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Constitution does not define minorities: Govt
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
The Times of India 2013/08/13
New Delhi: The Constitution does not define the term “minorities” anywhere but only mentions it in some Articles, the Centre said on Monday. “The Constitution of India used the word minority or its plural form in some Articles, 29 to 30 and 350A to 350B, but does not define it anywhere,” minister of state for minority affairs Ninong Ering said in Rajya Sabha.
He said though Article 29 refers to “minorities” in its marginal heading, it speaks of “any section of citizens having a distinct language, script and culture”.
An entire community or a group within a majority community could thus be seen as a minority.
Article 30 speaks about two categories of minorities — religious and linguistic — while Article 350 relates to linguistic minorities only, the minister said.
Ering clarified that the National Commission for Minorities Act has declared five communities — Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis — as religious minorities
