Mangalore, March 18: The Executive Committee meeting of Islamic Development Bank will be held at Patna in Bihar on March 28 and 29, according to its member and managing director of B A Group B Abdul Salam.
A review on the progress of the projects implemented in India with the financial assistance from IDB and discussion over the request for the funds for the various projects from across India will be the main agenda of the meeting, Salam said.
IDB will provide financial assistance to those institutions, and projects which contribute towards the social and educational development of Muslims in India.
In the last executive committee of the bank held at Jeddah in KSA, it was decided to render special concentration towards increasing and enhancing the representation of Muslims in the various administrative posts of Indian government.
Salam said that the discussion would concentrate more on the progress of Indian Muslims in the upcoming meeting, as it is going to be held in an Indian city itself. “IDB is willing to take appropriate steps to prevent Muslim students in this country leaving their formal education half way through and encourage them to pursue higher education and join government services in large numbers”, he said.
The Jeddah based IDB, has nine Indian members in its strong executive committee, out of whom, Abdul Salam is the only representative from the state of Karnataka.
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