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(As per the 2001 Census, these five religious Minority communities
constitute 18.42% of the Countrys population.)
Muslim
13.4373%
Christian,
2.34, 13%
Sikh, 1.87,
10%
Buddhist,
0.77, 4%Parsi,
0.01, 0%
Population
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Number of complaints received in
NCM from 2000-01 to 2009-10.
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State-wise complaints received during 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 and
2009-10
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Continued
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State-wise complaints received during 2006-07,
2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10.
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Continued
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State-wise complaints received during
2008-09 and 2009-10.
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Type of complaints and their numbers received during 2008-09
and 2009-10
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Total complaints during 2008-09 - 2250
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Community wise complaints and their numbers received during
2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10
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Total complaints during 2008-09 - 2250
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Percentage share Community wise of complaints received during
2009-10
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Workload on Members of the Commission
during 2009-10
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Budget of NCM from 2002-03 to 2010-11
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(Rs. in lakhs)
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Presidents Sanction to NCM as a Ministry (Ministry of Welfare
Order No. 30011 / 1/ /94- WS dated 05.02.1996.)
Sanction of the President is accorded to confer on the Chairperson of
National Commission for Minorities, powers of the Ministry / Department ofthe Central Government relating to the Delegation of Financial Powers Rules
1978, The General Financial Rules 1963, Fundamental and Supplementary
Rules, the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules 1972, The Central Civil Services
(Joining Time) Rules 1979, the General Provident Fund (Central Services)
Rules 1960, The Contributory Provident Fund Rules, and similarly other Rules except in the following matters:
(i) Creation of posts;
(ii) Re-appropriation of funds from one head to another;
(iii) Purchase of vehicles;
(iv) Permitting any officer of the Commissions to participate in seminars,
conferences or training programmes abroad.
The powers are to be exercised in consultation with the Integrated Finance
Division.
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Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Orders
regarding Inclusion of Minority community Members in the
Selection Boards / Selection Committees.
(No.39016 / 9 (8) / 89 Estt. (B) dated the 16th August 1990, No.39016 / 7 (S) / 2006
Estt (B) dated the 08th January 2007 and No. 39016 / 7 (S) / 2006 Estt (B) dated the 04th
June 2010.)
1. It is mandatory to have one Member belonging to Minority
community in Selection Boards / Selection Committees for makingrecruitment to 10 or more vacancies.
2. Where the number of vacancies against which selection is to be made
is less than 10, efforts should be made to have a Minority community
officer included in such Selection Committees / Selection Boards.
3. The above instructions are applicable to Selection Committees /
Selection Boards for making recruitment to Group A and B posts also.
4. All concerned authorities may comply with the above guidelines while
making recruitment to any category of posts.
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Chairperson
(Mohamed Shafi Qureshi)
Vice Chairperson
(Dr. H. T.Sangliana)
Member
(H. S.
Hanspal)
Member
(Syeda
BilgramiImam)
Member
(Spalzes Angmo)
Member
(Vinod
Sharma)
Member
(Vacantsince
8.4.10)
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Secretary(M. K. Khanna)
(IAS:RJ:1974)
Joint Secretary
(Vacant since 30.06.10)
Deputy Secretary
& CPIO, NCM
(T. A. Srinivasan)
Under Secretary (Admn,
Budget, Accounts, Cash etc.)
(A. K. Nigam)
AdministrativeOfficer
(Vacant since
02.08.10)
Section Officer
(A. R. Paul)
Under Secretary(Grievances)
(P.M.S.Narayanan)
Legal Consultant
& ACPIO(M A Khan)
Senior Research
Officer(Q.J. Ahmed)
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Sanctioned strength and filled up posts in NCM
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Sanctioned strength and filled up posts in NCM
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Vacant Posts in NCM
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Total Number of Vacant Posts in NCM is Twenty two
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28 2829 30
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5 5 5.31 5.526.44
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15
20
25
30
35
40
10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th
Numberpercentage
Representations of Muslim M. Ps. in Lok Sabha
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Some Important issues to be followed up:
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Some Important issues to be followed up:-1. Nominations of Member, NCM lying vacant with effect from 08.04.2010.
2. Nomination to post of Joint Secretary in NCM by DOPT lying vacant since
30.06.2010.
