Yeah basically, its a bit more grim than in the states. Once you hit 15 youre told "everything we told you upto now is a fucking lie, now you either get into assembly line A or assembly line B so we can make you a productive member of society" no ifs ands or buts, no pursuing interests, nothing. Once you get into the job market its all nepotism, its all recommendations, its all get somebody to say something nice about you, get somebody's approval/signature, theres no agency and certainly no room for productive learning. Just swallow this, vomit it out, repeat. When the job is actually done its just shifting responsibility till the people on the lowest rungs do something.
Yes and I believe thats a good thing. If you dont work you do not eat. Thats how it should be. Crime is not prosecuted cause law enforcement works for the government, they wont do something useful unless you can outbid the government and give them more money, through bribes obviously. You cant expect honor or law in a low trust society with 1.2 billion people.
The caste system is just a variation of the capitalist rich and poor system except its tied to familial lineage. Basically the same as serfdom peasantry and royalty.