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Discuss the problems of religious minorities in India and suggest measures to solve them.

  • UPSC 2022
  • Religion and Society in India

India's minority problem is not a shortage of rights but the gap between constitutional equality and measured outcomes. The Sachar Committee (2006), India's first state audit of a single community's condition, placed Muslims, then 13.4% of the population, at or near Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe levels on most indicators.

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  • What the official audits found
  • Insecurity, segregation and voice
  • Measures
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