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Equal Opportunity Commission would not hinder minority commission: Khurshid | Union Minority Affairs and Corporate affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has assured the minority community that creation of equal opportunity commission would not in block the National Minority Commission any way. Addressing
the programme organized to mark the National Miniorities Day, Khurshid said :
"The setting up of an Equal Opportunity Commission would not in any way block
the National Minority Commission and that the two organisations will work hand-in-hand
for the development of the minorities." Khurshid also congratulated the National
Minority Commission for the work executed by it. "We do not want any commission
such as the National Minority Commission to be any way undermined or diluted because
of the emergence of Equal Opportunity Commission," Khurshid said. Khurshid said
the government expects the Equal Opportunity Commission to "Seamlessly from the
outstanding work and excellent work that it has done under the leadership of such
outstanding people as Mohammed Shafi Qureshi." In his address Khurshid also underlined
the progress that the Commission had made in the last one year. "We also hope
that in the next one year, you'll see a fairly conspicuous, on the ground, sense
of what the Sachar Committee has been able to achieve. A Rs.3700 crore were earmarked
in the 11th five-year plan for the Sachar Committee implementation out of that
Rs 990 crore are to be spent this year," he said. Khurshid honored those who have
done good work for the minority communities. |
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