The social cost of disenfranchisement
The HinduThe direct budgetary expenditure on preparing the National Register of Citizens in Assam was Rs.1,221 crore. According to the Census of India data on “Foreign Born who reside in India as on March 1st, 2011”, the total population of India was 1,211 million. It is also argued that the Muslims of India deserve a sub-quota of at least 45 per cent of the 10 per cent EWS, given their population size and economic and educational backwardness. Prudent economic and social policies, both at the national and State levels, can yield higher economic growth and prevent India from falling into the trap of the so-called “Hindu Rate of Growth”. “Economically Weaker Sections Quota in India: Realistic Target Group and Objective Criteria for Eligibility”, Occasional Paper 2019., US-India Policy Institute, Washington, D.C. Ab usaleh Shariff was Member-Secretary of the Rajinder Sachar Committee, which was appointed by the Union government in 2005 to study the social, economic and educational condition of Muslims in India.
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