Muslim community has a representation of only 4.5% in Indian Railways while 98.7% of them are positioned at lower levels.
The presence of Muslims has been found to be only 3% in the IAS, 1.8% in the IFS and 4% in the IPS. Substantially larger proportion of the Muslim households in urban areas is in the less than Rs.500 expenditure bracket. Muslim concentration villages are not well served with pucca approach roads and local bus stops. There is a clear and significant inverse association between the proportion of the Muslim population and the availability of educational infrastructure in small villages. The Reserve Bank of India’s efforts to extend banking and credit facilities under the Prime Minister’s 15-point programme of 1983 has mainly benefited other minorities marginalizing Muslims. The average amount of bank loan disbursed to the Muslims is 2/3 of the amount disbursed to other minorities. The participation of Muslims in the professional and managerial cadre is low. Bidi workers, tailors and mechanics need to be provided with social safety nets and social security. The access to government schools for children of Muslim parents is limited. Muslim parents are not averse to mainstream education or to send their children to affordable Government schools.
25 per cent of children of Muslim parents in the 6-14 year age group have either never attended school or have dropped out. The gap between Muslims and the general average is greater in urban areas and women. In the field of literacy the Committee has found that the rate among Muslims is very much below than the national average. Rajendra Sachar Committee Report: The Rajinder Sachar Committee, appointed by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India was a high level committee for preparation of a report on the social, economic and educational status of the Muslim community of India.
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