Rajasthan budget should raise allocations for minorities: Jamaat

JAIPUR: Muslim bodies have expressed concern over the poor budgetary allocation of 0.06% to 0.09% per cent of the total state budget for minorities which is insufficient even for implementing some special schemes considering the 11.4% population share of minorities.
At a press conference held inJaipur on Monday, the Jamaat-E-Islami Hind (JEIH) state president Mohammed Nizamuddin raised the issue of shortage of Urdu teachers in government schools. “CM Ashok Gehlot should announce the proper policy for the appointment of Urdu teachers. The vacant posts in all departments related to minorities, including Urdu teachers in schools, should be filled with immediate effect,” said Nizamuddin.
Calling the absence of modernisation of the madrasa project impacting the learning outcomes of the students, Naim Rabbani of Jannat Welfare Foundation said that majority of the registered madrasas have not received even a single penny. “The absence of academic support and infrastructure is leading to poorer learning outcomes among children. A time-bound modernisation with a budgetary allocation should be made,” said Rabbani.
Social activist Nida Hashmi said that the government should set up a committee to timely evaluate the implementation of budgetary announcements. “I referred to the budgetary documents of the previous budgets to see that in the last four years never the government had spent the amount allocated for the minorities,” said Hashmi, who also asked to announce a policy for tracking hate crimes and hate in schools and colleges.
The body also demanded land for hostels and community centres for minority students in Jaipur. It raised concern about the way UDH minister Shanti Dhariwal announced land for hostels but later cancelled it.