Dear Mulsim Brothers,
This is very urgent message for every muslim to send email to Prime minister of India, President of India to implemenent Sachar committee recommendation to muslims in India.
Those who are living in Saudi Arabia send a copy to Ambassador.
Prime minister of India
Copy and paste the following message in message box (500 letters).
http://pmindia.nic.in/write.htmPresident of India
presidentofindia@rb.nic.inAmbassidor to Saudi Arabia
ambassador@indianembassy.org.saAnd Post your pettition here:
http://www.petitiononline.com/sushovan/petition.htmlThe Letter Content:
Sub: Implementing Sachar Committee's Recommendations - Request
The Prime Minister's High Level Committee, constituted in pursuance of a notification issued by the PMO on March 9 2005, to probe the social, economic and educational status of Indian Muslims had submitted its report on November 17 2006 to the Prime Minister and was in turn tabled in the Parliament on November 30 2006 by the Minister of Minority Affairs. The seven-member committee headed by Justice (Rtd.) Rajindar Sachar consisted of experts with high credentials and impeccable integrity.
The report, the first of its kind to be presented to the Parliament, highlights a dark and
dismal picture of the social, educational and economic conditions of Indian Muslims.
The report positions Indian Muslim as a whole amongst the most backwards of all communities of the Indian society.
We're shocked to see some of its unflattering findings viz.
1. Though Muslims have a share of 13.4 per cent in the country's population, their representation in government jobs is a mere 4.9 per cent.
2. In the elite civil services, comprised of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), the Indian
Foreign Service (IFS) and the Indian Police Service (IPS), Muslim representation is as low as 3.2 per cent.
3. Only 3.4 per cent of the Muslim population has completed graduation whereas the corresponding figure for non-OBC, non-S.C./S.T. Hindus is 15.3 per cent. Literacy levels are also similarly low. Only 59.1 per cent of the community are literate while the national average is 64.8 per cent. The literacy level for non-S.C./S.T. Hindus is 65.1 per cent.
4. Only 80 per cent of urban Muslim boys are enrolled in schools, compared to 90 per cent in
S.C./S.T. communities and 95 per cent among others. Just 68 per cent of Muslim girls go to school, compared to 72 per cent of Dalit girls and 80 per cent of girls from other groups.
5. Incidence of poverty among Muslims has a Head Count Ratio (HCR) of 31 per cent, which is second only to the S.C./S.T. HCR of 35 per cent. Significantly, in urban areas Muslims have a higher HCR of 38.4 per cent as compared to 36.4 per cent for S.C./S.T.
6. There is a marked reluctance on the part of house-owners to sell or rent out houses to Muslims; Muslim students are unwelcome in schools; they are denied jobs and banks discriminate against them in giving loans.
7. Out of the total 543 Lok Sabha members, only 33 are Muslim.
The reason for this across the board backwardness range from sheer discrimination, to lack of
awareness and education within the community, to criminal callousness and indifference on the part of the successive governments since Independence and the bureaucracy.
The PM's High Level Committee has done yeomen service by bringing out into open and putting on record the dismal state of affairs and the underlying issues and causes.
The Indian people as a whole cannot reach its full potential with a large and soft underbelly,
which remains underdeveloped, poor, malnutritioned and uneducated.
The Committee has also suggested a number of 'general and 'specific' policy initiatives that the State needs to adopt to correct this anomaly specific to the large Muslim community
constituting 13.4 per cent of Indian population.
Under the circumstances, I , as a citizen and well-wisher of our nation, find it necessary to impress upon the Central Govt, the UPA and the Hon'ble Members of the Parliament to ratify the Report of the Committee and begin the process of implementing its recommendations in right earnest.
Though we do recognise that despite the best of intentions the Report has many critical
uncovered gaps, we are of the firm opinion that it is nevertheless a great beginning and a
significant step in the right direction. We do specifically appreciate the summing up observation by the Committee: "The Committee strongly suggests that the [State] policies to deal with the relative deprivation of the Muslims in the country should sharply focus on inclusive development and 'mainstreaming' of the Community while respecting diversity."
We would like to strongly urge the civil society, the youth, the students, the trade unions,
the academicians, the professionals, and personalities with social conscience to join us and
lend their forceful voices so that the appeal is heard and heeded to.
We must reiterate that this is just not in the interests of Indian Muslims alone, it'd serve
the interests of equity across the board and thereby the Indian people as a whole.
Thanking you.
Yours Truly,
Indian Citizen.
