GOVT CITES SACHAR REPORT TO JUSTIFY SUB-QUOTA
- The government submitted about half-a-dozen documents to the Supreme Court seeking to justify its December 22, 2011 order offering 4.5 per cent sub-quota for the minorities from the 27 per cent reservation for the other backward classes (OBCs) in educational institutions.
- Standing by its decision, the government has cited Justice Rajinder Sachar committee's report on the social, economic and educational status of the Muslims across the country and the recommendations of Justice Ranganath Mishra on Muslim and Christian Dalits.
SACHAR PANEL
FINDINGS:
- The Sachar committee had recommended that a group of Muslims with traditional occupations akin to that of the Scheduled Castes be designated as the most backward classes and provided 'multifarious measures,' including reservation.
- The panel had said Muslims in the country could be divided into three categories - ashrafs, ajlafs and arzals. "The three groups require different types of affirmative action," the report had said.
- Arzals, whose occupation was similar to that of SCs, should be designated as MBCs and provided reservation.
JUSTICE MISHRA
RECOMMENDATION:
- As head of the National Commission for Linguistic and Religious Minorities, Justice Mishra had recommended that Muslim and Christian Dalits be given the Scheduled Caste status.
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