Telangana gives Jains minority status

The Telangana government lead by Chief minister KCR on Friday announced that the Jain community will be considered as a religious minority. A government order was issued from the Minorities Welfare Department (MWD) after the All India Digamber Jain Organisations Coordination Committee presented the issue to the government.The organization noted that according to the 2001 census data,there are 26,690 Jains in the state out of a population of 3.51 crore. That would mean it is 0.075 per cent of the population of the state.