Participating in a discussion on the working of Minority Affairs Ministry, Khan said government’s plan to launch special schemes in 90 minority concentrated districts has not taken off. Khan said though the government has taken measures to implement recommendations of the Sachar Committee that went into the socio and economic backwardness of minorities, a general impression is that the implementation is “slow and tardy”.
(Published 15 March 2011, 17:07 IST)