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A majority of youth in developing countries are in the low- income families where development constraints pose additional challenges to youth due to their limited access to resources, education and training, health care, employment and broader socio-economic development opportunities. The parents have few resources to invest in them and, as a consequence, their homes have the fewest cognitively stimulating materials, and their parents invest less in their education. The stress of living in poverty and struggling to meet daily needs can also impair parenting. The present study explores the elements of the intergenerational mobility among the lower-income families of scheduled caste communities predominant in Puducherry. A quantitative and qualitative approach is used to analyse the intergenerational mobility process. The educational status, occupational experience, family background, socioeconomic status, income variation, school, and college experience, and impact on caste and the government policy, political activities and geographical locations related to research are critically examined and consolidated in the study. They are still performing the traditional occupation and the occupation has even transformed to the next generation too. The government took many initiatives to uplift the socially disadvantaged people through implementing various schemes free educations, scholarships, free hostel, reservation policies to provide for the Dalit youth. Through these schemes, many youths have benefited from this category.