Egalitarian and plural society has not done much to address the social discrimination and marginalization.

Issues of Livelihoods and Development Specific reasons for the impact on their livelihoods are: (a) overall degradation of natural resources in terms of both quality and quantity (b) emergence of competitive use patterns between various users and sectors (c) increasing privatisation and commercialisation of resources and (d) restrictions on access to and control over natural resources. Earn livelihoods in the urban and semiurban economy. informal sector which is nonremunerative, insecure and prone to market fluctuations. Wage-labour and pettytrade seem to be the only viable options. Petty-trade requires subsidised credit but proving ones creditworthiness is a big challenge. The survey of DNTs mentioned earlier noted that 90 per cent of DNT women and children were malnourished and lived in unhygienic conditions.
The policy of liberalization, privatization and globalization has increased the gulf between haves and have-nots and few have Billionaires in a very short time in this country without toiling and soiling their land. Caste capitalism with the factor of production' (land, labour, capital, entrepreneurship, technology and human capital) and the 'control of markets' being owned mostly the Brahmin, Baniya and Big Zamindar. Whereas, the Dalits, Adivasis, Denotified and Nomadic Tribes, Backward, Muslims, are made either the producers or consumers but not the owners.