New Delhi: Centre has asked the states to
speed up submission of reports on the progress on
implementation of the guidelines on communal harmony.
Few state governments are yet to submit the reports,
Union I&B Minister Ambika Soni told reporters here.
She said states and Union Territories have been advised
to submit reports to review the progress of implementation of
these guidelines.
Soni said there has been steady improvement in the
recruitment of minorities in the Central Government and
Public Sector Undertakings since issuing of guidelines by the
Department of Personnel and Training on January 8, 2007 for
giving special consideration to the recruitment of minorities.
The percentage of recruitment of minorities which stood
at 6.95 per cent in 2006-07 went up to 8.22 per cent in
2007-08 and was 9.18 per cent in 2008-09.
The Home Ministry had revised the communal harmony
guidelines in July last year.
Bureau Report