Thiruvananthapuram: The government decided to revise the ratio for minority scholarships.
The decision was taken in the cabinet on Thursday to offer scholarships to all minority communities on the basis of their population in the 2011 census, in compliance with high court orders.
Just as, the population of Christian and Muslim communities respectively is 18.38% and 26.56%, while Buddhists, Jain and Sikh are 0.01% each.
Scholarships will be divided without a community that loses fair shares, the cabinet decides.
The cabinet also decided to ask the extra RS 6.2 Crore other than the amount set aside in the budget for scholarships, because RS 23.51 Crore is needed for minority scholarships this year.
The government has been on June 4, held a meeting of all parties to take a different view, after the high court order revoked the previous ratio.
The High Court has canceled the government’s orders issued in 2015, where 80% of scholarships for minorities went to the Muslim community, while the remaining 20% went to the Christian community including Latin Catholic Christians and repenting Christians.
The High Court, while canceling the government order, has directed the state government to provide merit-cum-meaning scholarships to members of the minority community that is notified equally.
New Post: The Cabinet has decided to make 49 new posts in the Minister of the Minister in the Police because of the smooth functioning of Kannur City and Kannur rural police offices and female battalions.
In addition, five junior supervisors in the crime branch will be increased to senior supervisors.
Assembly session: The cabinet decided to recommend the governor to hold a assembly session from July 22.
The previous decision was to hold a session from July 21.
The date was revised because of Eid al-Adha.
Approval for Guidelines: Cabinet approved the guidelines to find and included the poorest of the poor who had been excluded from the “Dorituty-Free Kerala” project under local government agencies.
The survey will be completed in four and a half months.
The government’s goal is to find excluded poor, and formulate programs to ensure income for them.
Amendment in order: The Cabinet decided to change the order to release the salary department held back because Covid-19 from the salaries of officials and government teachers.
According to a new decision, the notification will be released again by excluding clauses while releasing their share salaries which are part of the national pension scheme, their part of the national pension scheme does not need to be deducted from the amount released.
Cabinet Rejigs Minority Scholarship Ratio
