Caste & the Corporate Sector (Invited Article‪)‬

The Context Liberalization of the Indian economy initiated during the early 1990s proved to be an important turning point for the country in many different ways. Under the new regime, the state began to withdraw from its direct involvement with the economy. Private enterprise was allowed and encouraged to expand into areas of economic activities that were hitherto not open to it. Though some scholars have pointed out that the growth of private capital in India began to accelerate during the early 1970s (1), it is during the post-1991 period that the private capital experienced expansion at unprecedented rates.