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NCERT Class 8 revised textbook, 'Economic background' now listed among grounds for discrimination

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NCERT Class 8 revised textbook, 'Economic background' now listed among grounds for discrimination
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The NCERT has revised its Class 8 Social Science textbook to include 'economic background' as a formal ground for discrimination. This update follows public debate regarding the definition of protected categories in educational materials.

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"Economic background" is now listed among grounds for discrimination alongside caste, religion, race, gender, disability and other traditional identity markers, in the new NCERT Class 8 Social Science textbook.

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