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Questionnaire for Focused Group Discussion and Personal Interview

PVCHR

I General Profile
1. Name of the Village 2. No of participants 3. Male 4. Female : : : 35 and above:

5. Age Group of the members 18-35:

II Socio-Economic Profile of the participants


1. Caste/sub caste 2. Occupation 3. Income 4. Land holdings Yes/No 5. If Yes, How much land do you have? 6. Education: Illiterate/Primary/Secondary/SSC/HSC/Graduate/Any other (specify)

III Access to Social Services


1. Do you have access to potable water in your village? Yes/ No 2. If yes, how far is it? 3. Do you have access to primary health care centre? Yes/No 4. If yes, How far is the PHC is? 5. Do your children have access to school? Yes/ No

6. If yes, How far is the school from your house? 7. Do you have access to community hall? (Samaj mandir) 8. Do you have access to electricity? 9. Do you know the various government schemes? Yes/ no 10. If yes, are you aware of NREGA? Yes/No 11. If yes, have you worked under NREGA? 12. Do you know about housing related schemes (INDIRA AWAS YOJANA) Yes/No 13. How many beneficiaries are there in your village under such schemes? 14. How many of them belong to the Dalit community? 15. Do you have ration cards? Yes/No 16. What type of cards do you possess? 17. Do you get the provisions as per your card in right measurement? Yes/No 18. If No, what are the reasons? 19. Are you aware of the functions or the role of the foreman (chowkidar)?

IV Perspectives on TOV
A. Caste Based
1. How do the upper caste treat (talk, behave, celebrations) you? 2. Do you have access to community holdings? a. Temple: Yes/No b. Water: Yes/No c. Community meeting place: Yes/No 3. If not given access to the temple, do you think it is just? Yes/No 4. If No, what do you do? 5. Was there any case in the village where Dalits entered into a temple of upper caste? Yes/No

6. If yes, what were the consequences? 7. Was there any case in the village where Dalits used water from upper caste well or public well ? Yes/No 8. If yes, what were the consequences? 9. Are there cases of bonded labour in your village? 10. Do you know what the minimum wages for a days work is? 11. Have you ever been denied of your minimum wages? Yes/No 12. If Yes, Did you complain against it? Yes/No 13. If yes, what was the reaction of the employer? 14. Were you tortured for asking for the just wages? Yes/No 15. If yes, have you approached police? 16. Is it right for the upper caste to torture the lower caste? 17. What is your perception about caste norms regarding inter-caste marriages? 18. If there were any cases of inter-caste marriages how did upper caste and police react? 19. If there were such cases and consequent reactions by the upper caste and the police, do you think that their reactions were correct?

B. Police and Torture


1. What is your perception about police? 2. Do you go to the police station when you are tortured by others? 3. How are you treated at the police station? 4. Are your complaints and FIRs registered? 5. Are there any false cases lodged by the upper caste against you? 6. How do the police react to the upper caste and to you? 7. Have you been arrested by the police? Yes/No 8. If yes, were you aware of the following rights of the accused? a. Right to know the reason for arrest

b. Right to inform parents, relatives, friends or any persons of your choice about the arrest? c. Right to physical examination by third party d. Right to be produced before the magistrate within 24 hours e. Right to medical examination within 48 hours f. Right to know the identity of the policemen who interrogate the accused g. Right to have a woman constable when a woman is arrested 9. Do you think it is right that police can beat you?

C. Torture against Women


1. Is it okay to beat women? 2. Is it right for the husband to beat women? 3. Do you think men and women are equal? 4. What sort of atrocities is committed against women in your village? 5. Do the upper caste exploit women especially the Dalit women?

D. Religion and Torture


1. Have you faced any torture due to your religious status? 2. Were there any communal violence in your village? 3. Was there any violence due to the change of religion?

Prepared by Students of College of Social Work, Nirmala Niketan, Mumbai. Block Placement May 2010

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