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(2023-24 est.)HTTP://WWW.INDIABUDGET.GOV.IN/UB2018-19/EB/SBE66.PDFWEBSITE=INDIABUDGET.GOV.IN, 15 September 2018, including National Commission for Minorities| chief1_name = Smriti Zubin IraniMinister (government)>Minister| chief2_name = John Barla| chief2_position = Minister of State| child1_agency = National Commission for Minoritiesweblink}}| logo = Ministry of Minority Affairs.svg| logo_size = 250px| logo_caption = Ministry of Minority Affairs| chief3_name = | chief3_position = | chief4_name = | chief4_position = | chief5_name = | chief5_position = | chief6_name = | chief6_position = | chief7_name = | chief7_position = | chief8_name = | chief8_position = | chief9_name = | chief9_position = | parent_department = }}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 IndiaWEB,weblink Extraordinary Gazette of India Notification, egazette.nic.in, Govt. of India, 10 October 2016, under Section 2(c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992.WEB,weblink Ministry Of Minority Affairs, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100925015851weblink">weblink 2010-09-25, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi assumed the office as a cabinet minister for Minority Affairs on 4 September 2017.{{citation|title=About the Ministry|url=http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/about-us/about-ministry|website=Minorityaffairs.gov.in|access-date=25 December 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225032344weblink|archive-date=2018-12-25}} He served as the Minister of State for Minority Affairs when Najma Heptulla was the cabinet minister. Following Najma Heptulla's resignation on 12 July 2016, Naqvi was assigned the Independent charge of the Ministry.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.{{citation|url=http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/about-us/allocation-business-rules|title=Allocation of Business Rules|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225024130weblink|archive-date=2018-12-25}} The Minister in charge is also Chairperson of the Central Wakf Council, India, which manages the running of the State Wakf Boards.WEB,weblink Members, CFC website, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20101004010746weblink">weblink 2010-10-04, 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.WEB,weblink Archived copy, 10 October 2016,weblink 10 October 2016, dead, dmy-all, WEB,weblink MOMA SCHEMES post matric guidelines, Scholarships.gov.in, GOI, 10 October 2016, 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.WEB,weblink Constitutional Provisions, National Commission for Minorities, GOI, 10 October 2016, Constitutional Article: 350B. It is to be decided based on states as the states have been formed on linguistic basis.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

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.WEB,weblink Organizational Setup | Ministry of Minority Affairs | Government of india, Minorityaffairs.gov.in, 2018-02-09, 2018-05-04,

• Note: MoS, I/C {{ndash}} Minister of State with Independent Charge

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"! rowspan="2"| #! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Portrait! rowspan="2" style="width:17em" |Minister{{small|(Birth-Death)}}! colspan="3" |Term of office! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party! rowspan="2"| Ministry! rowspan="2" style="width:9em" |Prime Minister!style="width:6em"| From!style="width:6em"| To!Period!170px)A. R. Antulay{{small>(1929{{ndash}}2014)MP for Kolaba}}|29 January2006|22 May2009!{{ayd|2006|1|29|2009|5|22}} Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh!270px)Salman Khurshid{{small>(born 1953)MP for Farrukhabad}}(MoS, I/C until 19 January 2011)|28 May2009|28 October2012!{{ayd|2009|5|28|2012|10|28}} Manmohan II!370px)K. Rahman Khan{{small>(born 1939)MP for Karnataka (Rajya Sabha)}}|28 October2012|26 May2014!{{ayd|2012|10|28|2014|5|26}}!470px)Najma Heptulla{{small>(born 1940)Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh}}|26 May2014|12 July2016!{{ayd|2014|5|26|2016|7|12}} Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi!rowspan="2"| 5 (File:Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi addressing media (cropped).jpg|70px) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi{{small|(born 1957)Rajya Sabha MP for Jharkhand}}(MoS, I/C until 3 September 2017)|12 July2016|30 May2019!rowspan="2"| {{ayd|2016|7|12|2022|7|6}}|31 May2019|6 July2022 Modi II!670px)Smriti Irani{{small>(born 1976)MP for Amethi}}|6 July2022|Incumbent!{{ayd|2022|7|6}}

Ministers of State{| class"wikitable" style"text-align:center"

! rowspan="2"| #! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Portrait! rowspan="2" style="width:18em" |Minister{{small|(Birth-Death)Constituency}}! colspan="3" |Term of office! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party! rowspan="2"| Ministry! rowspan="2" style="width:9em" |Prime Minister!style="width:6em"| From!style="width:6em"| To!Period!170px)Vincent Pala{{small>(born 1968)MP for Shillong}}|19 January2011|28 October2012!{{ayd|2011|1|19|2012|10|28}} Indian National Congress Manmohan II Manmohan Singh!270px)Ninong Ering{{small>(born 1959)MP for Arunachal East}}|28 October2012|26 May2014!{{ayd|2012|10|28|2014|5|26}}!370px)Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi{{small>(born 1957)Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh, till 2016Rajya Sabha MP for Jharkhand, from 2016}}|9 November2014|12 July2016!{{ayd|2014|11|9|2016|7|12}} Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi!470px)Virendra Kumar Khatik{{small>(born 1954)MP for Tikamgarh}}|3 September2017|30 May2019!{{ayd|2017|9|3|2019|5|30}}!570px)Kiren Rijiju{{small>(born 1971)MP for Arunachal West}}|31 May2019|7 July2021!{{ayd|2019|5|31|2021|7|7}} Modi II!670px)John Barla{{small>(born 1975)MP for Alipurduars}}|7 July2021|Incumbent!{{ayd|2021|7|7}}

Organisations

• Constitutional and Statutory Bodies
  • Central Wakf Council (CWC)
  • National Commission for Minorities (NCM)
  • weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160109205011weblink">Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities (CLM)
• 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{{citation|title= Jiyo Parsi - Scheme for containing population decline of Parsis|url=http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/schemesperformance/jiyo-parsi-central-sector-scheme-containing-population-decline-parsis-india|website=Minorityaffairs.gov.in|access-date=25 December 2018}}
• Nai Roshni - Scheme for Leadership Development of Minority Women{{citation|title=Nai Roshni - Scheme for Leadership Development of Minority Women|url=http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/schemesperformance/nai-roshni-scheme-leadership-development-minority-women|website=Minorityaffairs.gov.in|access-date=25 December 2018}}
• Nai Manzil - An Integrated Education and Livelihood Initiative for the Minority Communities{{citation|title=Nai Manzil - An Integrated Education and Livelihood Initiative for the Minority Communities|url=http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/schemesperformance/nai-manzil-social-assesment-and-social-management-framework|website=Minorityaffairs.gov.in|access-date=25 December 2018}}
• Nai Udaan - Support for minority students clearing prelims exam conducted by UPSC, State PSC and SSC{{citation|title= Nai Udaan - Support for minority students clearing prelims exam conducted by UPSC, State PSC and SSC|url=http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/schemesperformance/support-students-clearing-prelims-conducted-upscsscstate-public-service-commissionpsc-etc|website=Minorityaffairs.gov.in|access-date=25 December 2018}}
• Seekho aur Kamao (Learn & Earn) - Scheme for Skill Development of Minorities{{citation|title= Seekho aur Kamao (Learn & Earn) - Scheme for Skill Development of Minorities|url=http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/schemesperformance/seekho-aur-kamaolearn-earn-scheme-skill-development-minorities|website=Minorityaffairs.gov.in|access-date=25 December 2018}}
• Hamari Dharohar - A scheme to preserve the rich heritage of Minority Communities of India under the overall concept of Indian culture{{citation|title= Hamari Dharohar - A scheme to preserve the rich heritage of Minority Communities of India under the overall concept of Indian culture|url=http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/schemesperformance/%E2%80%9Chamari-dharohar%E2%80%9D-scheme-preserve-rich-heritage-minority-communities-india-under-overall-concept|website=Minorityaffairs.gov.in|access-date=25 December 2018}}
• Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme{{citation|title=Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme|url=http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/SCHEMES/PERFORMANCE/Scholarship-Schemes/pre-matric-scholarship-scheme|website=Minorityaffairs.gov.in|access-date=25 December 2018}}
• Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme{{citation|title=Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme|url=http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/SCHEMES/PERFORMANCE/Scholarship-Schemes/post-matric-scholarship-scheme|website=Minorityaffairs.gov.in|access-date=25 December 2018}}
• Merit-cum-Means Scholarship Scheme{{citation|title=Merit-cum-Means Scholarship Scheme|url=http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/SCHEMES/PERFORMANCE/Scholarship-Schemes/merit-cum-means-scholarship-scheme|website=Minorityaffairs.gov.in|access-date=25 December 2018}}
• Maulana Azad National Fellowship for Minority Students{{citation|title=Maulana Azad National Fellowship for Minority Students|url=http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/schemesperformance/maulana-azad-national-fellowship-minority-students-scheme|website=Minorityaffairs.gov.in|access-date=25 December 2018}}
• Padho Pardesh - Scheme of Interest Subsidy on Educational Loans for Overseas Studies for the Students Belonging to the Minority CommunitiesWEB,weblink Padho Pardesh- Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of india, Ministry of Minority Affairs, 28 May 2019,

References

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External links

• Ministry of Minority Affairs, Official Website
• Current Affairs News and Magazines

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