The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has been asked by the State Minority Development Department to conduct a study on the economic and educational development of the Muslim community in Maharashtra. The state government has sanctioned Rs 33.92 lakhs for the project. The Tata Social Research Council, Mumbai has appointed 56 employees under 6 regional state commissioners.
The government has said interviews and public surveys will be studied on the economic and educational development of the Muslim community. The committee now formed by the government includes professors from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS).
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“The government of Maharashtra appoints TISS (Tata Institute of Social Sciences) to study the status of Muslims in the state to bring the community into the mainstream of economic and educational development; sanctions Rs 33.92 lakhs for the project: Maharashtra Govt,” reported ANI.
Earlier, a seven-member committee set up by the Maharashtra government had assessed the condition of the Muslim community in Maharashtra. The commission was established in 2008 to study the social, educational and economic development of Muslims.
It also proposes measures to improve their condition. The commission, led by retired IAS officer Mehmood-ur-Rehman, submitted its report on the state of the Muslim community in the state to then Prime Minister Prithviraj Chavan in 2013.
Based on the report, the then Congressional NCP government in Maharashtra had allocated five percent Muslim reservations to government-run schools, colleges and jobs across the state in 2014. However, the decision was challenged in the Bombay High Court, after which the BJP came to power, a leading news agency reported. The Bombay HC later removed the five percent reservation clause in jobs but allowed the reservation in education. However, according to reports, no legal action was taken to enforce the reservation later after the BJP came to power in 2014.
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