ABSTRACT
Government and Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) employment provide an employment or a source of income, and many social, economic and housing benefits. In a pluralistic society, a reasonable representation of various socio-religious communities (SRC) in government employment is necessary to enhance participatory governance. A detailed analysis by the SCR shows that only a small proportion of government/PSU employees are Muslims and they are concentrated in lower-level positions. The Sachar Committee Report recommended to create a National Data Bank where all relevant data pertaining to share of various SRCs in employment and various schemes would be maintained. Even the Ministry of Minority Affairs does not maintain religion-wise data and hence exact share of Muslims in the employment of the central government is not available. Muslims share in the state employment was only 4.4 per cent. Perception of fairness is the lowest among Muslims.
