Assam government to grant minority certificates to 6 minority communities, including Muslims and Christians, know the reason
Assam government to grant minority certificates to 6 minority communities, including Muslims and Christians, know the reason
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GUWAHATI: Minority certificates will be granted to minorities in Assam. Keshab Mahanta, a minister in the Assam cabinet, has given information in this regard. In fact, on Sunday, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma held a cabinet meeting. In the same meeting, it has been decided to issue minority certificates to minorities. After the meeting, Keshab Mahanta said that minority certificates will be given to people of Muslim, Sikh, Christian, Jain, Buddhist and Parsi religions. According to the 2011 census, Assam has the highest population of 61.47 per cent Hindus. They are  followed by 34.22% Muslim, while the state has 3.74% Christians while Sikhs (0.07%), Buddhists (0.18%) and Jains (0.08%).

Keshab Mahanta claimed that this is the first time that such certificates will be issued to minorities. No such certificates have been issued in any state before. However, he said that work on its contours is still going on. In such a situation, the question arises that why will these certificates be given to minority in Assam? The answer has also been given by Keshab Mahanta. He said that this will make it easier to identify the minorities. He said that there are a lot of schemes going on for the minorities, there is a separate department for them, but who are the minorities? It is not identified. Therefore, it is necessary to identify them, so that the benefits of the schemes can be passed on to them.

Tell me, who will be the minority? It is decided by the Central Government. A minority is a community that is notified by the Central Government. The Centre had granted minority status to Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Parsis and Buddhists in 1993. In 2014, Jainism was also considered a minority. Right now, only people of these 6 religions have the status of minorities. Let me tell you that there is no definition of minority in India. In its affidavit in the Supreme Court recently, the Centre had said that if the population of people in a state is less than 50 per cent on the basis of any religion or language, it will be considered a minority. Article 29 and Article 30 in the Constitution of India have made certain special provisions for those who are a minority on the basis of language and religion.

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