BENEFITS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH SHOULD REACH THE POOR : SHRI YADAV
Shri Sharad Yadav,
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution underlined
the need for passing the benefits of economic growth to the betterment
and development of society. Inaugurating the first state conference
on social justice organised by the Advocates Forum for Social
Justice -Tamil Nadu, at Chennai today the Minister said that "many
of the problems with which India started her journey of planning
and development continue to grow unabatedly".
The Minister expressed
concern over the sufferings of the weaker sections viz. the category
of other backward classes and said that there was an imperative
need for correcting the imbalance and ensuring social justice
to all. The quantum of reservation for the scheduled castes and
scheduled tribes must be so revised as to conform to the increase
in their population. The reservations in favour of the other backward
classes should be extended to the judiciary also. Many states
have already provided for reservation in selective positions in
Panchayati Raj bodies for the category of other backward classes,
the minister pointed out.
Shri Yadav commended
the pioneering role of Tamil Nadu in instituting reservation in
government jobs to the weaker sections and disadvantaged sections
of society. In fact, reservation policy would have to cover the
private sector as well, and in all decisions relating to private
sector, a provision to continue reservation of jobs to the disadvantaged
must be inserted, he added.
