Question: Syed Gyyur-ul-Hassan Rizvi recently took over as the chairman of …
(a) the National Minorities Commission.
(b) National Minorities commission.
(c) All India Muslim Personal Law Board.
(d) None of the above.
Ans: (a)
Related facts:-
- On May 26, 2017, Syed Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi assumed charge of the Chairman of the National Commission for Minorities in New Delhi.
- He has also worked as the Chairman of Uttar Pradesh Minority Finance Development Corporation Limited.
- It is notable that the National Commission for Minorities was formed by the Parliament according to the provisions of National Minorities Commission Act.
- The commission consists of a chairman, a vice chairman and five members nominated by the central government.
- On October 23, 1993, the Government of India notified five religious communities, namely, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Parsi as minority communities.
- Later on January 27, 2014, the Government of India also recognized the Jain community as a minority community.
- According to the 2001 census, the percentage of these six religious minorities in the country’s population is 18.80.
Related Links:-
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=162153
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/hindirelease.aspx?relid=61165
http://www.indiatomorrow.net/eng/first-time-in-40-years-of-its-history-minority-commission-to-be-headed-by-a-little-known-social-activist