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Ministry of Minority Affairs
Agency overview
Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Minority Affairs
Formed	29 January 2006
Jurisdiction	Government of India
Headquarters	New Delhi 110084
Annual budget	₹3,097.10 crore (US$370 million)(2023-24 est.)^[1] includingNational Commission for Minorities
Minister responsible	Kiren Rijiju, Minister of Minority Affairs
Deputy Minister responsible	George Kurian, Minister of State
Child agency	National Commission for Minorities
Website	www.minorityaffairs.gov.in

TheMinistry of Minority Affairs is the ministry in theGovernment of India which was carved out of theMinistry 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 inIndia, which includeMuslims,Sikhs,Christians,Buddhists,Zoroastrians (Parsis) andJains notified as minority religious communities inThe Gazette of India^[2] under Section 2(c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992.^[3]

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

Character

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The ministry is also involved with thelinguistic minorities and of the office of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, representation of theAnglo-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 theMinistry of External Affairs.^[4] The Minister in charge is also Chairperson of theCentral Wakf Council, India, which manages the running of theState Wakf Boards.^[5] 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.^[6]^[7] 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.^[3]

Linguistic Minorities, according to Indian Constitution should have a Special Officer appointed.^[8]

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.^[8]

It is to be decided based on states as the states have been formed on linguistic basis.^{[citation needed]}

Cabinet Ministers

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The Minister of Minority Affairs is the head of the Ministry of Minority Affairs and one of thecabinet ministers of theGovernment of India.^[9]

Note: MoS, I/C – Minister of State with Independent Charge

Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	From	To	Period	Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
	A. R. Antulay (1929–2014) MP forKolaba	29 January 2006	22 May 2009	3 years, 113 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan I		Manmohan Singh
	Salman Khurshid (born 1953) MP forFarrukhabad (Minister of State, I/C until 19 Jan 2011)	28 May 2009	28 October 2012	3 years, 153 days		Manmohan II
	K. Rahman Khan (born 1939) MP forKarnataka (Rajya Sabha)	28 October 2012	26 May 2014	1 year, 210 days		Manmohan II
	Najma Heptulla (born 1940) Rajya Sabha MP forMadhya Pradesh	26 May 2014	12 July 2016	2 years, 47 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
	Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (born 1957) Rajya Sabha MP forJharkhand (Minister of State, I/C until 3 Sep 2017)	12 July 2016	30 May 2019	5 years, 359 days		Modi I
		31 May 2019	6 July 2022	5 years, 359 days		Modi II
	Smriti Irani (born 1976) MP forAmethi	6 July 2022	9 June 2024	1 year, 339 days		Modi II
	Kiren Rijiju (born 1971) MP forArunachal West	10 June 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 169 days		Modi III

Ministers of State

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Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	From	To	Period	Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
	Vincent Pala (born 1968) MP forShillong	19 January 2011	28 October 2012	1 year, 283 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan II		Manmohan Singh
	Ninong Ering (born 1959) MP forArunachal East	28 October 2012	26 May 2014	1 year, 210 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan II		Manmohan Singh
	Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (born 1957) Rajya Sabha MP forUttar Pradesh, till 2016 Rajya Sabha MP forJharkhand, from 2016	9 November 2014	12 July 2016	1 year, 246 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
	Virendra Kumar Khatik (born 1954) MP forTikamgarh	3 September 2017	30 May 2019	1 year, 269 days		Modi I
	Kiren Rijiju (born 1971) MP forArunachal West	31 May 2019	7 July 2021	2 years, 37 days		Modi II
	John Barla (born 1975) MP forAlipurduars	7 July 2021	9 June 2024	2 years, 338 days		Modi II
	George Kurian Rajya Sabha MP forMadhya Pradesh	10 June 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 169 days		Modi III

Organisations

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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

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Jiyo Parsi - Scheme for containing population decline of Parsis^[10]
Nai Manzil - An Integrated Education and Livelihood Initiative for the Minority Communities^[11]
Seekho aur Kamao (Learn & Earn) - Scheme for Skill Development of Minorities^[12]
Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme^[13]
Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme^[14]
Merit-cum-Means Scholarship Scheme^[15]

References

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^"MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS : DEMAND NO. 66"(PDF).Indiabudget.gov.in. Retrieved15 September 2018.
^"Extraordinary Gazette of India Notification"(PDF).egazette.nic.in. Govt. of India. Retrieved10 October 2016.
^^a ^b"Ministry Of Minority Affairs"(PDF). Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 25 September 2010.
^Allocation of Business Rules,archived from the original on 25 December 2018
^"Members". CFC website. Archived fromthe original on 4 October 2010.
^"Archived copy"(PDF). Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 10 October 2016. Retrieved10 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^"MOMA SCHEMES post matric guidelines"(PDF).Scholarships.gov.in. GOI. Retrieved10 October 2016.
^^a ^b"Constitutional Provisions".National Commission for Minorities. GOI. Retrieved10 October 2016.
^"Organizational Setup | Ministry of Minority Affairs | Government of india". Minorityaffairs.gov.in. 9 February 2018. Retrieved4 May 2018.
^"Jiyo Parsi - Scheme for containing population decline of Parsis",Minorityaffairs.gov.in, retrieved25 December 2018
^"Nai Manzil - An Integrated Education and Livelihood Initiative for the Minority Communities",Minorityaffairs.gov.in, retrieved25 December 2018
^"Seekho aur Kamao (Learn & Earn) - Scheme for Skill Development of Minorities",Minorityaffairs.gov.in, retrieved25 December 2018
^"Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme",Minorityaffairs.gov.in, retrieved25 December 2018
^"Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme",Minorityaffairs.gov.in, retrieved25 December 2018
^"Merit-cum-Means Scholarship Scheme",Minorityaffairs.gov.in, retrieved25 December 2018

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