Muslim representation in govt. jobs abysmal in Kerala, says study
The section on jobs and livelihood in the study points out that though Muslims constitutes 27.3% of the population in 2019, their representation in State government jobs was just 13.8%. The percentage of lack of representation is 98.2. In 2004, they constituted 26.9% of the population and only 11.4% of the government employees belonged to the community. The percentage of lack of representation was 136.
Though 30.2% of the sample size in the survey in 2019 belonged to the Muslim community, their representation in Central government jobs was found to be just 1.8%. In terms of the population, their lack of representation in Central jobs, including that of the armed forces, was a staggering 1,578%. The survey says that in State government jobs, the lack of representation of Muslims is 91%.
In the case of Scheduled Castes communities, their representation in population was 9% and 9.1%, respectively, in 2004 and 2019. But, their representation in government jobs in those years was 7.6% and 8.5%, respectively. The Scheduled Tribes constituted 1.2% of the population in 2004 and 1% in 2019, but their representation in government jobs remained 0.8%.
Hindu upper caste communities, however, are over-represented in State government jobs by 83% and in Central jobs by 128%. The report points out that 26% of the sample size population, who don't get any reservation benefits, corner 39.9% of the government jobs (Central government 45.5% and State government 38.2%). Along with it, they also get 10% quota under the Economically Weaker Sections category, leading to an 'increased imbalance'.
According to the survey, in 2004, upper caste Hindus constituted 24.1% of the population. Their representation in State government jobs was 13.8%. In 2019, their population plummeted to 15.2% and the representation in government jobs was 26.7%.
Hindu backward classes constituted 28.5% and 31.2% of the population, respectively, in 2004 and 2019, and their representation in government jobs in those years was 30.4% and 33.6%.
Christians constituted 18.3% of the population in 2004 and their representation in government jobs was 20.6%. In 2019, upper class Christians constituted 12.2% and lower class Christians constituted 4% of the population. Their representation in government jobs was 12.4% and 4.2% respectively.
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