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100			_aGatade, Subhash
245			_aPhenomenon of false caste certificates
260			_c2005
300			_ap.4587-588.
362			_a22 Oct
520			_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.
650			_aCaste
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a67427
999			_c67427 _d67427