RELIGIONS
HINDUISM
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limiting social and economic progress
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promoting political instability
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reducing the power of landowners
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contributing to greater social mobility
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Detailed explanation-1: -Castes that were already in control of trading and industrial spaces resisted the entry of others. Even those who had economic surplus in farm sectors could not invest in nonfarm modern sectors.
Detailed explanation-2: -There are three ways in which caste impedes the economic transformation in India: Ownership and land inequality related to productivity failure within the farm sector. Elite bias in higher education and historical neglect of mass education.
Detailed explanation-3: -The caste system has traditionally had significant influence over people’s access to power. The privileged upper caste groups benefit more by gaining substantially more economic and political power, while the lower caste groups have limited access to those powers.