Ministry of Minority Affairs
ministry of the Government of India
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 under Section 2(c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992.
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
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.
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