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href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%82_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AF,_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0" title="सहकारी एवं अल्पसंख्यक मामलों से संबंधित मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="सहकारी एवं अल्पसंख्यक मामलों से संबंधित मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a 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व्यवहार मंत्रालय (भारत)" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%98%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%9F_%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%A3%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%82_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0_%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A4_(%E0%A8%AD%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A4)" title="ਘੱਟ ਗਿਣਤੀਆਂ ਸਰੋਕਾਰ ਵਜ਼ਾਰਤ (ਭਾਰਤ) – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਘੱਟ ਗਿਣਤੀਆਂ ਸਰੋਕਾਰ ਵਜ਼ਾਰਤ (ਭਾਰਤ)" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a 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budget</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>3,097.10 crore</span> (US$360 million) <small>(2023-24 est.)</small><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including <a href="/wiki/National_Commission_for_Minorities" title="National Commission for Minorities">National Commission for Minorities</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Minister responsible</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Kiren_Rijiju" title="Kiren Rijiju">Kiren Rijiju</a>, Minister of Minority Affairs</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy Minister responsible</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/George_Kurian_(politician)" title="George Kurian (politician)">George Kurian</a>, Minister of State</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Child agency</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/National_Commission_for_Minorities" title="National Commission for Minorities">National Commission for Minorities</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in">www<wbr />.minorityaffairs<wbr />.gov<wbr />.in</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Ministry of Minority Affairs</b> is the ministry in the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> which was carved out of the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Social_Justice_and_Empowerment" title="Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment">Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, which include <a href="/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslims</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sikhs" title="Sikhs">Sikhs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buddhist" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhist">Buddhists</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zoroastrian" class="mw-redirect" title="Zoroastrian">Zoroastrians</a> (<a href="/wiki/Parsis" title="Parsis">Parsis</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jains</a> notified as minority religious communities in <a href="/wiki/The_Gazette_of_India" title="The Gazette of India">The Gazette of India</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> under Section 2(c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The current minister is <a href="/wiki/Kiren_Rijiju" title="Kiren Rijiju">Kiren Rijiju</a> who has been in office since 10 June 2024, and the Minister of State is <a href="/wiki/George_Kurian_(politician)" title="George Kurian (politician)">George Kurian</a> (since June 2024). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Character">Character</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Minority_Affairs&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Character"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ministry is also involved with the <a href="/wiki/Linguistic_minorities" class="mw-redirect" title="Linguistic minorities">linguistic minorities</a> and of the office of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, representation of the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Indian" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Indian">Anglo-Indian</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of External Affairs (India)">Ministry of External Affairs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Minister in charge is also Chairperson of the <a href="/wiki/Central_Wakf_Council,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Wakf Council, India">Central Wakf Council, India</a>, which manages the running of the <a href="/wiki/Central_Wakf_Council,_India#State_Wakf_Boards" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Wakf Council, India">State Wakf Boards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dc_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dc-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Linguistic Minorities, according to Indian Constitution should have a Special Officer appointed.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Constitutional Article: 350B. </p> <dl><dd><ol><li>There shall be a Special Officer for linguistic minorities to be appointed by the President.</li> <li>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.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ol></dd></dl> <p>It is to be decided based on states as the states have been formed on linguistic basis.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cabinet_Ministers">Cabinet Ministers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Minority_Affairs&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cabinet Ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Minister of Minority Affairs is the head of the Ministry of Minority Affairs and one of the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_minister_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet minister (India)">cabinet ministers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>Note:</b> MoS, I/C – Minister of State with Independent Charge</li></ul> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:16em">Minister<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth-Death)<br />Constituency</span> </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:8em">Political party </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:6em">Ministry </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:8em">From </th> <th style="width:8em">To </th> <th style="width:6em">Period </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A._R._Antulay_with_Shivraj_Patil_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/A._R._Antulay_with_Shivraj_Patil_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-A._R._Antulay_with_Shivraj_Patil_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/A._R._Antulay_with_Shivraj_Patil_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-A._R._Antulay_with_Shivraj_Patil_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/A._R._Antulay_with_Shivraj_Patil_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-A._R._Antulay_with_Shivraj_Patil_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="966" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/A._R._Antulay" title="A. R. Antulay">A. R. Antulay</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1929–2014)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Kolaba_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Kolaba Lok Sabha constituency">Kolaba</a></span> </td> <td>29 January<br />2006 </td> <td>22 May<br />2009 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003120900000000000♠"></span>3 years, 113 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="First Manmohan Singh ministry">Manmohan I</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="width:9em"><b><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Salman_Khurshid_portrait_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Salman_Khurshid_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Salman_Khurshid_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Salman_Khurshid_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Salman_Khurshid_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Salman_Khurshid_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Salman_Khurshid_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="927" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Salman_Khurshid" title="Salman