The book gives insights into different marginalized groups with special reference to women, Dalits, communities, caste groups, gender, economic status, poverty, etc. The book assesses the need for contextualizing social exclusion and establishes a relationship between deprivation and discrimination. It studies the complex mixture of Indian society, marked with exclusionary practices and structures to present grassroots level information through empirical investigations and studies by scholars putting together their assorted research studies, perceptions and ideas, their expertise to focus on a central theme of Social Exclusion and Marginal Communities Challenges of Deprivation and Discrimination in Northern India. The prime rationale of book is to bring together the ideas of the stakeholders on issues and challenges of deprivation and discrimination among Marginal Communities facing exclusions and the outcome of various inclusive policies introduced for the inclusion of these marginalized communities in mainstream