Will General category girl caste change to OBC/SC/ST after marrying him?
Does category changes after inter caste marriage ?
1. General: (Applicable in all cases) :
Where a person claims to belong to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe by birth it should be verified :(i) that the person and his parents actually belong to the community claimed.(ii) that this community is included in the Presidential Orders specifying the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in relation to the concerned State.(iii) that the person belongs to that State and to the area within that State in respect of which the community has been scheduled.(iv) if the person claims to be a Scheduled Castes, he should profess either the Hindu or the Sikh religion.(v) if the person claims to be a Scheduled Tribe, he may profess any religion.
2. Cases of migration :
(i) Where a person migrates from the portion of the State in respect of which his community is scheduled to another part of the same State in respect of which his community is not scheduled, he will continue to be deemed to be a member of the Scheduled Caste or the Scheduled Tribe, as the case may be, in relation to that State.
(ii) Where a person migrates from one State to another, he can claim to belong to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe only in relation to the State to which he originally belonged and not in respect of the State to which he has migrated.
3. Claims through marriage:
The guiding principle is that no person who was not a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe by birth will be deemed to be a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe merely because he or she had married a person belonging to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe.
Similarly a person who is a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe would continue to be a member of that Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe as the case may be, even after his or her marriage with a person who does not belong to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe.
Different Caste :
The most recent National Family Health Survey uses five broad caste categories.36 These include three lower castes made up of groups that were historically disadvantaged and are eligible for tiered affirmative action programs known as “reservations.”Reference From : https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2022/08/23/what-role-does-caste-play/7
- Scheduled Caste, also known as Dalit (or by the pejorative term “untouchable”), is made up of groups that were traditionally ostracized and were relegated to “polluting” occupations like fishing, scavenging and sewer cleaning.
- Scheduled Tribe is made up of Indigenous peoples. Most of the Scheduled Tribe population lives in rural areas.
- Other Backward Class (OBC) is made up of Indians who inherited other social class identities that have been socially and educationally disadvantaged.
- General Category consists of people who do not fall into any socially or economically disadvantaged caste category. Brahmin – historically the priests and other religious leaders who also served as educators – is the General Category’s highest caste.37
- No caste/tribe is made up of a minority of Indians who do not identify with any caste or tribe.
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