Question

Which community was recently accorded the minority status by union cabinet?

Answer 1

Jain community has been granted the minority status by Union Cabinet on 20 January 2014. This nod has enabled the community to avail the benefits in government schemes and programmes. With this nod of the Union Community, Jain community became the sixth community to attain minority status. Other five communities that has been granted the status of minority are

• Muslims

• Christians

• Sikhs

• Buddhists

• Parsis