GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ADVISES THE CENTRAL PARA-MILITARY FORCES TO ENSURE SUFFICIENT REPRESENTATION TO MINORITIES

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RAJYA SABHA

The Central Government has advised the Central Para-Military Forces to ensure sufficient representation to minorities through making the minority community candidates aware of the employment opportunities/recruitment programmes and the incentives/prospects available in these Forces. The Recruitment Boards have also been advised to send special information to the minority community run institutions/organisations with a request to encourage candidates from these communities to apply for the recruitment in the Central Pra-Military Forces. . Stating this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today, the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Nagmani said that the Government, however, does not consider it advisable to provide any special relaxation for candidates of minority communities for appointment to Central para-military forces. He said that all possible steps are taken to ensure that the candidates belonging to these communities are sufficiently motivated to come forward for appointment to these Organisations.

Shri Nagmani said that the National Commission for Minorities in its Second as well as third Annual report had recommended relaxation of educational and other qualifications in case of minority communities’ candidates for recruitment to Central and State Police Organisations on the lines of the relaxation granted to the SC/ST candidates. He said that the National Commission for Minorities have submitted 8 Annual reports upto 31.3.2001. The 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd Annual Reports upto the period 31.3.1996 along with the Action Taken Memorandum on the recommendations contained therein, have already been placed in both the Houses of Parliament.

Shri Nagmani also informed the House that the States that have set up State Minority Commissions are Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Delhi, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal and West Bengal.