Number Theory: Will caste-based redistribution pitch have political traction-II

The first part of this series looked at the link between caste and asset inequality in India using AIDIS data and found that while the OBC, SC and ST population has a much smaller share in asset ownership than the population, the extent of relative asset poverty among OBCs is much lower than what it is for the SC-ST population.

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  Abhishek Jha is a data journalist. He analyses public data for finding news, with a focus on the environment, Indian politics and economy, and Covid-19.

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  Roshan Kishore is the Data and Political Economy Editor at Hindustan Times. His weekly column for HT Premium Terms of Trade appears every Friday.