More than 40% households in central & northern India practise untouchability: Study https://newsmeter.in/40-households-in-central-northern-india-practise-untouchability-study/
By Aiswarya Sriram 18 Jan 2020
untouchability, also termed a national shame, still rules to the roost in several parts of India. A shocking 49 per cent of households in northern India practise this form of discrimination, reveals a study recently published in the Economic and Political Weekly Journal. Most of the southern states had less than 20 per cent of households practising untouchability, according to authors Amit Thorat and Omkar Joshi who calculated the percentage of untouchability using Indian Human Development Survey-II (IHDS) 2012 as the base.
Jain households were the highest with 35 per cent of those surveyed practising untouchability. The study says this could be because of Jains being strictly vegetarian and they might also not prefer, vegetarians who eat this entering their kitchen. Hindus came next with about 30 per cent of the people practising untouchability. Followers of Buddhism were the least touchy, with only 1 per cent of households practising untouchability.