Ministry of Minority Affairs explained

Agency Name:Ministry of Minority Affairs
Seal:Government of India logo.svg
Formed:29 January 2006
Jurisdiction:Government of India
Headquarters:New Delhi 110084
Budget: (2023-24 est.)[1] including National Commission for Minorities
Minister1 Name:Kiren Rijiju
Minister1 Pfo:Minister of Minority Affairs
Deputyminister1 Name:George Kurian
Deputyminister1 Pfo:Minister of State
Child1 Agency:National Commission for Minorities

The Ministry of Minority Affairs is the ministry in the Government of India which was carved out of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and created on 29 January 2006. It is the apex body for the central government's regulatory and developmental programmes for the minority religious communities and minority linguistic communities in India, which include Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Zoroastrians (Parsis) and Jains notified as minority religious communities in The Gazette of India[2] under Section 2(c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992.[3]

The current minister is Kiren Rijiju who has been in office since 10 June 2024, and the Minister of State is George Kurian (since June 2024).

Character

The ministry is also involved with the linguistic minorities and of the office of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, representation of the Anglo-Indian community, protection and preservation of non-Muslim shrines in Pakistan and Muslim shrines in India in terms of the Pant-Mirza Agreement of 1955, in consultation with the Ministry of External Affairs. The Minister in charge is also Chairperson of the Central Wakf Council, India, which manages the running of the State Wakf Boards.[4] Ministry of Minority Affairs provides Moma scholarship to minority community students of India every year. Moma Scholarship is a scholarship scheme of the Ministry of Minority Affairs initiated with the aim of supporting minority communities student who is not financially strong and wants to pursue higher studies in India.[5] [6] Minority communities in India includes Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Parsis and Jains. The scholarship is awarded to the students by India Government through State Government/UTs. The scholarship is awarded for the undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

Linguistic Minorities, according to Indian Constitution should have a Special Officer appointed.[7]

Constitutional Article: 350B.

  1. There shall be a Special Officer for linguistic minorities to be appointed by the President.
  1. It shall be the duty of the Special Officer to investigate all matters relating to the safeguards provided for linguistic minorities under this Constitution and report to the President upon those matters at such intervals as the President may direct, and the President shall cause all such reports to be laid before each House of Parliament, and sent to the Governments of the States concerned.

It is to be decided based on states as the states have been formed on linguistic basis.

Cabinet Ministers

The Minister of Minority Affairs is the head of the Ministry of Minority Affairs and one of the cabinet ministers of the Government of India.[8]

PortraitMinister
Term of officePolitical partyMinistryPrime Minister
FromToPeriod
1A. R. Antulay
29 January
2006		22 May
2009		Indian National CongressManmohan IManmohan Singh
2Salman Khurshid

(MoS, I/C until 19 January 2011)		28 May
2009		28 October
2012		Manmohan II
3K. Rahman Khan
28 October
2012		26 May
2014
4Najma Heptulla
26 May
2014		12 July
2016		Bharatiya Janata PartyModi INarendra Modi
5Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

(MoS, I/C until 3 September 2017)		12 July
2016		30 May
2019
31 May
2019		6 July
2022		Modi II
6Smriti Irani
6 July
2022		9 June
2024
7Kiren Rijiju
10 June
2024		IncumbentModi III

Ministers of State

PortraitMinister
Term of officePolitical partyMinistryPrime Minister
FromToPeriod
1Vincent Pala
19 January
2011		28 October
2012		Indian National CongressManmohan IIManmohan Singh
2Ninong Ering
28 October
2012		26 May
2014
3Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
9 November
2014		12 July
2016		Bharatiya Janata PartyModi INarendra Modi
4Virendra Kumar Khatik
3 September
2017		30 May
2019
5Kiren Rijiju
31 May
2019		7 July
2021		Modi II
6John Barla
7 July
2021		9 June
2024
7George Kurian
10 June
2024		IncumbentModi III

Organisations

Schemes & Scholarship Programmes

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS : DEMAND NO. 66. Indiabudget.gov.in. 15 September 2018.
  2. Web site: Extraordinary Gazette of India Notification. egazette.nic.in. Govt. of India. 10 October 2016.
  3. Web site: Ministry Of Minority Affairs. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100925015851/http://minorityaffairs.gov.in/newsite/main/FAQ_Ministry.pdf. 2010-09-25.
  4. Web site: Members . CFC website . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101004010746/http://centralwakfcouncil.org/members.htm . 2010-10-04 .
  5. Web site: Archived copy . 10 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161010215856/https://scholarships.gov.in/public/schemeGuidelines/MOMA_post_Guidelinesfor2015-16.pdf . 10 October 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
  6. Web site: MOMA SCHEMES post matric guidelines. Scholarships.gov.in. GOI. 10 October 2016.
  7. Web site: Constitutional Provisions. National Commission for Minorities. GOI. 10 October 2016.
  8. Web site: Organizational Setup | Ministry of Minority Affairs | Government of india . Minorityaffairs.gov.in . 2018-02-09 . 2018-05-04.
  9. Web site: Padho Pardesh- Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of india. Ministry of Minority Affairs. 28 May 2019.

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