The move to set up such a commission assumes significance in the wake of several desires pending before the Supreme Court seeking SC reservation benefits for Dalits who converted to Christianity or Islam.
In a move with far- reaching counteraccusations , the Centre is all set to constitute a public commission to study the social, profitable and educational status of members of slated gentries, or Dalits, who converted to persuasions other than Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism, The Indian Express has learnt.
The offer to set up such a commission is being laboriously bandied at the Centre, and a decision is likely to be taken soon, it's learnt.
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Sources in the Ministry of Minority Affairs and the Department of Personnel and Training( DoPT) said they've given the green signal for such a move. It's learnt that consultations on the offer are presently ongoing among the ministries of Home, Law, Social Justice and commission, and Finance.
The move to set up such a commission assumes significance in the wake of several desires pending before the Supreme Court seeking SC reservation benefits for Dalits who converted to Christianity or Islam.
The Constitution( Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950, under Composition 341 stipulates that no person professing a religion different from Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism can be supposed to be a member of a slated estate. The original order under which only Hindus were classified as SCs was amended in 1956 to include Sikhs, and in 1990 to cover Buddhists.
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