Question

Identify 3 major kinds of discrimination and briefly explain how each affects the government allocation of resources to the country. Please explain extensively. Thank you

Answer 1

Three types of discrimination & Government role are-

1. Gender: One of the discrimination that happens is on the basis of gender. Even now in some countries, this is pursued extensively. In several underdeveloped countries, women are not allowed to study, to do jobs or to even leave the four walls of their home. This has been taken care of from a recent times but it still exists and affects government’s decision abruptly. If people discriminate on the basis of gender and if government intends to stop that, it has to allocate more funds in that direction. It costs the government but it has become necessary. For example, government is affected because they have to introduce more schemes like reservation of women in jobs etc.

2. Race and religion: people are biased on the basis of the community they belong to. Color, religion, beliefs are some of the factors that people are discriminated upon while giving employment or scholarships etc. People are sometimes not as well off as others and thus are called with different names. This kind of a activity is generally not acceptable and governments tries to avoid this by holding equality programmes. This affects the allocation of funds but this is what has to be done in order to ensure the country growth.

3. Disablilty: sometimes people are discriminated on their disabilities. They are not given equal opportunities because they are physically or mentally challenged. Government tries to avoid that by making reservations for them.