India: Assam’s cabinet offers its nod for census of native Muslims

The cabinet of the Indian state of Assam offered a consent to the socio-economic study of the native Muslim population in the state. The cabinet took the choice a year and a half after 5 neighborhoods were acknowledged by the federal government of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma as “native Assamese Muslims”. The “native” Muslims’ socio-economic evaluation will be performed by the Directorate of Char Areas Development, which has actually been relabelled as Directorate of Minority Affairs and Char Areas, specified a cabinet note. Based on the 2011 Census, more than 34 percent of the state’s population consisted of Muslims, which was the 3rd greatest amongst all Union Territories and states after J&K and Lakshadweep. Amongst the state’s overall population of 31 million, more than 10 million are Muslims. Just around 4 million are Assamese-speaking native Muslims and the rest are Bengali-speaking immigrants, who have Bangladeshi origin. The federal government led by Himanta had actually revealed prepare for performing native Muslim neighborhoods’ socio-economic evaluation in the month of October. “These findings will direct the federal government to take ideal steps focused on the detailed socio-political and academic upliftment (sic) of the state’s native minorities,” mentioned CM Himanta in a post on X. trending now Israel-Hamas war: Gaza death toll installs to 17,770 as heavy combating continues In ‘Jurassic Park’ design, extinct Dodo to be restored. Researchers state … IND vs SA T20I Series: Suryakumar Yadav dismisses ODI World Cup hangover, states ‘Australia win was huge increase’ Scientists discover a ‘distinct’ method to keep spacecraft more secure than they ever were IND-W vs ENG-W T20I Series: England got rid of Indian fightback to protect four-wicket win, lead series by 2-0 World’s earliest disease-causing types discovered: It’s 407mn-year-old fungi Azerbaijan all set to host COP29 environment top next year after getting local support AI’s dark wo
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