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Government has decided to implement the recommendations of the Sachar Committee covering affirmative action, special area development, education, credit, skill development, social inclusion etc.
Q. 16. What are the initiatives taken by the Government on the recommendation of the Sachar Committee in respect of affirmative action?
To set up an Equal Opportunity Commission for looking into the grievances of deprived groups; to develop an appropriate diversity index in education, work places and living spaces, to set up a National Data Bank and an autonomous. Assessment & Monitoring Authority to assess the socio-economic development of socio-religious communities.
Q. 17. What are the initiatives taken by the Government on the recommendation of the Sachar Committee in respect of special area development
: To implement a multi-sectoral development programme to provide basic amenities, and improve opportunities for employment, in selected minority concentration districts and plan out a strategy for improving civic amenities and economic opportunities in minority concentration towns.
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Q. 18. What are the initiatives taken by the Government on the recommendation of the Sachar Committee in respect of improvement of education for minorities?
(i) To implement the following scholarship and coaching schemes:
A merit-cum-means scholarship scheme for pursuing technical & professional courses in under-graduate and post-graduate levels operationalised.
A pre-matric scholarship scheme from class I to X.
A post-matric scholarship scheme from class XI upto Ph.D.
A free coaching & allied scheme
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They have all been approved and implementation has started.
(ii) Priority;s given for opening of residential Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) schools in areas with a substantial Muslim. population.
(iii) To take up a special literacy drive in districts with a substantial Muslim population to improve the overall literacy rate and, especially, the literacy rate of Muslim women.
(iv) To establish BITES to impart pre-service and in service training to primary, upper primary and secondary level teachers in 77 blocks with a high concentration of Muslim population.
Q. 19. What are the initiatives taken by the Government on the recommendation
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