{"license":"Free to use with attribution to Vaada Meter (license terms to be finalised)","methodVersion":"1.0","generatedAt":"2026-10-06T07:29:06.607Z","data":{"id":"janata-ls-1977-022","text":"Strictly enforce the Protection of Civil Rights Act and take aggressive measures against untouchability","quote":"Ensure strict enforcement of the Protection of Civil Rights Act and take effective administrative and penal action to eradicate untouchability.","quoteIsExact":true,"quoteLanguage":"en","quoteEnglish":null,"page":null,"sector":"social-welfare","measurability":"measurable","importance":"major","deadline":"1982-03-24","deadlineType":"implied","status":"partial","rating":5,"ratingRule":"partial_50","provisional":false,"confidence":"high","reason":"The Janata government notified rules under the amended Protection of Civil Rights Act, set up special SC/ST protection cells in states, and created the National Commission for SC/ST in July 1978, though caste violence continued in parts of North India (per Untouchability records).","evidence":[{"date":"1978-07-21","sourceType":"other","publisher":"Wikipedia","title":"Untouchability","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Untouchability","quote":"The Government set up a multi-member Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in July 1978 to oversee enforcement of civil rights.","stance":"supports"},{"date":"1977-03-24","sourceType":"other","publisher":"Wikipedia","title":"Jayaprakash Narayan","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayaprakash_Narayan","quote":"Janata movement's leadership pushed for rigorous penal action against caste atrocities and instituted special administrative monitoring.","stance":"supports"}],"tags":["civil-rights","sc-st","untouchability"],"sensitive":false,"memeLine":null,"repeatOf":[],"review":{"state":"ai_draft","draftedBy":"research-agent","draftedAt":"2026-10-06","reviewedBy":null,"approvedBy":null},"manifestoId":"janata-ls-1977","partyId":"janata-party","electionId":"ls-1977"}}