Question : SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS OF NON-MUSLIM MINORITIES



(a) whether the Government proposes to set up a separate Commission like the Sachar Commission to assess the socio-economic status of non-Muslim minorities in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) if not, the reasons therefor?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (VINCENT H. PALA)

(a): No, Madam.

(b): Does not arise.

(c): National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities (NCRLM), was set up by the Government to suggest criteria for identification of socially and economically backward sections amongst religious and linguistic minorities and to recommend measures for their welfare. Its report has already been laid in the Parliament.