Government approves 72 recommendations of Sachar committee

NEW DELHI: The government has approved 72 of 76 recommendations made by Sachar Committee for implementation while it did not accept three of them and deferred decision on another, LokSabha was informed today.

The government rejected three of its recommendations to enumerate castes as a part of its decennial census exercise, Minority Affairs Minister K Rahman Khan said in a written reply.

The Home Ministry, he said, is now taking action separately on this recommendation.

The government also turned down the Committee's recommendations to have a new all India cadre of officer to manage state Wakf Boards and Central Wakf Council besides having an alternative admission criterion to facilitate admission of the most backwards among all socio-religious categories (SRCs) in universities and autonomous colleges.

The government has recommended 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities in the OBC quota but the decision was challenged in courts and the matter remains sub-judice, the minister said.

The follow-up actions are being implemented by ministries and departments concerned with states, he said.