Of the total 8,417 candidates who have cracked civil services examinations, Muslims are around 3.46 per cent. Of 292 Muslim officers, 160 are among 5,862 who had cracked the UPSC exams, while the remaining 132 are among 2,555 who were promoted to the IAS or IPS from the state civil services on the basis of their commitment and performance. Muslims are more than 13 per cent of the total population as per 2011 census. Surprisingly, by that parameter, there is one Muslim IAS or IPS among every 5.73 lakh Muslims as against one in every 1.08 lakh non-Muslims.
SEX EDUCATION IS UNSCIENTIFIC, CULTURALLY UNACCEPTABLE: HEALTH MINISTER
Taking a critical stand on sex education, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan criticised sex education and termed it unscientific and culturally unacceptable. He opposed vulgarity in the name of sex education. As per reports available in media, this criticism was made on his personal website in the context of the UPA government’s 2007 decision to introduce the Adolescence Education Programme (AEP) in its original form. “I’m a medical professional who has embraced rationalism and I wholeheartedly support pedagogy that is scientific and culturally acceptable. Anything abrasive to common sensibilities and articulated as such by responsible persons should be discarded and replaced by consensually accepted learning processes,” he said.