00880pab a2200133 454500008004000000100002000040245004300060260000900103300001600112362001100128520056300139650001000702773003400712180718b2005   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aGatade, Subhash  aPhenomenon of false caste certificates  c2005  ap.4587-588.  a22 Oct  aThousands of people who have neither been born into any of the socially oppressed castes nor faced any caste-based discrimination are enjoying the fruits of affirmative action programmes. The problem of false caste certificates, though brought into public focus by the media, is not unknown to policy-makers. The national commission of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes has repeatedly called on the government to crack down on fraudulent certification and has made detailed proposals for corrective measures, but none have been forthcoming. - Reproduced.  aCaste  aEconomic and Political Weekly