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Consultation meet on 12th five year plan
stresses on expectations of Muslims
Friday January 14, 2011 07:31:33 PM,
Pervez Bari, ummid.com
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New Delhi:
The disparity in the allocation of funds for Muslims in the next
Five Year Plan should go. The priority should be on education with
expenditure of funds up to 70 to 75 per cent and then on
amenities.
This was stressed upon by Maulana Mohammad Fazl-ur-Raheem
Mujaddidi, Ameer Jamiat-ul-Hidaya at an informal interaction on
the eve of the “National Consultation: Aspirations and
Expectations of the Muslim Community from the Twelfth Five Year
Plan (2012-2017)” to be held at the Planning Commission of India
on Friday (January 14).
The informal interaction in fact turned into a serious round table
discussion, first of its kind when Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Salman
Khursheed, Ms Syeda Hamid and Digvijay Singh interacted with the
delegates, led by Maulana Mohammad Fazl-ur-Raheem Mujaddidi, who
gathered here at Anhad on Thursday from all over the country.
It may be stated here that the basic purpose was to explain the
Planning Commission as well as the Central government about the
expectations of the Muslim minority from the 12th Five Year Plan
starting from April 2012.
It was also to inform them about the
apprehensions of the community from the coming plan and make them
aware of the setbacks of the 11th Five Year Plan so that the
lacunae left in the previous Plan should not be repeated and the
Plan may be more effective in respect of uplifting the Muslim
community.
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission,
Ms Syeda Hamid, Member Planning Commission, Salman Khursheed,
Minister of Minority Affairs, K. Rahman Khan, Deputy Chairman
Rajya Sabha, Digvijay Singh, general secretary Congress &
ex-Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, along with 60 delegates from
all over the country participated in the High tea.
Digvijay Singh said that all financial grants for minorities
should be channelized through Maulana Azad Foundation only to
avoid the lacuna of improper funds distributions by certain state
governments.
The following points emerged out from the discussion:• A sense of
insecurity grips the Muslim community due to which they are bound
to restrict themselves to ghettos; • Top most priority of the
community is Education. At least 70-75 % of the total allocated
budget should be for education; Scholarship Scheme norms must be
equivalent with those of SC/ST; • Welfare Budget should be
enhanced at least ten times of the Eleventh Plan; • The Nodal
Ministry for the schemes related to minorities should be Minority
Ministry only; • The domain of the New 15 Point Programme should
be increased. Urban Welfare Schemes should also be included in it;
• MCT (Minority Concentrated Towns) should be taken up in the
Twelfth Plan, and the cut-off margin should be reduced to 15 per
cent and • Make sure the involvement of the community at every
level.
(pervezbari@eth.net)
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