New Delhi: Welcoming Congress-led UPA (United Progressive Alliance) Government's stand of not keeping "under the carpet" data on religion in census 2001 by making it public, National Commission for Minorities (NCM) today (Sep 8, 2004) created a four-member Cell to further analyse the figures to take "corrective" steps.

"We have created a four-member Cell headed by Ashsish Bose, Director of Society for Applied Research in Humanity, to analyse the data in First Report on Religion", NCM Chairman Tarlochan Singh told sources.

The Cell will comprise eminent demographers K M Kulkarni (Delhi), M Bhat (Delhi) and T K Roy (Mumbai), he said.

Besides analysing the data, the Cell will also suggest "corrective steps" to address the problems and issues concerning all communities, Singh said adding thereafter, the Commission would discuss these steps in a meeting with all religious leaders.

"The Commission from next month will start convening such meetings with religious leaders to discuss and implement the corrective steps," the NCM Chairman said.