Labour Market and Disabled Persons Among Dalits in India: Insights from the NSSO Data

This article presents the status of disabled individuals belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in India. The study highlights the challenges individuals face in entering the labour market. It draws insights from the National Sample Survey. The study uses the logit regression model to examine the impact of disability on labour force participation among SCs and STs. We found that disabled SCs with primary, secondary and graduate education have a lower workforce participation rate than uneducated SC counterparts in the age group of 15–59 years. However, disabled STs with primary, secondary and graduate education have a slightly higher workforce participation rate compared to uneducated STs in the same age group. We observed similar trends across all age groups for both SCs and STs. Furthermore, we found that gender, sector and technical education significantly impacted the workforce participation rate among these groups during the same period.