Kolhapur, July 29 -- Efforts will be made to bring students from the Jain community, which is a very small minority in the country and the state, to the mainstream education system, said Lalit Gandhi, Chairman of the Jain Minority Development Corporation.
Addressing a review meeting, which was held today under his chairmanship in the Collectorate regarding various issues of the Jain community, Gandhi further said 16 hostels, one each for Jain boys and girls, will be constructed in eight districts of the state with the cooperation of the Central and State Governments.
The construction of this hostel will also start in Kolhapur by the end of the coming financial year. For this, two acres of land have been requested from the district adminis...