forward caste

They are enlisted as a forward caste by the government.

Out of 1515 households, only three were attributed to forward castes.

In the present-day context, they include all the forward castes.

More than 25% of forward castes per capita income stands below Rs.

Providing another 27% seats will deprive chances of forward castes.

Forward castes do not qualify for government reservations.

Only 8% of forward castes are graduates.

The survey found that 33% of the states population was forward caste, almost half of whom were Syrian Christians.

Only 5.6% of forward castes appear in the upper-income bracket with per capita income at or above Rs.

It reiterates its earlier finding (in 99-00 survey) that forward castes are poorly employed (more unemployment).

In some states the number of seats available to forward castes in educational institutes is below their proportion in population.

Many backward caste leaders allege forward castes are over represented in many spheres of life.

It also states that Landownership of Backward castes are comparable to Forward castes.

It begins in a typical forward caste family setting, with the young Prathapa Mudhaliar indulging in hunting and enjoying himself.

National Survey 99-00 indicates that forward castes are better placed than SC/ST in almost all parameters.

It has been mentioned that other things being equal, preference shall be given to the untouchable castes and backward castes over the forward castes.

The suffering of such a person by virtue of caste is not wiped out by a marriage with the person belonging to a forward caste.

But the Nair Service Society (NSS) and others representing forward caste interests challenged this demand.

Saiva Pillai or Pillai are the forward caste peoples from Tamil Nadu.

Kongu Vellala Gounders were classified as a Forward Caste at the time of Indian independence.

They asked for the benefits of reservations to be extended to "economically weaker sections of the forward castes", and also for exclusion of the 'creamy layer'.

In some regions it also belongs to Forward Caste under Marathas, Mali, Brahmins and Jains.

But Dhuruvan's integrity and co-living with other tribes in the forest abnegates aboriginal allegations by other forward caste officials and cadets in the department.

Despite the sectarian differences, Syrian Christians share a common social status within the Caste system of Kerala and is considered as Forward Caste.

Mannadiyar (or Mannadiar) is a Malayalam speaking Hindu forward caste from Palakkad region of Kerala state.