Leaps of Faith ; Forging Systematic Economic Links Between Poor Hindus and Muslims Through Urban Renewal Programmes Is the Way Forward.
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Historically, riots have been the principal expression of India's communal faultlines. Will this continue to be true? In the coming decades, largescale riots are likely to decline. We know from comparative evidence that as incomes rise above a threshold, the incidence of rioting goes down, though riots do not entirely disappear.
-- In 2007,Muslims constituted a mere 3 per cent of the IAS, 1.8 per cent of the IFS and 4 per cent of the IPS officers.See the full content of this document
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Leaps of Faith ; Forging Systematic Economic Links Between Poor Hindus and Muslims Through Urban Renewal Programmes Is the Way Forward.
-- 13.4% of India's population follows Islam. It is the country's second-most practiced religion after Hinduism.As per an estimate, India had 154 million Muslims in 2008.India's rapid economic progress, thus, has the potential of dampening old-style communal riot...
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