Ministry of Minority Affairs
Government ministry of India
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Through Government of India, India and Muslims
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).
Allocation of Business
- PM-JVK (Jan Vikas Karyakaram)
- Direct Benefit Transfer
- Vigilance
- National Wakf Development Corporation
- Education Empowerment
- Closure Cell
- Madarsa
- Establishment
- PM-VIKAS (Virasat Ka Samvardhan)
- National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation
- Information Technology
- General Administration
- Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities
- National Commission for Minorities
- Haj
- Wakf
- Capacity Building Commission
- Reservation matters
- Dargah
- Special Campaign for Disposal of Pending Matters
- Amrut Mahotsav
- Maulana Azad Education Foundation, Maulana Azad National Academy of Skills
- Parliament
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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. 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. 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.
Constitutional Article: 350B.
- There shall be a Special Officer for linguistic minorities to be appointed by the President.
- 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.
- Note: MoS, I/C – Minister of State with Independent Charge
Ministers of State
Organisations
- Constitutional and Statutory Bodies
- Central Wakf Council (CWC)
- National Commission for Minorities (NCM)
- Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities (CLM)
- Haj Committee of India
- Autonomous Bodies
- Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF)
- PSUs and Joint Ventures
- National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation (NMDFC)
Schemes & Scholarship Programmes
- Jiyo Parsi - Scheme for containing population decline of Parsis
- Nai Manzil - An Integrated Education and Livelihood Initiative for the Minority Communities
- Seekho aur Kamao (Learn & Earn) - Scheme for Skill Development of Minorities
- Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme
- Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme
- Merit-cum-Means Scholarship Scheme