New Delhi, December 08: The government is considering a proposal to give reservation to Muslims in government jobs and education, and recommendations made by the Minority Commission in this regard are under inter-ministerial consultations, the Rajya Sabha was on Wednesday informed.
In a written reply, Minister of State for Minority Affairs Vincent Pala said the National Commission for Religious and Linguistics Minorities has given two alternative recommendations for providing reservation to Muslims.
“It has recommended 15 per cent reservation for minorities of which 10 per cent will be for Muslims. As an alternative, the Commission has recommended that out of the 27 per cent OBC quota, 8.4 per cent sub quota be marked for minorities of which six percent could be for Muslims,” Pala said.
Noting that no time limit has been fixed to take a final decision on the proposal, he said, “The recommendation is currently in the domain of inter-ministerial consultation.”
Replying to a question on status of Multi-Sectoral Development Program in 90 minority concentration districts of 20 states, he said Rs 3780 crore has been sanctioned for it in the 11th Five Year Plan.
“Under this program, district plans worth Rs 3340.19 crore have been approved. An amount of Rs 2359.39 crore of central assistance has been released to the states based on detailed project report submitted to the ministry,” he said.
He denied that there is any proposal to increase the number of minority concentration district under the programme in the 11th Five Year Plan.
–PTI