3. Filing up of various Group A, Group B, Group C and Group D Postslying vacant since a very long time.
4. Notification of Recruitment Rules of Group A and Group B posts pending
with Ministry of Minorities Affairs since more than one year.
5. Revival of all lapsed posts in NCM lying with MOMA since more than 1 year.
6. Approval of creation of certain posts lying with MOMA at the earliest.
7. Filling up of post of Administrative Officer lying vacant with effect from
02.08.2010.
8. Conversion of Service Records of all employees of NCM into electronic form.
9. Increase of allocation of funds to Rs.75 lakhs under Research Studies sub-
head and opening of new sub-head under IEC with Rs.25 lakhs.
10.On-line registration of complaints and their monitoring and alsoimplementation of computerized file and receipts movement system in NCM.
11.Adoption of Model of European Union and USA on the Minorities issues in
general and on grievances rederassal system in particular by NCM.
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2. 103rd Constitutional Amendment Bill 2004 for conferring
Constitutional Status to National Commission for
Minorities (NCM).
3. Introduced in Lok Sabha on 23.12.2004 for insertion of a new Article(Article 340A).
i. Referred to Standing Committee on Social Justice & Empowerment
same day.
ii. The Standing Committee invited suggestions from public & NCM
made a presentation before the Committee on 14.09.2005.
iii. On 13.07.2007, some more suggestions were sent to Ministry of
Minority Affairs for incorporation in the Bill.iv. The matter was also taken up with Honble P.M. on 01.07.2008.
v. In September 2009, the Commission re-iterated that Constitutional
status to National Commission for Minorities is absolutely essential.
vi. The matter is still pending with the Government.9/8/10 34
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3. Communal Violence (Prevention, Control and
Rehabilitation of Victims) Bill, 2005.
i. Introduced in Rajya Sabha on 05.12.2005.
ii. Referred to Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs.
iii. Some suggestions from NCM were sent on 11.05.2006.
iv. The Parliamentary Standing Committee submitted its report on
13.12.2006.
v. A notice was given in March 2007 for consideration of Bill in Rajya
Sabha.
vi. The Bill could not be taken up in Rajya Sabha.
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4. Scheduled Caste status to Dalit Christians and Dalit
Muslims to enable them to take benefits / advantages of
Government policies / programmes meant for Scheduled
Castes.i. Professor Satish Deshpande submitted a report after a Research Studyon the subject viz. Dalits in the Muslim and Christian Communities,
on 21.02.2008.
ii. The Study Report was sent to Ministry of Minority Affairs on
10.04.2008.iii. The report was also forwarded to concerned Ministries as well as
Members of Parliament for facilitating in formulation of policy to
bring these section under the ambit of reservation quota earmarked for
SCs.
iv. The matter is still pending in Ministry of Minority Affairs.(The Presidential Order of 1950, Schedule III is inconsistent with /
contravenes Articles 14, 15, 16 and 25 of the Constitution that
guarantee equality of opportunity, freedom of conscience and protect
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5. Setting up of State Minorities Commissions
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5. Setting up of State Minorities Commissions
I. Twelve States viz. Bihar, Karnataka, U.P., M.P., W.B. Andhra Pradesh,
Delhi, Rajsthan, Uttaranchal, Assam, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh have set
up Statutory State Minorities Commission. Four States viz.
Tamilnadu, Maharashtra, Manipur and Punjab have non-statutory StateMinorities Commission'. Kerala Government has decided to set up
State Minorities Commission. The proposal for setting up Minority
Commission in Puducherry is pending in MHA. A & N Island is in the
process of setting up of Minorities Commission. States like Haryana,
Orissa, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Goa Chandigarh etc. do not have
State Minorities Commissions.
II. NCM has prepared a Model Act to bring uniformity in State Minorities
Commissions w.r.t. to their composition & powers.
III. NCM has regularly been pursuing State Governments to set up StateMinorities Commissions in their respective States.
IV. The matter may be taken up by Ministry of Minority Affairs with Chief
Ministers for setting up State Minorities Commissions and also to adopt
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Important issues to be followed up:
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Important issues to be followed up:-
6. Recommendations of Justice Sachar Committee Report and
Justice Ranganath Mishra Commission Report Implementation
thereof.
