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<div>{{short description|Indian businesses owned by low caste Dalits}}<br />
Businesses owned by [[Dalit]] people in India exist but opportunities for development of such enterprises have been hampered by historic attitudes towards the community. Ongoing emancipation and political assertion permitted some of the Dalits to succeed in Indian society.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/i-am-fighting-caste-through-capital-creamy-layer-can-wait-how-dalits-are-going-about-their-business-1941867.html|title='I am Fighting Caste Through Capital. Creamy Layer Can Wait': How Dalits are Going About Their Business|website=News18|access-date=2020-02-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/wealthy-dalit-businessmen-share-their-journey-567294|title=Wealthy Dalit businessmen share their journey|website=NDTV.com|access-date=2020-02-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.forbesindia.com/article/tipoff/defying-the-odds-the-rise-of-dalit-entrepreneurs/38873/1|title=Defying The Odds: The Rise Of Dalit Entrepreneurs|website=Forbes India|language=en|access-date=2020-02-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/govt-schemes-dalits-to-work-as-business-correspondents/story-U8rrzUDNnBJ8GafXHYOtrO.html|title=Govt schemes: Dalits to work as 'business correspondents'|date=2020-01-03|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2020-02-05}}</ref><br />
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According to a national economic survey in 2005, Dalits constituted 16.4% of the population and operated 9.8% of business enterprises, most of which were small.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/economy/why-are-there-so-few-dalit-entrepreneurs-the-problem-of-indias-casted-capitalism|title=Why Are There So Few Dalit Entrepreneurs? The Problem of India's Casted Capitalism|website=The Wire|access-date=2020-02-05}}</ref> Only few thousand are significant businesspersons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/a-new-business-class-dalits-who-turned-first-generation-entrepreneurs/|title=A new business class: Dalits who turned first-generation entrepreneurs|date=2015-10-11|website=The Indian Express|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-05}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry]]<br />
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