Question

write short note on provisions regarding minorities

Answer 1

Constitution of India doesn't define the word 'Minority' but has used the word minorities considering two attributes religion or language of a person. For minorities Constitution of India has envisaged a number of rights and safeguards. To provide enough equality and to dwindle the discrimination, makers have spelt out various things in Fundamental Rights (PartIII); Directive Principles of State policy (Part IV) and also the Fundamental Duties (Part IV-A). However, with rising right and rising wedge between right and left and also the ephemeral political aspirations of various political parties have diluted the discrimination safeguards.

The Union Government set up the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) under the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. Six religious communities, viz; Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Zoroastrians (Parsis) and Jains have been notified in Gazette of India as minority communities by the Union Government all over India .[1] Original notification of 1993 was for Five religious communities Sikhs, Buddhists,Parsis,Christians and Muslims.[2]

Answer 2

ANSWER:

i) The Indian constitution has made several provisions for the protection of minorities.

ii) The government has adopted several policies for minorities to provide them the opportunities for education and employment.

iii) The Indian constitution prohibits discrimination on the basis of caste, religion, race, language and region.

iv) This is a comprehensive provision for minorities which fundamentally protects their right to equality, freedom, right against exploitation and cultural and educational rights.