National Commission for Minorities

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 budget₹5,020.50 crore (US$600 million) (2022–23) including Ministry of Minority Affairs
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Commission executive
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.