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  2. National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities

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    Give 10% quotas for Muslims and 5% for other minorities in government jobs and in seats in all the higher educational institutions (graduation and above) [4] Reserve 8.4% quota out of the existing OBC quota of 27% for religious minorities, mainly Muslims

  3. List of Muslim Other Backward Classes communities in India

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    1 largely Hindu community with a small Muslim minority; 2 The Suthar include a small Muslim minority. 3 The Bharbhunja include a small Muslim minority. 4 The Chhipa are Muslim. 5 The Ghosi are Muslim. 6 The Gujjar are only partly Muslim. 7 Only Muslim Bhangis such as the Hela are in the OBC list; the Hindu sections have Scheduled Caste status.

  4. National Commission for Minorities - Wikipedia

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    The Union Government set up the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) under the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. Six religious communities, viz; Buddhists, Christians, Jains, Muslims, Sikhs, and Zoroastrians (Parsis) have been notified in Gazette of India as minority communities by the Union Government all over India. [2]

  5. Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 - Wikipedia

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    Status: In force The Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act was established in 1956 as part of the Hindu Code Bills . Three other important acts were also created during this time: the Hindu Marriage Act (1955) , the Hindu Succession Act (1956) , and the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act (1956) .

  6. Minority rights - Wikipedia

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    The first minority rights were proclaimed and enacted by the revolutionary Parliament of Hungary in July 1849. [4] Minority rights were codified in Austrian law in 1867. [5] Russia was especially active in protecting Orthodox Christians and Slavic peoples under the control of the Ottoman Empire. [6]

  7. 15 point Programme for minorities - Wikipedia

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    Prime Minister’s New 15 point Programme for minorities is a programme launched by Indian government for welfare of religious minorities in furtherance of reports by committees such as the Sachar Committee Report [1] that highlighted that minorities, especially Muslims, in the country were often in a worse socio-economic and political condition than communities such as the Scheduled Casts and ...

  8. Lingayats - Wikipedia

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    By the 1980s, a movement sought minority religion status, which gained momentum in 2017 with CM Siddaramaiah’s support. This sparked widespread mobilization among Lingayats but faced opposition from the BJP and RSS , while the Veerashaiva Mahasabha showed mixed reactions.

  9. National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions

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    The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) was established as welfare of the religious minorities mentioned in the national common minimum programme and government established the commission through an ordinance in November 2004. In January 2005, the ordinance replaced by an Act.