Khurshid">Salman Khurshid</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1953)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Farrukhabad_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Farrukhabad Lok Sabha constituency">Farrukhabad</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C until 19 January 2011) </td> <td>28 May<br />2009 </td> <td>28 October<br />2012 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003124900000000000♠"></span>3 years, 153 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Second_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="Second Manmohan Singh ministry">Manmohan II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:K_Rahman_Khan_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/K_Rahman_Khan_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-K_Rahman_Khan_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="62" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/K_Rahman_Khan_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-K_Rahman_Khan_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/K_Rahman_Khan_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-K_Rahman_Khan_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="546" data-file-height="482" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/K._Rahman_Khan" title="K. Rahman Khan">K. Rahman Khan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1939)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a> (Rajya Sabha)</span> </td> <td>28 October<br />2012 </td> <td>26 May<br />2014 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002575000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 210 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Najma_A._Heptulla_presenting_the_Badalte_Qadam_Award_to_the_Cinematographer,_Doordarshan,_Ms._Jayshree_Puri,_at_the_Best_Achievers_Award_Ceremony,_organised_by_the_Child_Care_%26_Welfare_Foundation,_in_New_Delhi_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Najma_A._Heptulla_presenting_the_Badalte_Qadam_Award_to_the_Cinematographer%2C_Doordarshan%2C_Ms._Jayshree_Puri%2C_at_the_Best_Achievers_Award_Ceremony%2C_organised_by_the_Child_Care_%26_Welfare_Foundation%2C_in_New_Delhi_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Najma_A._Heptulla_presenting_the_Badalte_Qadam_Award_to_the_Cinematographer%2C_Doordarshan%2C_Ms._Jayshree_Puri%2C_at_the_Best_Achievers_Award_Ceremony%2C_organised_by_the_Child_Care_%26_Welfare_Foundation%2C_in_New_Delhi_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Najma_A._Heptulla_presenting_the_Badalte_Qadam_Award_to_the_Cinematographer%2C_Doordarshan%2C_Ms._Jayshree_Puri%2C_at_the_Best_Achievers_Award_Ceremony%2C_organised_by_the_Child_Care_%26_Welfare_Foundation%2C_in_New_Delhi_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="707" data-file-height="838" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Najma_Heptulla" title="Najma Heptulla">Najma Heptulla</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1940)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td>26 May<br />2014 </td> <td>12 July<br />2016 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002778000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 47 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/First_Modi_ministry" title="First Modi ministry">Modi I</a> </td> <td rowspan="5" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="5"><b><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">5 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mukhtar_Abbas_Naqvi_addressing_media_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Mukhtar_Abbas_Naqvi_addressing_media_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Mukhtar_Abbas_Naqvi_addressing_media_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Mukhtar_Abbas_Naqvi_addressing_media_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Mukhtar_Abbas_Naqvi_addressing_media_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Mukhtar_Abbas_Naqvi_addressing_media_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Mukhtar_Abbas_Naqvi_addressing_media_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="613" data-file-height="885" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Mukhtar_Abbas_Naqvi" title="Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi">Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1957)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C until 3 September 2017) </td> <td>12 July<br />2016 </td> <td>30 May<br />2019 </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><span data-sort-value="7003218500000000000♠"></span>5 years, 359 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>31 May<br />2019 </td> <td>6 July<br />2022 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Second_Modi_ministry" title="Second Modi ministry">Modi II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Smt._Smriti_Irani_in_April_2023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Smt._Smriti_Irani_in_April_2023.jpg/70px-Smt._Smriti_Irani_in_April_2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Smt._Smriti_Irani_in_April_2023.jpg/105px-Smt._Smriti_Irani_in_April_2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Smt._Smriti_Irani_in_April_2023.jpg/140px-Smt._Smriti_Irani_in_April_2023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1145" data-file-height="1527" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Smriti_Irani" title="Smriti Irani">Smriti Irani</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1976)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Amethi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Amethi Lok Sabha constituency">Amethi</a></span> </td> <td>6 July<br />2022 </td> <td>9 June<br />2024 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002704000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 339 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kiren_Rijiju_with_Modi_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Kiren_Rijiju_with_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Kiren_Rijiju_with_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Kiren_Rijiju_with_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Kiren_Rijiju_with_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Kiren_Rijiju_with_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Kiren_Rijiju_with_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="517" data-file-height="659" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kiren_Rijiju" title="Kiren Rijiju">Kiren Rijiju</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1971)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Arunachal_West_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Arunachal West Lok Sabha constituency">Arunachal West</a></span> </td> <td>10 June<br />2024 </td> <td>Incumbent </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002233000000000000♠"></span>233 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Third_Modi_ministry" title="Third Modi ministry">Modi III</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ministers_of_State">Ministers of State</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Minority_Affairs&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ministers of State"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:16em">Minister<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth-Death)<br />Constituency</span> </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:8em">Political party </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:6em">Ministry </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:8em">From </th> <th style="width:8em">To </th> <th style="width:6em">Period </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vincent_Pala_distributing_awards_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Vincent_Pala_distributing_awards_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Vincent_Pala_distributing_awards_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Vincent_Pala_distributing_awards_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Vincent_Pala_distributing_awards_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Vincent_Pala_distributing_awards_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Vincent_Pala_distributing_awards_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="286" data-file-height="388" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Pala" title="Vincent Pala">Vincent