Privatisation shrank government jobs that had served as caste equality channels

Evidence

According to Ambedkar, Brahmins, who were 3 per cent of the population in the Madras Presidency in 1948, held 37 per cent of the gazetted posts and 43 per cent of the non-gazetted posts in government jobs. There is no longer a reliable way to keep track of these trends because after 1931 the Project of Unseeing set in. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 62 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Brahmins held disproportionate shares of government posts in 1948 — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 62; Invocations of merit mask privileged-caste nepotism and opposition to reservation.

Related

• Brahmins held disproportionate shares of government posts in 1948 (similarity 0.93)

Broader Connections

• Brahmins held disproportionate shares of government posts in 1948 #complicates (0.40) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 62
• Invocations of merit mask privileged-caste nepotism and opposition to reservation. #corroborates (0.35)