Antipathy cause for minority suffering: Hakim
The administration’s unsupportive and apathetic approach is making the implementation of various beneficial schemes of the state and Centre for minorities suffer, stated Munaf Hakim, chairperson, State Minority Commission.
“The Commission is supposed to study the various issues concerning the minority communities, research these issues, come up with solutions to the problems concerning these communities and recommend its findings to the government,” said Hakim.
Hakim, who took over the charge of the commission in the last week of August, has undertaken the programme of visiting districts to find out the actual work of the minority commission in these districts.
According to Mr Hakim, the governments — both the state and the Central — have many schemes that should help the minorities. For instance, pre-recruitment training is imparted to youngsters at various districts with IPS officers overlooking the same. However, at the time of actual recruitment 60 per cent of these students are eliminated in the physical test itself, rest in other tests. “Why can’t they ensure that training is imparted to students who could actually qualify for the recruitment?” said Hakim. He informed that antipathy towards the implementation of government schemes such as providing scholarships, uniforms, education loans, etc. for students, helping them in self-employment, implementation of schemes under the Prime Minister’s 15 point programme for minority was the cause of concern.
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19th animal census to end on Oct. 15
Pranali Lotlikar
Mumbai, Oct. 7
The government is all set to conduct the 19th animal census to keep a record of the animal population and its rate of growth.
The survey, which is generally carried out over a period of one month, will be completed on October 15 this year. Dr Prashant Kamble, a livestock officer says, “As our population is continuously increasing, it is difficult to gauge the amount of food that it would need. Hence, we conduct this survey to check if the present livestock will suffice the needs of the increasing population. According to the World Health Organisation, per capita requirement of milk is 250 grams per day. However, these requirements are never met. With a population of 120 crore, it is difficult to analyse the total food requirements of the population.”
When asked, what measures the government would take if livestock ratio to human population is found to be low, Dr Kamble said, “In such cases, all the livestock officers come together and decide on the measures to be taken to increase the growth rate of the animals. Normally, the government comes up with plans that would help people opt for livestock farming.”
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