3 out of 100 IAS and IPS officers in India are muslims whereas the 16th Lok Sabha has only 22 muslims representatives, which is 4.2% of total members in the house. These meagre presence of this community at the hierarchy of decision making is probably one of the factors for the backwardness among muslims.
This can also be considered a kind of deprivation in ability and capacity of this community to stand on equal footing with respect to ever changing competitive environment. The government of the day must focus on the capacity building of the youth of this community through better interactions, trust building efforts and effective learning outcomes.
The community also fares poorly when it comes to social indicators like accessibility to primary education and quality and affordable healthcare services. However considerable improvements have been witnessed in respect to sex ratio and increase in percentage of graduates in 2011 census. The sex ration among muslims in India is 951. So it can be said that, if adequate opportunities are provided than empowerment of muslims will fulfil the goal of inclusive development in the country.
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