State Minority Commission chairman Dilip Singh Hora on Sunday said that more benefits of Government schemes should be given to the minority communities, so that their economic and social level could be improved.
Hora stated this while reviewing works of various departments under the Prime Minister’s 15-point programme launched for the welfare of minorities. Member of the Commission Murtaza Vanak, Secretary M Khan and Collector Thakur Ramsingh were also present in the meeting.
In the meeting, Collector Ramsingh said that special efforts had been made to give momentum to the works being done for the welfare of minority communities in the district. As a result, the performance of departments has been bettered. The meeting gave emphasis mainly on the publicity of the schemes, for which, information regarding the schemes should be provided by distributing pamphlets and brochures at religious places, churches, mosques and gurudwaras.
Hora asked the officials concerned to provide facilities like boundary walls, water and electricity at graveyards and crematoriums.
Secretary M Khan sought information from all departments about the status of minority community people working according to the set up of government departments, including filling up of sanctioned posts of Urdu teachers and the process of promotion of teachers. The chairman and the member of the Commission urged to publicise the schemes and collect applications from people, so that backward class certificate could be issued to Muslims, benefits of Indira Awas Yojana to the BPl category people. Expressing unhappiness on the less number of minority class children getting scholarship, the members said to provide scholarship to students of minority classes according to the target.
Earlier, the Commission gave away prizes and certificates to the winner students of essay competition organised at schools and colleges on Minorities Rights Day.
CEO district Panchayat Neeraj Bansod, Municipal Corporation Commissioner Avanish Sharan, Additional Collector Neelkant Tekam, officers and employees of various departments were present at the meeting.