"We hope to get the Chief Minister's approval to our proposal for setting up a minority commission in the state soon," a highly placed source in the Social Welfare Department said today.
The proposal already has the consent of the state law department.
"After the Chief Minister clears the proposal we will go ahead with constituting the Commission so that minorities in the valley get the same benefits as elsewhere in the country," he said.
The Social Welfare Department set into motion the process of constitution of the Minority Commission after the Union Ministry on Minority Affairs wrote to the J&K government to set up the commission as per the recommendations of the Sacchar Committee on minorities.