2007 Charter Muslim Community

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Justice Sachar Committee Report Findings:

CPI(M)’s Charter for Advancement of Musim Communit!

PREAMBLE

The 138 million (13.8 crore) Muslims in India are intrinsic to the multi-cultural multi-lin!ual and multi-reli!ious mosaic that is India. "ecular democrac# under the$onstitution %ro&ides e'ual o%%ortunities and undamental ri!hts or all irres%ecti&e orace reli!ion or creed as citiens o the countr#. A democratic s#stem is e&aluated *#ho+ it treats its minorities , +hether reli!ious ethnic or lin!uistic. or osterin! nationalunit# or stren!thenin! democrac# and secularism it is essential that the Muslimminorit# +ho constitute 13. %er cent o the %o%ulation are %ro&ided e'ual o%%ortunitiesto access the *eneits o de&elo%ment and the undamental ri!hts !i&en in the$onstitution.

The /ustice Ra0inder "achar $ommittee re%ort has hi!hli!hted the de%lora*le socio-

economic %li!ht o the mass o the Muslim communit#. It has ser&ed to hi!hli!ht theur!ent need to ado%t s%ecial measures or the u%litment in their social and economicconditions. It has also eecti&el# re*utted the alse and moti&ated %ro%a!anda a*outminorit# a%%easement2.

In the li!ht o the "achar $ommittee re%ort the $entral !o&ernment must rame aconcrete %ro!ramme *aced +ith ade'uate inancial allocations to address thediscrimination aced *# minorit# communities in %articular the Muslim minorit#communit# in the economic social and educational s%here. It is essential to immediatel#identi# Muslim areas and conduct concrete sur&e#s so that the assistance can *econcretied. This e4ercise must *e done in a time-*ound rame+or.

1. 5e&elo%ment

i) The !o&ernment must ormulate a su*-%lan or the Muslim communit# on the lines othe tri*al su*-%lan. There has to *e a s%eciic *ud!etar# allocation in all de&elo%mentschemes or Muslims %ro%ortionate to their %o%ulation at the all-India le&el. 6nder as%ecial com%onent %lan allocation ma# *e made in the states %ro%ortionate to the%ercenta!e o Muslims in that state.

ii) The im%lementation o e4istin! schemes or minorit# +elare must *e strictl#monitored. Increased inancial allocations to institutions such as Maulana Aadoundation 7M5$ a $ouncil etc. should *e ensured to stren!then and e4%and theschemes.

iii) Eecti&e ste%s or %rotection o a %ro%erties and %ro%er utiliation o these%ro%erties or the +elare educational and social de&elo%ment o the communit#.

i&) In Muslim %o%ulated &illa!es and munici%al +ards it is ound that oten there areneither I$5" nor %rimar# health centers. These must *e ensured.

&) "%ecial schemes to ensure housin! or %oorer sections o the communit# must *eensured.

9. Em%lo#ment and Income !enerationi) Pro&ide reser&ations or dalit Muslims.



ii) In the im%ortant ield o em%lo#ment it is necessar# or :B$ Muslims to !et anade'uate share o the reser&ed 'uota or :B$s. At %resent e&en thou!h the# are listed ina lar!e num*er o states as :B$s the# ha&e hardl# *eneited throu!h the :B$ 'uota.

Access to :B$ certiicates must *e sim%liied. here Muslim :B$s ha&e not *een listedsuch an e4ercise must *e com%leted in a time-*ound manner. A monitorin! mechanismcan *e set u% in dierent states to chec the %ro!ress on this ront.

iii) In recruitments or state and $entral securit# orces Muslims must !et ade'uatere%resentation.

i&) Ade'uate num*er must *e em%anelled in all recruitment *oards o selectioncommittees.

&) "ince lar!e num*ers o the Muslim communit# includin! Muslim +omen are en!a!edin traditional +or as artisans and sel-em%lo#ed it is essential to mae eas# credita&aila*le to them. "mooth lo+ o credit rom inancial institutions *ans and &ariouscor%orations or sel-em%lo#ment micro-enter%rises and small and medium scaleindustries must *e ensured. The 1; %er cent allocation or minorities rom %riorit# sector*an loans assured *# the Prime Minister must *e im%lemented.

&i) It is ound that Muslim +omen ha&e not had ade'uate o%%ortunities in the sel-hel%!rou% sector. Attention must *e %aid to orm +omen<s sel-hel% !rou%s amon! Muslims+ith *an lina!es.

&ii) Lar!e scale sill de&elo%ment %ro!rammes to u%!rade traditional sills must *eor!anied *# !o&ernment or the communit# +ith s%ecial %ro!rammes or Muslim+omen. "%ecial em%hasis must *e %laced on trades traditionall# undertaen *# minorit#!rou%s.

&iii) In land reorm %ro!rammes in allocation o %lots in residential and industrial areas

sho%s stalls %etrol=!as dealershi%s o%%ortunities or Muslims should *e ensured.

3. Education

i) "chools includin! residential schools im%artin! modern education or *oth !irls and*o#s must *e *uilt in all districts and *locs +ith sia*le Muslim %o%ulation. Muslim!irls< hostels must *e constructed to acilitate education amon! !irls.

ii) Incenti&es or +omen<s and !irl>s education must *e !i&en. Increase in the num*er ohostels includin! hostels or Muslim !irls.

iii) There must *e a su*stantial increase in increase in sti%ends and scholarshi%s onmeans cum merit *asis.

i&) Recruitment o 6rdu-s%eain! teachers and illin! u% o &acancies o 6rdu teachin!%osts in schools. 6rdu must *e a&aila*le as an o%tional su*0ect in all !o&ernment and!o&ernment-aided schools in areas +ith su*stantial 6rdu-s%eain! %o%ulation. ?ood'ualit# te4t*oos in 6rdu must *e %ro&ided.

&) Eorts should *e made to introduce and encoura!e scientiic and 0o* orientededucation in Madarsas. In some states lie est Ben!al !eneral s#lla*us is also tau!ht inMadarsas and certiicates and de!rees a+arded *# Madarsas are reco!nied. Thisena*les eas# mi!ration rom Madarsas to !eneral education institutions. This model ma#

*e tried in other states also.

&i) "%ecial %ro!rammes should *e undertaen to esta*lish &ocational trainin! institutes%ol#technics and colle!es in Muslim-dominated areas.



. "ecurit#

i) /ustice to communal &iolence &ictims must *e ensured. Ade'uate com%ensation to all &ictims includin! &ictims o the ?u0arat !enocide in line +ith that o the 1@8 &ictims.

ii) All %er%etrators o communal &iolence must *e immediatel# *rou!ht to *oo +ithin atime-*ound rame+or re!ardless o their %u*lic or oicial %osition.

iii) Recommendations o the "ri rishna $ommission on the Mum*ai &iolence +hichindicted to% %oliticians %olice and !o&ernment oicers to *e im%lemented.

i&) ?o&ernment must end dela# and immediatel# institute time-*ound $BI in&esti!ationsinto the ?u0arat !enocide related cases +hose &ictims are still denied 0ustice.

March ; 9C

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2007 Charter Muslim Community