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Information centre for Muslims

Special Correspondent

JAIPUR: A Community Service-cum-Information Centre for the Muslim community – the first of its kind in Rajasthan – has come up here with the objective of helping out Muslims needing guidance and counselling in the fields of education, health and employment.

The centre is equipped with computers and latest literature on the relevant subjects. Experts available at the centre will especially guide the youth in choosing the career options, acquiring skills for self-employment and obtaining bank credit.

The newly formed Progressive Muslim Social Circle (PMSC), which has established the centre, has sought to involve Muslim families, including women, in the drive for socio-economic development through an efficient management of the human resource available within the community.

PMSC president A.R. Khan, a former civil servant, said the PMSC will hold career, health care and social security camps to help out marginalised sections among Muslims and apprise them of their right to claim the benefits of various schemes of the governments.

Justice Mohammed Yamin, former Judge of the Rajasthan High Court, inaugurating the centre this past Sunday, said the generation of awareness among Muslims through counselling would not only empower them to fight against injustice but also promote national unity by ensuring their equal access to the Government’s welfare schemes.

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