7. PMs New 15 points programmes, and schemes related thereto
implementation thereof.
8. Payment of compensation in respect of communal riots victims
in various parts of the country and make efforts for speedy and
uniform payment of compensation in pending cases on lines of
compensation paid to the victims of 1984 riots.
9. Simplification of procedure of various Scholarship schemes
being implemented by Ministry of Minorities Affairs / State
Governments as well as wide publicity in the electronic and print
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Important issues to be followed up:-
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Important issues to be followed up:-10. Facilitation and simplification of procedure for extending credit facilities
such as no frill bank accounts with zero balance, loans for establishing
small scale industries, educational loans, scholarship accounts by various
Public Sector Banks to Minorities communities particularly Muslim.11.Taking up the issue of grant of Minority Certificate and Minority
Educational Status to various minority educational institutions with various
State Governments.
12.Establishment of Study Centres of IGNOU at Economically and
Educationally Backward Minorities Concentration Districts identified by theSachar Committee.
13.Implementation of Recommendations of Joint Parliamentary Committee
Report on Waqf matters prepared by Shri K. Rehman Khan, Dy. Chairman,
Rajya Sabha.
14.Enactment of an anti-discrimination law on the lines of SC / ST Act.
15.Codification of safeguards provided under Section 9(1) of NCM Act and
also practices being followed in other countries on lines as has been done by
the Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities.
16.Concerted efforts to increase representations of Minorities in Governmentobs, educational institutions, Parliament, State Le islatures etc.9/8/10 39
Important Achievements / Success Stories during last
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Important Achievements / Success Stories during last
Three years.1. Anti-Communal Violence Bill is the result of the concerted efforts and
initiatives by the Commission.
2. Families of three Muslim youths who were murdered at Kasna PoliceStation in Ghaziabad were paid compensation of Rs. Five lakh each.
3. Government of Bihar paid enhanced compensation to victims of Bhagalpur
riots1979.
4. Withheld Retirement dues were paid to the family of Shri J. A. Khan.
5. Guru Nanak Girls Degree College Lucknow was granted Minority status.6. Mohd. Sajju got appointment in Government job on compassionate ground.
7. Shri M. M. Khan, a Government official, got his pension dues, which were
withheld.
8. Shri Mohd. Sajid Khan, an employee of Dist. Panchayat got increments
earlier withheld.
9. Shri S. P. Khan got promotion to higher posts of PGT in Ramjas School.
10.Defective stamp on Guru Granth Sahib was withdrawn by D/o Posts.
11.Ms. Mehjabeen Akhtar got all benefits and privileges attached to the post
including the Gazetted Status.12.Sus ension of Shri Malik Ahmed, a Government em lo ee, was revoked.9/8/10 40
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Imprtant achievements / success stories during last three
years.
13. Punjabi and Urdu were introduced as subjects in 100s schools of H.P.
14. Shri Gurdeep Singh, an orthopedically handicapped person was permitted
to join as Primary School teacher in Punjab.
15. Grievance of Shri M. Kausar Baig, MSME Testing Station, Hyderabad
regarding non-grant of 1st ACP and consequential arrears was settled.
16. Shri Raoof Pasha, an Officer in Canara Bank was re-instated.17. Commission held a number of public hearings in the State capitals with
members of minority communities / Senior Government officers.
18. Commission visited a number of places to review of cases of minority
communities pending with State Governments. As a result of the review
and subsequent follow up many cases could be settled.19. Near-about 100 hearings were conducted and petitioners got relief.
20. More than 4000 complainants were handled in Chairpersons Office, out of
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Research Studies conducted during last three years
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Research Studies conducted during last three years.The following important studies were conducted:-
(a) Socio-economic condition ofDalit Muslims and Dalit Christians and the
measures for improvement in their condition.(b) Socio-economic condition of Sikligar / Vanjara / Lubana / Dakhini Sikhs.
(c) Recognition and Development of Bhoti Language.
(d) Study on demography of Parsi community and the measures for their
development.
(e) Socio-economic status of notified minorities other than Muslims.
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Research Studies in the Pipeline
(a) Empowerment of Minority Women especially Muslim women under the
Panchayati Raj Mechanism.
