Who was the first minister of Minority Affairs in India?

Who was the first minister of Minority Affairs in India?

Abdul Rahman Antulay
Ministers

S No Name Prime Minister
1 Abdul Rahman Antulay Manmohan Singh
2 Salman Khurshid
3 K. Rahman Khan
4 Najma Heptulla Narendra Modi

Who heads the ministry of minority affairs?

Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has assumed the office as a Union Minister for Minority Affairs on Friday, 31st May, 2019 in New Delhi. Shri John Barla has assumed the office as a Minister of State for Minority Affairs on Thursday, 8th July, 2021 in New Delhi.

Who is the Minister of Minority Affairs 2020?

Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
अल्पसंख्यक कार्य मंत्रालय MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS The Union Minister for Minority Affairs, Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi lighting the lamp to inaugurate the ‘Mera Watan, Mera Chaman’ Mushaira, as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav of 75 years of India’s Independence, in New Delhi on August 28, 2021.

Who has been appointed as the Minority Affairs secretary?

In a minor reshuffle in the top bureaucracy in the central administration, the Modi government on Thursday appointed senior bureaucrats Renuka Kumar and Sanjay Kumar Singh as Secretaries for Minority Affairs and Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances respectively.

Who comes minority?

Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Jain and Zorastrians (Parsis) have been notified as minority communities under Section 2 (c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992.

Who is the current minister of parliamentary affairs?

The current minister is Pralhad Joshi. The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs works under the overall direction of Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs.

What is called minority?

Minority, a culturally, ethnically, or racially distinct group that coexists with but is subordinate to a more dominant group. In some cases one or more so-called minority groups may have a population many times the size of the dominating group, as was the case in South Africa under apartheid (c. 1950–91).

Who comes under minority category?

Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Jain and Zorastrians (Parsis) have been notified as minority communities under Section 2 (c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. As per the Census 2011, the percentage of minorities in the country is about 19.3% of the total population of the country.

Who is the Minister of Jal Shakti Ministry?

Ministry of Jal Shakti

Agency overview
Formed May 2019
Jurisdiction Republic of India
Ministers responsible Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Cabinet Minister Prahlad Singh Patel, Minister of State Bishweswar Tudu, Minister of State
Website www.mowr.gov.in

Do you belong to minority?

Minorities are those who are Muslims, Christians, Jains, Buddhists, Zoroastrians and Sikhs. All these communities come under minorities in India. You should select the option as no if you don’t belong to any of the above mentioned minority communities.

Who is the chairman of parliamentary affairs committee?

Compositions of Committees

Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar MINISTER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS ………CHAIRMAN
Shri V. Muraleedharan MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS
Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS