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100 _a Hegade, Sandeep and Andalgavkarkulkarni, Yogini
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245 _aMissing in policy: Caste and functional exclusion in rural infrastructure development
260 _aEconomic & Political Weekly
300 _a60(36), Sep 6, 2025: p.16-18
520 _aInfrastructure, especially in the rural areas, is not caste-neutral. Caste hierarchies mediate access to and benefits of rural infrastructure in Maharashtra. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in two villages, the article reveals that Scheduled Caste settlements, though not always spatially excluded, face functional exclusion due to limited capital and institutional influence. Challenging the fiction of caste-neutral development, the article argues for embedding caste as a central analytic in infrastructure and policy design to ensure equitable and socially just outcomes.- Reproduced https://www.epw.in/journal/2025/36/commentary/missing-policy.html
773 _aEconomic & Political Weekly
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