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Changing Dialectics of Dalit Aspirations: Demand for Affirmative Action


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In the ongoing debate two contrasting positions have emerged among those who advocate a move towards affirmative action in the changed context, viz. "equal opportunity" or extension of job reservations to the private sector and "diversity" through supplier/ dealership in the field of business and industry for dalits by both the government and the private sector. This paper focuses on the bold, innovative experiment-surprisingly ignored by scholars-the policy of "supplier diversity" (SD) attempted by the Digvijay Singh government in Madhya Pradesh (MP) in 2002-03.
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Sudha Pai
Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, New Delhi 110001., India

Abstract


In the ongoing debate two contrasting positions have emerged among those who advocate a move towards affirmative action in the changed context, viz. "equal opportunity" or extension of job reservations to the private sector and "diversity" through supplier/ dealership in the field of business and industry for dalits by both the government and the private sector. This paper focuses on the bold, innovative experiment-surprisingly ignored by scholars-the policy of "supplier diversity" (SD) attempted by the Digvijay Singh government in Madhya Pradesh (MP) in 2002-03.

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