Excelsior Correspondent
LEH, Sept 6: National Commission for Minorities would take all steps to resolve the issues and problems of the minorities of Leh district.
This was stated by the Chairman of the Commission, Wajahat Habibullah while interacting with the Chief Executive Councilor, Rigzin Spalbar, Executive Councilors and Deputy Commissioner in a meeting at Council Secretariat.
Stressing the need to extend the benefits of Government of India’s ST scholarship and other post and pre-matric scholarships to more deserving students, Habibullah urged for having a transparent mechanism to identify the genuine students along with streamlining direct cash transfer policy and said that this would also help to check the leakages of scholarships at various levels.
The CEC once again sought Commission’s active intervention in recognition of Bhoto language in 8th Schedule of Constitution and hoped that the initiative of the Commission towards granting Deemed University status for Central Institute of Buddhist Studies, Leh would yield positive results shortly.
Laying stress on raising women battalion in Leh under para-military forces, CEC sought support from the Commission in this regard and said, “Ladakhi women are comparatively stronger than the men coming from low areas of the country and are capable for guarding the installations even at extreme borders and frontiers in harsh weather”.
Urging National Commission for Minorities for intervention in restoring the securities for Karmapa Lama, CEC said that withdrawal of his securities by the Government has hurt the sentiments of entire Himalayan people. CEC also took up the matter of Dharma Centre of Choglamsar, which is nearing completion, and urged the Commission for releasing the committed funds from Union Ministry of Culture.
Mr Spalbar also sought Commission’s further support in sanctioning Rs 10 crore project each for all the nine blocks of Leh district under a special package as Council is going to submit this proposal to the Government of India very soon.
The Member National Commission for Minorities, Tsering Namgyal Shunu, Secretary, NCM, Surjit Chaudhery, Executive Councilor Tourism, Mohd Shafi Lassu, Executive Councilor Health, Dr Sonam Wangchuk and the Deputy Commissioner Simrandeep Singh also attended the meeting.
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