(b) Impact of economic liberalisation and recent economic recession on the
Muslim artisans engaged in Small, Cottage and Handicrafts activities.(c) Complaints of Police atrocities on Muslims in the North Indian States like Uttar
Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan etc.
NCM L t NCM F d ti D
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NCM Lectures on NCM Foundation Day.
NCM has started an Annual lecture series coinciding with its
Foundation Day falling on 05th
July every year. The topic for thelecture chosen has relevance with Minority problems and welfare.
So far, three lectures have been delivered under this programme:-
(i) How to dispel mistrust between Majority community and
Minorities the need for Confidence Building Measures by
former Chief Justice of India A. M. Ahmedi in the year 2008.
(ii) Minorities under Constitution of India by Justice Rajinder
Sachar in the year 2009.
(iii) Evolution of a Prosperous, Peaceful, Inclusive and HappySociety PURA (Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural
Areas) is a tool for sustainable development by former
President of India Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in the year 2010.
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SWOT Analysis
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y
NCM has undertaken its SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities
and Threats) We Analysis and based on that the following road map has
been drawn:-
(i) NCM can review various beneficiary oriented Central Government Schemes
especially for the welfare of Minorities. These schemes have been compiled in a
Compendium prepared by NCM in June 2009. For this purpose the Commission
may hold interactive meetings with various Central Government Departments and
Ministries and furnish its recommendations.
(ii) The Commission may also hold review meetings with various State Governments
for the schemes being devised and administered by the State Governments.
(iii) Special emphasis may be laid on review of the progress of schemes included in the
Prime Ministers 15 Point Programme. Such reviews need to be undertaken with
the concerned Central Ministries/ Departments and the State Governments.
(iv) The Commission on the basis of feedback received from the public with regard to
the developmental schemes of Central / State Governments may suggest
modifications in the existing schemes as well as the new schemes aimed at overall
development of Minorities.
(v) Commission may review Credit flow to Minorities with RBI and Public Sector
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Compilations of Rules, Regulations, Schemes etc.
NCM has also got the following important documents
compiled : -
1. NCM has brought out a compendium of Beneficiary-Oriented
Central Government Schemes especially for the welfare of Minorities
which contained updated information on almost all of the CentralGovernment Schemes aimed at welfare of minorities. It contains the
prospectus and detailed application forms and other documents.
2. Handbook of Acts, Rules Regulations, instructions, order regarding
welfare of Minorities.;
3. Acts and Rules of various State Minorities Commissions; and4. Observations and Recommendations made by Justice Sachar
Committee and Justice Ranganath Mishra Commission.
5. A detailed Presentation / induction material on the activities of NCM.
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Under the Revised Procedure for handling of complaints in
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Under the Revised Procedure for handling of complaints in
NCM, the following stipulations have been made:-
1. All complaints including their endorsements or copies thereof will bedealt with in the Commission with a copy to the complainant.
2. All complaints whether major or minor which are covered under NCM
Act will be dealt with in the Commission within a period of one week.
3. Sub-judice matters will not be considered or intervened. However,
complaints regarding violation / non-implementation of courtdirectives / orders / judgments/ decisions etc. will be dealt with.
4. The Commission may only advise the complainants to exhaust
available channel first. However, if the complainant insists, the
Commission will immediately take up the matter and act on it.5. Reports on the complaints indicating harassment, atrocities,
discrimination, injustice, torture, deprivation, denial etc. will
immediately be called from the concerned authorities within 21 days,
followed by a reminder giving time of next 7 days, failing which
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Under the Revised Procedure for handling of complaints in
NCM, the following stipulations have been made.6. In case the concerned authority / respondent fails to appear before the
Commission, action for appropriate legal or administrative remedy
will be taken. If they fail to comply with the directions/ decision of
the Commission, appropriate action (Administrative / Legal) will be
initiated.
7. Maximum period of one month will be given to the concerned
authorities to implement the decision of the Commission, failingwhich another hearing will be conducted.
8. The Joint Secretary, NCM will be overall in-charge of the Grievances
and Redressal Division and will monitor the disposal of all complaints
on fortnightly basis. He will regularly submit a report of suchmonitoring to Secretary & Chairperson on fortnightly basis.
9. The cases listed under Chairpersons Monitoring System or cases
relating to deprivation of life or property will be handled on priority
basis, preferably the same day and a status report will regularly be
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