India, Oct. 5 -- A Tehelka SIT report reveals how banks and NBFCs discriminate against Muslim-majority localities in extending access to credit, exposing bias, corruption and coercive recovery practices.

On March 9, 2005, the then Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh, issued a notification for the constitution of a High-Level Committee to prepare a report on the social, economic and educational status of the Muslim community in India.

The seven-member High-Level Committee, chaired by former Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, Justice Rajinder Sachar, submitted its first report to the Prime Minister on November 17, 2006. The government tabled the Justice Rajinder Sachar Committee Report in Parliament on November 30.

Among its m...