MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI K. RAHMAN KHAN)
(a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No.346 to
be answered on 21/3/2013 asked by Shri E.T. Mohammed Basheer regarding Discrimination against
Minorities
(a) and (b) The National Commission for Minorities has been established to perform the functions
which, inter-alia, include looking into specific complaints regarding deprivation of rights and
safeguard of the minorities and take up such matters with the appropriate authorities.
Accordingly, the complaints received relating to Service Matters, Education Matters,
Economic Matters, Waqf Matters etc. have been disposed of or taken up with the appropriate
authorities for redressal. The details of complaints received during the last three years
and the current year are as under:
Year No. of complaints No. of cases disposed of/taken No. of cases received up with appropriate authorities under examination/ process
2009-10 2268 2268 NIl
2010-11 2378 2378 NIl
2011-12 2439 2439 NIl
2012-13 1989 1395 594
(up to 19th
March, 2013
(c) to (e) As per the recommendation of the Sachar Committee, Government has proposed
to constitute an Equal Opportunity Commission (EOC) to look into the grievances of the
deprived groups of minorities. The draft EOC Bill prepared on the basis of report of
an Expert Group, has been examined in consultation with the concerned Ministries/Departments.
The Cabinet while considering the draft Bill on EOC, constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM)
to examine all issues relating to setting up of an EOC including those relating to its
jurisdiction. The GoM recommended to set up the EOC for Minority Communities. Accordingly,
a draft EOC Bill, 2013 has been prepared for minorities which is under consideration of the
Government.
