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| Minority Affairs Ministry mulling |
| Minority Affairs Ministry mulling more teeth for NCM
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| INDIA
, 5-June-2009
3:1:7 AM |
| The Minority Affairs Ministry headed by Salman Khurshid is contemplating giving more teeth to the National Commission for Minorities (NCM), which is so far only a recommendatory body.
"It's obviously something that is felt very seriously by them...we will certainly give this a serious look," Khurshid said when asked whether the ministry would give additional powers to NCM like that of summoning as is the case with some other commissions.
Khurshid will be holding a detailed discussion with NCM Chairman Mohammad Shafi Qureshi and other members next week when the commission is likely to raise all pending issues including its demand for a constitutional status.
NCM had submitted a draft in this regard to the ministry almost two years back when A R Antulay was the Minority Affairs Minister in the last UPA government.
"We had submitted the draft report demanding constitutional status for NCM and some more powers including that for summoning during the last government," Qureshi said.
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