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Religious, and linguistic Minority status
July 21 , 2022
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- The Supreme Court stated that ‘The minority status of religious and linguistic communities is “State-dependent”.
- One can be a minority outside of his/her State.
- Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Jain and 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.
- The Parliament has the legislative powers and the Centre has the executive competence to notify a community as a minority.
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