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Schemes changing situation of minorities: PM
Thursday December 29, 2011 06:58:39 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday said the central government has
launched several schemes based on recommendations of the Sachar
Committee and these were bringing a change in the situation of the
minorities.
Speaking at the International Dalit and Minorities Conference
here, the prime minister said that it was often said that the
government had not implemented the recommendations of the
committee, but that was not true.
"The government has launched several schemes based on the
recommendations of the Sachar Committee and these were bringing
change in the situation of the minorities. But I agree that we
need to fasten the process," he said.
The seven-member committee, headed by former chief justice of the
Delhi High Court Rajinder Sachar, gave its report to the central
government in 2006 on the social, economic and educational status
of Muslims.
Listing out the schemes launched by the government for minorities
and Dalits, the prime minister said that the government was
committed to take steps for development of the minorities.
"We have brought the forest rights act which provides ownership of
forest land to indigenous people. There has been an increase in
the recruitment of minorities in government jobs, security forces
and banking services," he said.
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