{"id":651,"date":"2009-07-27T01:06:32","date_gmt":"2009-07-26T19:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mohamediqbalp.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/27\/in-ap%e2%80%99s-budget-of-rs-1-lakh-crore-share-of-muslims-is-less-than-0-25\/"},"modified":"2009-07-27T01:06:32","modified_gmt":"2009-07-26T19:36:32","slug":"in-aps-budget-of-rs-1-lakh-crore-share-of-muslims-is-less-than-0-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/venusimportexport.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2009\/07\/27\/in-aps-budget-of-rs-1-lakh-crore-share-of-muslims-is-less-than-0-25\/","title":{"rendered":"In AP\u2019s budget of Rs 1 lakh crore, share of Muslims is less than 0.25%"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"node\">\n      <span class=\"submitted\">Submitted by admin3 on 25 July 2009 &#8211; 8:14pm.<\/span> <span class=\"taxonomy\"><\/p>\n<ul class=\"links inline\">\n<li class=\"first taxonomy_term_2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twocircles.net\/news\/india-news\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"India News\" class=\"taxonomy_term_2\">India News<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"last taxonomy_term_1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twocircles.net\/news\/indian-muslim\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"Indian Muslim\" class=\"taxonomy_term_1\">Indian Muslim<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content\"><!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Mohammed Siddique, TwoCircles.net,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh\u2019s budget for the year 2009-10, with a<br \/>\ntotal outlay of more than Rs 1 lakh crore, has come as a big<br \/>\ndisappointment to the Muslim minority as the state\u2019s Congress<br \/>\ngovernment has not increased a single rupee in its last year\u2019s<br \/>\nallocation of Rs 177 crore. <\/p>\n<p>In the budget presented by the state finance minister K Roshaiah in<br \/>\nthe state assembly, the total budget of minority welfare department has<br \/>\nbeen retained at Rs 177 crore. But the total figure has been shown as<br \/>\nRs 222 crore by adding the Rs 45 crore of central government\u2019s schemes<br \/>\nfor the minorities. <\/p>\n<p>The allocation of Rs 177 crore out of the total budget of Rs 1 lakh<br \/>\nthree thousand crore means that the share of the minorities was less<br \/>\nthan quarter of a percent. On the contrary, the government has<br \/>\nallocated Rs 702 crore for the backward classes welfare and Rs 309<br \/>\ncrore for the tribal welfare. <\/p>\n<p>According to the Census 2001, Muslims constitute 9.17% of the state population of 762,10,007.  <\/p>\n<p>An amount of Rs 700 crore will be spent on the educational<br \/>\nscholarships and fee reimbursement of BC students and Rs 83 crore on<br \/>\ntribal students. <\/p>\n<p>The minority welfare budget, which was Rs 120 crore in 2007-08, was<br \/>\nincreased to Rs 177 crore in 2008-09 crore. As the support of the<br \/>\nMuslim minority had played a crucial role in bringing Congress back to<br \/>\npower both in the state and the center, the minority community was<br \/>\nhopeful of being rewarded with a handsome increase in its budget. But<br \/>\nthey were in for a big disappointment as the allocation for some of the<br \/>\nschemes was drastically reduced. <\/p>\n<p>The state government has earmarked an amount of Rs 153 crore for the<br \/>\neducational scholarships and fee reimbursement and the central<br \/>\ngovernment has provided another Rs 45 crore for the scholarships to the<br \/>\nminority students of Andhra Pradesh. This will take the total fund for<br \/>\neducational programs to Rs 198 crore. <\/p>\n<p>There has been a big change in the component of scholarship and free<br \/>\nreimbursement. The budget for pre and post metric scholarship has been<br \/>\nreduced from last year\u2019s Rs 80 crore to Rs 75.09 crore, the allocation<br \/>\nfor fee reimbursement for the higher education and professional courses<br \/>\nhas been increase from Rs 35 crore of last year to Rs 72.75 crore. Rs<br \/>\n10 crore is provided for the minority girls residential schools. <\/p>\n<p>However the budget for the mass marriages, which was Rs 5 crore last<br \/>\nyear has been reduced to mere Rs 1.25 crore Similarly the budget for<br \/>\nthe repair of mosques and churches was reduced from Rs 5 crore to Rs 1<br \/>\ncrore. The government retained Rs 2 crore subsidy for the Christians<br \/>\ngoing on pilgrimage to Bethlehem. <\/p>\n<p>Voicing the dejection and unhappiness of the Muslim minority over<br \/>\nthe budgetary allocation Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen described the<br \/>\nbudget as \u201cridiculous and disappointing\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral representations were made to the state government for the<br \/>\nwelfare and over all development of minorities specially Muslims. But<br \/>\nthe decision of the government shows that it only wants to use Muslims<br \/>\nas a vote bank\u201d, said MIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi. <\/p>\n<p>Warning the Congress party to change its attitude, Owaisi said that Muslims can not be placated by offering the lollypops.   <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe state government is making a lot of noise about allocations for<br \/>\nthe educational scholarships and fee reimbursements, but the fact is<br \/>\nthat still there are thousands of minority students at every level who<br \/>\nare not getting the scholarships\u201d, he said. <\/p>\n<p>Apart from causing the disappointment all around, the budget will<br \/>\nalso have a crippling impact on various minorities institutions<br \/>\nincluding the AP Urdu Academy, Waqf Board and state Haj Committee. The<br \/>\npetty allocations made include Rs 34.62 lakhs for minorities<br \/>\ncommission, Rs 36 lakhs for Urdu Academy, Rs 2.80 lakh for Dairatul<br \/>\nMaarif, 8.61 lakh for Waqf properties administration and Rs 15.68 lakh<br \/>\nfor Waqf Tribunal. <\/p>\n<p>Demand for higher allocations for the minorities also echoed among<br \/>\nthe Muslim leaders of Congress party. The state Congress general<br \/>\nsecretary Abid Rasool Khan said that while an amount of Rs 6000 crore<br \/>\nwas allotted for the welfare of all the sections of society, the budget<br \/>\nfor minority welfare should be increased to Rs 1000 crore. <\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that Muslims will also benefit from the budgetary<br \/>\nallocations made for various other schemes like free health insurance<br \/>\nand Indiramm Housing.<\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear-block clear\">\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted by admin3 on 25 July 2009 &#8211; 8:14pm. 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