Humanity above differences — dignity and equality for all.
Samrasta works to end untouchability and discrimination, and to build genuine social harmony. We stand for the simple truth that every human being is equal in dignity.
Equality is not only a law to be passed, but a value to be lived — at the well, the workplace, the table and the temple.
— Rig Veda
Equality: legislated, not yet lived
Sources: NCRB Crime in India 2023 and the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955.
Four ways this mission builds harmony
Dignity in daily life — beyond law, into lived reality.
1 · Ending Untouchability
Awareness and action against caste discrimination in daily life — water, food, worship and public spaces.
2 · Dignity of Labour
Honouring all work and the workers who do it, especially those long treated as invisible.
3 · Harmony Building
Dialogue, shared spaces and community events that build friendship across difference.
4 · Anti-Discrimination Awareness
Educating on rights and remedies under the law, and encouraging safe reporting.
How we turn a story into change
Listen
To those who face exclusion.
Understand
How discrimination persists.
Research
Atrocity data & inclusion.
Act
Dialogue, dignity & rights.
Change
Communities without walls.
Build harmony programs in 150 communities.
We share our reach and lessons openly.
See the Impact DashboardSamrasta — 2026 target
36%Communities reached with harmony programs
Rights & reporting awareness
24%Progress toward 4,000 people reached
The research behind this mission
We ground our work in credible, published evidence. Explore key national studies and reports on this issue.
Caste Discrimination in India: A Study of NCRB Data
Centre for Law & Policy Research (CLPR)
Analysis of crimes and discrimination against Scheduled Castes using official data.
Read the reportAre There Caste Atrocities in India? What the Data Tells Us
Academic study · ResearchGate
A careful reading of what atrocity data can and cannot reveal about caste violence.
Read the reportReports open in a new tab. We cite these sources for public awareness and do not claim authorship.
Current government schemes for this cause
National programmes working on this issue. We align our grassroots work with these initiatives — and help people access them.
PM-AJAY
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Socio-economic upliftment of Scheduled Castes — Adarsh Gram, livelihoods, hostels.
Official websiteOfficial government portals — open in a new tab. Vedanvesha Sansthan is an independent organisation and is not affiliated with these schemes.
एकं सद्विप्रा बहुधा वदन्ति।
Ekaṁ sad viprā bahudhā vadanti
“Truth is one; the wise call it by many names.”
— Rig Veda