The following are the five reasons for the declining caste system in India.
Growth of literacy and education: After industrialisation the literacy rate has increased.
Occupational mobility: Due to occupational mobility, the new generation takes up occupations other than those practised by their ancestors.
Large-scale urbanisation: Shift of people from rural areas to urban areas in search of jobs and better living conditions.
Efforts made by leaders and reformers: The political leaders and social reformers worked to establish a society in which caste inequalities are absent.
Economic development: Adoption of never technologies from agriculture-based to industrybased economy and general improvement in living standards.