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| State to have Minority Commission | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 9
Addressing a long pending demand of cultural and religious minorities in Jammu and Kashmir, the state is likely to have a Minority Commission soon. A decision to this effect is likely to be taken well ahead of elections,
Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), the only state in the country without a Minority Commission, may soon have one with Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad likely to give "We hope to get the Chief Minister's approval to our proposal for setting up a minority commission in the state soon," a highly placed source in the Social Welfare Department said today.
The proposal already has the consent of the state law department. "After the Chief Minister clears the proposal we will go ahead with constituting the Commission so that minorities in the valley get the same benefits as elsewhere in the country," he said.
The Social Welfare Department set into motion the process of constitution of the Minority Commission after the Union Ministry on Minority Affairs wrote to the J&K government to set up the commission as per the recommendations of the Sacchar Committee on minorities. |
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