Pala</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1968)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Shillong_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Shillong Lok Sabha constituency">Shillong</a></span> </td> <td>19 January<br />2011 </td> <td>28 October<br />2012 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002648000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 283 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Second_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="Second Manmohan Singh ministry">Manmohan II</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="width:9em"><b><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ninong_Ering_in_January_2014_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Ninong_Ering_in_January_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Ninong_Ering_in_January_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Ninong_Ering_in_January_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Ninong_Ering_in_January_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Ninong_Ering_in_January_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Ninong_Ering_in_January_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="335" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ninong_Ering" title="Ninong Ering">Ninong Ering</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1959)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Arunachal_East_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Arunachal East Lok Sabha constituency">Arunachal East</a></span> </td> <td>28 October<br />2012 </td> <td>26 May<br />2014 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002575000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 210 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11"> </th></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mukhtar_Abbas_Naqvi_addressing_media_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Mukhtar_Abbas_Naqvi_addressing_media_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Mukhtar_Abbas_Naqvi_addressing_media_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Mukhtar_Abbas_Naqvi_addressing_media_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Mukhtar_Abbas_Naqvi_addressing_media_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Mukhtar_Abbas_Naqvi_addressing_media_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Mukhtar_Abbas_Naqvi_addressing_media_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="613" data-file-height="885" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mukhtar_Abbas_Naqvi" title="Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi">Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1957)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>, till 2016<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a>, from 2016</span> </td> <td>9 November<br />2014 </td> <td>12 July<br />2016 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002611000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 246 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/First_Modi_ministry" title="First Modi ministry">Modi I</a> </td> <td rowspan="6" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="6"><b><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7"> </th></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Virendra_Kumar_Khatik_with_PM_Modi_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Virendra_Kumar_Khatik_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Virendra_Kumar_Khatik_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Virendra_Kumar_Khatik_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Virendra_Kumar_Khatik_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Virendra_Kumar_Khatik_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Virendra_Kumar_Khatik_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="487" data-file-height="666" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Virendra_Kumar_Khatik" title="Virendra Kumar Khatik">Virendra Kumar Khatik</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1954)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Tikamgarh_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Tikamgarh Lok Sabha constituency">Tikamgarh</a></span> </td> <td>3 September<br />2017 </td> <td>30 May<br />2019 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002634000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 269 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kiren_Rijiju_with_Modi_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Kiren_Rijiju_with_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Kiren_Rijiju_with_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Kiren_Rijiju_with_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Kiren_Rijiju_with_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Kiren_Rijiju_with_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Kiren_Rijiju_with_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="517" data-file-height="659" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kiren_Rijiju" title="Kiren Rijiju">Kiren Rijiju</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1971)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Arunachal_West_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Arunachal West Lok Sabha constituency">Arunachal West</a></span> </td> <td>31 May<br />2019 </td> <td>7 July<br />2021 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002768000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 37 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Second_Modi_ministry" title="Second Modi ministry">Modi II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Barla_with_Prime_Minister_Modi_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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data-sort-value="7003106800000000000♠"></span>2 years, 338 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Kurian.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/George_Kurian.jpg/70px-George_Kurian.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/George_Kurian.jpg/105px-George_Kurian.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/George_Kurian.jpg/140px-George_Kurian.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/George_Kurian_(Indian_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="George Kurian (Indian politician)">George Kurian</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td>10 June<br />2024 </td> <td>Incumbent </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002233000000000000♠"></span>233 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Third_Modi_ministry" title="Third Modi ministry">Modi III</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organisations">Organisations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Minority_Affairs&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Organisations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Constitutional and Statutory Bodies <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Wakf_Council,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Wakf Council, India">Central Wakf Council</a> (CWC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Commission_for_Minorities" title="National Commission for Minorities">National Commission for Minorities</a> (NCM)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160109205011/http://nclm.nic.in/">Commissioner for Linguistic 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class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Jiyo Parsi</b> - Scheme for containing population decline of Parsis<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Nai Roshni</b> - Scheme for Leadership Development of Minority Women<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Nai Manzil</b> - An Integrated Education and Livelihood Initiative for the Minority Communities<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Nai Udaan</b> - Support for minority students clearing prelims exam conducted by UPSC, State PSC and SSC<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Seekho aur Kamao (Learn & Earn)</b> - Scheme for Skill Development of Minorities<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Hamari Dharohar</b> - A scheme to preserve the rich heritage of Minority Communities of India under the overall concept of Indian culture<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme</b><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme</b><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Merit-cum-Means Scholarship 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