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Indian Federal Government's advice to States: Deploy Muslims in Muslim areas
2008-01-06
New Delhi: The Congress-led UPA government on Wednesday played the biggest Muslim card so far. In a clear indication that it needs a large share of the Muslim vote in case of a mid-term poll, the Government is now asking states to deploy more Muslim policemen, teachers and health workers in Muslim dominated areas. This is particularly in context where there is great deal of public hearing.

So, an election-bound coalition is perhaps preparing for the inevitable by putting Sachar Panel recommendations on a fast track.

The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has written a letter to all state governments and union territories that there should be more Muslim policemen, teachers and health workers.

“This is not unprecedented. Even during Indira Gandhi's time such letters were written to chief ministers however it’s another thing that they were not followed,” Member Secretary of the Sachar Commission, Abu Saleh Sharif said.

ThatÂ’s not all, DoPT has also directed Union Home, Health and Human Resource Development ministries to frame guidelines for these postings in minority dominated areas.

Although Home, Health and Education appointments are a prerogative of state governments and the advisory is not binding but political overtones are quite evident. “They are trying to nutralise the effect of the nuclear deal row with the Left,” BJP Spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said.

The Government has so far accepted 72 out of the 76 recommendations by the Sachar Panel.

The Government has however, rejected recommendation to have a caste based census and the other contentious issue of Muslim reservations has been put on a backburner. But itÂ’s also a clear enough indication that a strategy is being worked upon to counter Left allegations on the Congress of being pro-imperialist after a bitter stand-off over the Indo-US nuclear deal. The Opposition BJP for sure would see in this step another opportunity to lash out at the Government.
Posted by:john frum

#8   the Government is now asking states to deploy more Muslim policemen, teachers and health workers in Muslim dominated areas

No doubt they will use these to deploy them in.
Posted by: tipper   2008-01-06 21:02  

#7  I used to think that attitudes of the majority of my countrymen to Arabs (and Europeans) make them the stupidest people on Earth.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2008-01-06 13:05  

#6  "incentives to banks to open branches in Muslim dominated areas"

So the government should be paying all the loan interest, since Islam forbids the concept?

Actually, some variation on the financial recommendations is probably a good idea - too often the status quo leads to dependence on financing administered through the Islamic religious heirarchy with funds originating in the KSA and other Islamic oil states. It is worth making some effort and investment to weaken these dependencies.
Posted by: Glenmore   2008-01-06 10:24  

#5  "traditional Muslim education doesn't produce employable people"

Yes it does. But we only need a few imams (so far), and we don't need ANY militant jihadis.
Posted by: Glenmore   2008-01-06 10:18  

#4  The IAS (Indian Administrative Service) has similar tests.
The IITs (Indian Institute of Technology) are harder to get into than MIT or Harvard.

In 1947, India had a Muslim middle class of civil servants, doctors, lawyers etc. It was quite large.

Practically all of them left for Pakistan, to build their "land of the pure". Those left were mainly traditional peasant farmers and laborers.

India didn't go through the mass industrialization that would have produced a blue collar class with children and grandchildren in white collar occupations.

And traditional Muslim education doesn't produce employable people. Hence the calls for affirmative action.
Posted by: john frum   2008-01-06 09:43  

#3  The answer is skills and content based testing.

The US civil service tests, while not perfect, eliminated political job patronage at all but the senior, overtly political appointee levels.

Of course, that requires some group consensus re: required skills and knowledge. But there is precedent for that in e.g. college entrance exams, if there is a political will to go that route.
Posted by: lotp   2008-01-06 08:56  

#2  Indian Government's Sachar Committee recommendations

1. It recommends the recognition of the degrees from madrassas for eligibility in competitive examinations such as the civil services, banks, defense services and other such examinations!

2. It recommends that Governments use public funds to encourage the formation of Muslim NGOs and their activities

3. It recommends that government provide financial and other support to occupations and areas which are Muslim dominated.

4. It recommends that Muslims be in selection committees, interview panels and boards for public services

5. It recommends that a higher proportion of Muslims be inducted in offices that deal with the public – the teaching community, health workers, police personnel, bank employees etc

6. It recommends provision of “equivalece” to madrassa certificate/degrees for subsequent admission into institutions of higher education.

7. It recommends that government give special incentives to banks to open branches in Muslim dominated areas

8. It recommends that instead of reporting “amount outstanding” banks should report as “sanctions” or “disbursements” to minorities.

9. It recommends that financial institutions should set up separate funds for Muslim entrepreneurs

10 It requires banks to set up special micro credit schemes for Muslims

11 It recommends that all districts more than a quarter of whose population is Muslim be brought into the prime ministerÂ’s 15 point program

12 It recommends that for each program of government, data be maintained separately about the extent to which Muslims are benefiting from it

13 It recommends that each department institute new schemes for the benefit of Muslims

14 It recommends special measures for the promotion of Urdu

15 It recommends that University grants be linked to the diversity of the student population

16 It recommends that eligibility criteria for IIT be scaled down and admission should be extended to madrassa educated children

17 It recommends that incentives to builders, private sector employees, educational institutions be linked to diversity

18 It recommends that where Muslims are elected or selected in numbers less that adequate, a carefully conceived “nomination” procedure be worked out to increase the participation of minorities at grass root level.

The Sachar committee goes on to add that “It is imperative that if the minorities have certain perceptions of being aggrieved – all efforts must be made by the state to find a mechanism by which these complaints could be attended to expeditiously. The mechanism should operate in a manner which gives full satisfaction to the minorities”
Posted by: john frum   2008-01-06 08:27  

#1  Is there a single country on earth that is not kowtowing to these cultists? Even the Chinese want to appease the muslims.
Posted by: Excalibur   2008-01-06 07:21  

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