MWD faces Muslim staff shortage

The Telangana government has sought information from several of its departments to encourage Muslim officers and seek their willingness to work in the Minorities Welfare Department (MWD), which is facing a dearth of senior qualified staff. In an UO note recently sent to all government departments, Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar stated that several agencies of the MWD have been facing a shortage of staff, and that while some of these agencies mandate that officers should be Muslim, in others, it is ‘more practical’.