In July 2004, the Commissionerate wrote to the government recommending 5% reservation to “Muslim Minorities in employment, educational and other fields on par with the Backward Classes in the State”.
In June 2004, the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh asked the Commissionerate of Minorities Welfare to look into “socio-economic and educational conditions of Muslim community in the state” to include them as OBCs.
14 Muslim groups identified as backward were given 4% quota in united Andhra in 2004; UPA govt's 4.5% sub-quota within OBC pool was quashed by court in 2012, but Cong's 2014 manifesto talked of a similar move
Meanwhile, child rights activists have welcomed the CM’s directive to the Chief Secretary to form a task force with various departments to ensure the effective implementation of various acts aimed at children’s welfare. “I want the government to ensure the functioning of various committees formed for the welfare of children and to create awareness on the POCSO Act. Arrangements have to be made for counselling for children at the school level. Care should be taken to avoid embarrassment to the adolescent girls who are pregnant,” said Nagasimha G Rao of Child Rights Trust.
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