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National Commission for Minorities
NCM
Commission overview
Formed17 May 1993; 31 years ago (1993-05-17)
Preceding Commission
  • Minorities Commission 1978
JurisdictionIndiaRepublic of India
HeadquartersNew Delhi,India
Annual budget5,020.50 crore (US$600 million) (2022–23) including Ministry of Minority Affairs
Minister responsible
  • Kiren Rijiju
Deputy Minister responsible
  • George Kurian
Commission executive
  • Iqbal Singh Lalpura[1], Chairman
Parent CommissionMinistry of Minority Affairs
Websitencm.nic.in

The Union Government set up the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) under the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. Six religious communities, viz; Muslims, Christians, Jains, Sikhs, Buddhists and Zoroastrians (Parsis) have been notified in Gazette of India as minority communities by the Union Government all over India .[2] Original notification of 1993 was for five religious communities; Sikhs, Buddhists, Parsis, Christians and Muslims, later in 2014, Jains community was also added.[3] As per Census 2001, these six communities consists of 18.8% of the country's population.[4]

  1. ^ "Ms. Syed Shahezadi takes charge as the Officiating Chairman, National Commission for Minorities". ncm.nic.in. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Minorities". Archived from the original on 25 October 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Extra ordinary Gazette Notification" (PDF). Egazzette. GOI. 23 October 1993. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Genesis of NCM" (PDF). National Commission for Minorities. Retrieved 12 September 2021.

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