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Volume : V, Issue : III, April - 2015 SCHEDULED CASTE FARMERS: A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY Shekhara Apparaya, None DOI : 10.9780/22307850, By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : Scheduled castes are backward castes in Hyderabad-Karnataka region. As such, farmers belonged to scheduled castes are poor and facing many of the social problems in society. To explore the problems of scheduled caste farmers, the present interview based survey was made in Aland taluka of Kalaburagi district. Totally 400 scheduled caste farmers were surveyed to collect the primary data. It is highlighted from the study that the scheduled caste farmers are facing many problems due to their castes and poverty. Though welfare schemes are formulated for their development, the farmers were not gained benefits from these schemes and lack of awareness is the major reasons for not gaining such benefits. Hence, it is essential to increase awareness about farmers’ and scheduled caste welfare schemes among the scheduled caste farmers. Keywords : |