Question: Who is the current chairman of the National Minority Commission?
a) Naseem Ahmad
b) S Y Quereshi
c) R C Lahoti
d) Maneka Gandhi
Ans: (a)
Related facts:
- On 17th January, 2017 The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Minority Affairs & Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi inaugurated the Annual Conference of State Minorities Commissions at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
- Minority Affairs Ministry has started several welfare schemes for socio-economic-educational empowerment of Minorities to ensure that Minorities have been moving forward on the path of development.
- PM’s new 15-point programme”, “Nai Manzil”, “Nai Raushni”, “Seekho aur Kamao”, “Ustaad”, “Pre-metric and Post-metric scholarships” schemes have benefitted all the Minorities.
- Ministry of Minority Affairs will establish 5 world class educational institutions to provide better traditional and modern education to students belonging to Minority communities. A high-level committee has been constituted for this purpose.
- Begam Hajrat Mahal Girls Scholarship” and “Garib Nawaz Skill Development Centres have also been decided to be started.
- Centre has also approved about 200 “Sadbhav Mandap” and 16 “Gurukul” type of schools with a cost of about Rs 262 crore. The Minister informed that welfare schemes-programmes of the Ministry of Minority Affairs have been made “100 per cent digital” which has ensured transparency in these schemes.
- National Minority Commission chairman Shri Naseem Ahmad briefed that only 82 petitions were pending disposal out of 1288 petitions received, by the end of December 2016.
- He also informed that commission’s Members regularly visit their allotted states to hear the grievances of minority communities and to monitor the implementation of various minority welfare schemes.
Reference:
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