Lalit K. Jha

http://www.ptinews.com/news/227155_US-body-puts-India-under--Watch-List--on-religious-freedom

Washington, Aug 13 (PTI) The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has placed India on its "Watch List" for New Delhi's largely inadequate response in protecting its religious minorities.

In a statement, USCIRF said India earned the "Watch List" designation due to the "disturbing increase" in communal violence against religious minorities - specifically Christians in eastern Indian state Orissa in 2008 and Muslims in western Indian state of Gujarat in 2002 - and the largely inadequate response from the Indian government to protect the rights of religious minorities.