National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities




National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities, also called as Ranganath Misra Commission was constituted by Government of India on 29 October 2004 to look into various issues related to Linguistic and Religious minorities in India. It was chaired by former Chief Justice of India Justice Ranganath Misra.[1] The commission submitted the report to the Government on 21 May 2007.[2]




Contents






  • 1 Terms of reference


  • 2 Main findings


  • 3 Leaked


  • 4 Opposition


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Terms of reference


Initially, the commission was entrusted with the following terms of reference.[1]


(a) To suggest criteria for identification of socially and economically backward sections among religious and linguistic minorities;
(b) To recommend measures for welfare of socially and economically backward sections among religious and linguistic minorities, including reservation in education and government employment;
and
(c) To suggest the necessary constitutional, legal and administrative modalities required for the implementation of its recommendations.


After nearly five months of its work the Commission’s Terms of Reference were modified so as to add the following.[1]


(d) To give its recommendations on the issues raised in WPs 180/04 and 94/05 filed in the Supreme Court of India and in certain High Courts relating to para 3 of the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order 1950 in the context of ceiling of 50 percent on reservations as also the modalities of inclusion in the list of Scheduled Castes.



Main findings



  • 10% quotas for Muslims and 5% for other minorities in government jobs and seats in educational institutions [1]

  • reserves 8.4% out of existing OBC quota of 27% for minorities

  • SC reservation to Dalit converts [3]



Leaked


TwoCircles.net, an online Indian news organization has started publishing excerpts from this report since June 2009.[4]



Opposition


Since the submission India's national party, BJP has been opposing the Ranganath Misra's recommendation fiercely. In 2010, BJP's senior official and CM of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan stated "prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru had opposed reservation for converted SCs and STs".[5] In 2011, The BJP decided to file a PIL against a report recommending Scheduled Caste quotas for all minorities that could lead to Dalit Christians and Muslims coming within its ambit.[6] On February 9, 2014, Narendra Modi during his prime-ministerial campaign in Kerala he critisied Mishra's report for creating "insecurities of the Dalit communities".[7]



References





  1. ^ abc Report of the National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities (Ranganath Misra Commission Report)


  2. ^ Plea to table Ranganath Mishra Commission report


  3. ^ Para 3 of the Constitutional (Scheduled Caste)


  4. ^ Misra Commission report excerpts


  5. ^ BJP slams against Ranganath Mishra commission report


  6. ^ BJP to question quota


  7. ^ Modi pitches BJP as ‘third alternative’ in Kerala




External links



  • Misra Commission Report Part-1

  • Misra Commission Report Part-2

  • TwoCircles.net publishes excerpts from the Misra Commission report

  • BJP slams against Ranganath Mishra commission report

  • India’s Downtrodden Muslims









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