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I am surprised to know that many people may still not know about the Sachhar Committee Report.
In 2005, the then PM Manmohan Singh had constituted a High Level Committee headed by former CJ of DHC Rajinder Sachar to study the social, economic and educational condition of Muslims


The key findings of the Committee's reports are.
1. The Committee estimated thag the population of Muslims will stabilise at 18% to 21% by 2101.
2. The literacy rate among
Muslims in 2001 was 59.1%, below the national average (64.8%) with the gap greatest in urban areas.

3. The report also noted that despite only 3% of Muslim children among
the school going age go to madarsas. Instead, many Muslim children are enrolled in Maktabs, which provide supplementary religious education in addition to
enrolment in public schools.

4. 7% of the population aged 20 years and above are graduates or
hold diplomas, while only 4% among the Muslim population does. The
gap between Muslims and other Socio Religious Categories (SRCs) increases as the level of education
increases.

5. unemployment rates among Muslim graduates is the highest among SRCs both among the
poor and the non-poor.
6. Worker population
ratios for Muslims are significantly lower than for all other SRCs in rural areas, but only marginally lower in
urban areas.