Uttar Pradesh govt plans job fairs in minority-dominated regions

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As part of a series of steps aimed at Muslim outreach, theYogi Adityanathgovernment now plans to organise job fairs in the minority-dominated regions of the state.

According to sources, the departments of minority welfare and labour & EMPLOYMENT will jointly organise the fairs expected after Diwali. Sources in the labour department said that the fairs are

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proposed to be organised close to the minority institutions and other centres of Islamic Learning.

Accounting for around 19% of the Population, the Muslim community lags far behind in many socio-religious categories (SRCs) such as Education, economic, employment, housing, landholding, access to credit and other development indicators. In fact, in government jobs, Muslims constitute 10.08% of the OBC castes, researches show.