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581025-776605CLASS VIIICIVICS Week 2523rd NOVEMBER – 28th NOVEMBER, 2020Name of the Chapter:- 7. Understanding Marginalisation TIMING: 35 minPERIOD 1:-Step-I:Study the following topics and bullet points from the text book.Minorities and marginalization:The Constitution of India provides safeguards to religious and linguistic minorities as part of our Fundamental Rights.The term minority is most commonly used to refer to communities that are numerically small in relation to the rest of the population.However, it is a concept that goes well beyond numbers. It encompasses issues of power, access to resources and has social and cultural dimensions.The Indian Constitution recognized that the culture of the majority influences the way in which society and government might express themselves. In such cases, size can be a disadvantage and lead to the marginalization of the relatively smaller communities.Thus, safeguards are needed to protect minority communities against the possibility of being culturally dominated by the majority.They also protect them against any discrimination and disadvantage that they may face. Given certain conditions, communities that are small in number relative to the rest of society may feel insecure about their lives, assets and well-being may get accentuated.The Constitution provides these safeguards because it is committed to protecting India’s cultural diversity and promoting equality as well as justice.Muslims and Marginalisation:According to 2011 census, Muslims are 14.2 per cent of India’s population and are considered to be a marginalized community in India today because in comparison to other communities, they have over the years been deprived of the benefits of socio-economic development. Public Employment of Muslims (percentages) Source-Prime Minister’s High Level Committee Report 2006PopulationIASIPSIFSCentral Public Sector UnitState PSUBanks & RBI13.5341.83.310.82,2Recognizing that Muslims in India were lagging behind in terms of various development indicators, the government set up a high-level committee in 2005.Chaired by Justice Rajindar Sachar, the committee examined the social, economic and educational status of the Muslim community in India. There are different reasons for various communities being marginalized. Each experiences marginalization in different ways.The lives of marginalized people can and do change. It means that, no one is marginalized all the time in exactly the same way.Marginalized communities wants to maintain their cultural distinctiveness while having access to rights, development and other opportunities. Step-II:Go through the videos in the learning manual of Extramark app for the chapter: Go through the youtube video: HYPERLINK "" VIDEO ON WHO ARE ADIVASIS?Step-III:Students may clear doubts from the subject teacher (Check name & number of the subject teacher from the school website)Step-IV:Answer the following questions in your note book:Who are Adivasis? Why do you think Adivasis are becoming increasingly marginalized?Ans.:- Adivasis are the original inhabitants of the country. Adi-original and Vasi- inhabitant are the two component words of the term.The Constitution provides safeguards to religious and linguistic minorities as part of our Fundamental Rights.The Indian Constitution recognized that the culture of the majority influences the way in which society and government might express themselves. In such cases, size can be a disadvantage and lead to the marginalization of the relatively smaller communities.Given certain conditions, communities that are small in number relative to the rest of society may feel insecure about their lives, assets, well being and may get accentuated.The Constitution provides these safeguards because it is committed to protecting India’s cultural diversity and equality as well as justice.Define minority?Ans.:-The term minority is most commonly used to refer to communities that are numerically small in relation to the rest of the population.It is a concept that goes well beyond numbers.It encompasses issues of power, access to resources and has social and cultural dimensions.`According to 2011 census, Muslims are 14.2 per cent of India’s population and are considered to be a marginalized community in India today’. Explain.Ans.:-According to 2011 census, Muslims are 14.2 per cent of India’s population and are considered to be a marginalized community in India today because in comparison to other communities, they have over the years been deprived of the benefits of socio-economic development.A high-level committee, chaired by Justice Rajindar Sachar, examined the social, economic and educational status of the Muslim community in India.It suggests that on a range of social, economic and educational indicators the situation of the Muslim communities is comparable to that of other marginalized communities like Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.Muslim customs and practices are sometimes quite distinct from what is seen as the mainstream. Because of this, they tend to be identified differently and some people think they are not like the `rest of us’.Often this becomes an excuse to treat them unfairly, and discriminate against them.---------------------------------------*STAY HOME, STAY SAFE*--------------------------------------- ................
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