Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar's vision of India's Development Implications on Dalit Socio-Economic ...

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by  Prasant Mohanty

Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar's
vision of India's Development
Implications on Dalit Socio-Economic
& Political Status
Sherin, Shubhan gi, Biswa, Bhushan, Dhilip, Prasant & Sujit
Ambedkar and Caste
“I am a snake in their garden”
“I know Hindus are sick of me”
Political Economic
Reform Reform
Social
Reform
Anhilation of Caste - 1936
Religious
Reform
Ambedkar and Buddhism
Why did Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Convert
What is religion?
What is Dhamma?
Why Dr. B. R. Ambedkar embraced Buddhism?
Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only.
It cannot be a matter of rules.
“ In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no
scope for development”. – Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Ambedkar and Buddhism (Contd...)
Fundamental Principle’s of Buddhism.
Bhudhism Teaches,

 Pradnya (understanding as against superstition and supernaturalism),
 Karuna (love)
 Samata (equality)
"The mind is everything. What you think you become". -
Budhha
Caste, Class, Race and Gender product of mind.
Buddhism emphasizes the development of the individual.
The need for each of us to take responsibility for our
development.
– Dream of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, to see India as a ‘prabudhha’
Ambedkar and his Ideological Standpoint
Liberty, Equality and Fraternity
State Socialism
•
Faith in Democracy and Parliamentary System
•
Nationalization of agriculture and few industries
•
Pro Mixed Economy
•
Slogan of democratic Society: Machines and more machines
•
No elimination of moneyed class, change in attitude and
•
disposition towards poor
Quasi Federal State
•
Ambedkar and Land Reforms
Con s o lidation of land + Nationalization of land & collective farming
•
Land reforms
+ institutional and technological reforms =

Landless
Marginalized
Convert small Agriculture: class will be a
holdings into commercial land holding
Economic activity that class
Holdings yields surplus
Reduce Pressure on land
Land Reforms +

Industrialization

Check Sub division of land,

disguised and under employment
Ambedkar and Economics
Features of good taxation
Taxable Standard of
capacity living
Flexible
Progressive
Ambedkar and Economics (Contd...)
Currency problems
 Instability of Rupee → Opposed adoption of gold exchange
standard for India
 Stability of internal price → gold currency standard
 Busy season and Slack season → inconvertible gold currency
standard with fixed limit
Miscellaneous
→ Food problems : cash crops to food crops, high price of food
stuff, food subsidy
→ Austerity : high salaries-social standard, competency,
democracy, integrity, and purity in administration, protect from
bribes and kick-backs
→ Nationalization : no industry should be nationalized without
definite & positive reasons.
Ambedkar and Reservation
Concept of Reservation
• The correct term used for reservation in the Indian Constitution
is Representation.
• NOT : “a policy matter/ a political gimmick / A matter of charity.”
• IS : “A Constitutional Obligation/ a democratic principle.”
→ “50 yrs of affirmative action vs 3000 yrs of subjugation”
→ “A representative Govt. better than an efficient Govt.”
→ Not given to anyone in his individual capacity / But as a
representative of the underprivileged community.”
→ Failure of the intellectual classes
→ Representation in govt, public sector units, public @ private
educational institutions etc…
Ambedkar and Politics
Definition of Democracy
A form and a method of governance

Revolutionary change in socio-economic life of people

Without bloodshed

This is a real test... “the severest test”
Conditions necessary for Democracy
I → There must be no glaring inequalities in the society

II → There must exist an opposition
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III → There must exist equality in law and administration
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IV → There must be observance of constitutional morality
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Characteristics of a democracy
Democracy should be dynamic in composition & form
Democracy should undergo change in purpose