Govt recruited 9,303 minorities during 2014-15

New Delhi, July 27: As many as 9,303 persons belonging to minority communities were recruited in central government, public sector undertakings and banks in 2014-15 fiscal, Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya informed Parliament in a written reply to Lok Sabha.

According to the statement, 651 persons from minority communities were recruited by central government ministries, departments and attached offices in the last fiscal.

Similarly, public sector banks and financial institutions hired 5,572 persons belonging to minority communities and para military forces recruited 2,303 such persons.

The department of post recruited 777 persons belonging to such communities in the last fiscal.

PTI