, new research has found.
Far from being a hangover from the past found only at the margins of a newly meritocratic society, such discrimination is rife in the most dynamic sectors of the Indian economy, according to a joint study undertaken by academics from Princeton University and the Indian Institute for Dalit Studies.
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