TNPSC Thervupettagam

National Minorities Commission

September 15 , 2021 1096 days 737 0
  • The Former IPS officer Iqbal Singh Lalpura has been chosen as chairman of National Commission for Minorities.
  • The last chairperson of the commission was Syed Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi.
  • It has been setup under the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992.
  • Six religious’ communities, viz; Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Zoroastrians (Parsis) and Jains have been notified as minority communities in India.
  • In 2014, Jains were the last to be notified as a minority community.

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