The Uttar Pradesh State Minorities Commission (UPSMC) has recommended to the state government to include the Jain community in the minority list and ensure all benefits that are given to other minority communities, including admissions in educational institutions. The commission made these recommendations following central government directives of giving minority status to the Jain community.

The commission has asked the state government to ensure that members of the community are issued certificates and given all benefits as other minorities in the state. Secretary of the commission Mohammad Akram said, “Since the Union Government has already given the minority status to Jains and even the state has agreed to it, we have recommended that the state should now instruct the Department of Minorities Welfare and the state Minorities Welfare Finance Corporation to include Jains in their beneficiary list.”

The commission has also recommended that the state extend benefits to the community regarding admissions in educational institutions. “Wherever there is a reservation or a quota for the minorities, the Jain community can fill in and be eligible," added Akram.