The "decision taken by the Government of India does not intend to take away the benefits of minorities. The scholarships in question have been withdrawn to address the issue of duplication of schemes. However, there are apprehensions from minority communities in this regard that have to be taken up,” reassured National Commission for Minorities (NCM) chairman Iqbal Singh Lalpura at a meeting with educationists and community leaders and senior officers of the Commission on March 3, 2023, according to a press note of the same day.
Kersi Deboo
The Commission received representations from minority communities "against the withdrawal of......