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Examine the role of the National Commission for Minorities in preserving, promoting and protecting the rights of minorities in India.

  • UPSC 2017
  • 15 marks
  • Statutory Institutions and Commissions

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The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) began as a Minorities Commission created by a Home Ministry resolution of 1978. It became statutory under the NCM Act, 1992. Minorities in this sense are non-dominant groups, not merely smaller ones. Under Section 2(c) of the Act the Centre notifies six of them: Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Parsis…

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  • Preserving: identity and culture
  • Promoting: development and equal citizenship
  • Protecting: grievances and security
  • Why the record is thin
  • Conclusion
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