Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 17:59
The Constitution is being wrongly interpreted to deny minorities their "legitimate rights" which needs to be addressed by treating them as a "class of citizens" to enable them to avail of benefits, Minority Affairs Minister K Rahman Khan said Monday.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 10:53
The Ministry of Minority Affairs sharpened its focus in the year gone by launching new schemes as well as toning up the existing ones to reach out to minorities, mostly Muslims.
Last Updated: Monday, August 19, 2013, 00:14
Educational certificates issued by State Madarsa Boards will be considered at par with ones issued by CBSE or any other board, the Minority Affairs Ministry has said in response to an RTI query.
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 19:54
The government has withdrawn a circular issued by Minority Affairs Ministry that cow meat is a source of iron nutrients.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 21:32
Expressing unhappiness over the non-expenditure of Rs 559 crore out of the total budgetary allocation of Minority Affairs Ministry, a Parliamentary panel on Wednesday said.
Last Updated: Saturday, September 15, 2012, 21:17
Minority Affairs Ministry, which had sought an eight-fold hike in the Plan outlay, will have to be content with 137 per cent rise in the allocation for 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-17).
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 22:37
The Minority Affairs Ministry has been pulled up by a Parliamentary Standing Committee for returning unutilised funds, worth over Rs 587 crore, to the Centre in 2010-11.
Last Updated: Saturday, November 5, 2011, 10:38
In a bid to push forward the demand of Muslim reservation, the Minority Affairs Ministry has written a note to the Prime Minister’s Office.
Last Updated: Sunday, September 18, 2011, 16:27
PMO has ordered an urgent study to assess impact of minorities programmes and identify gaps which could be plugged in the 12th Plan.
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 17:39
Minority Affairs Ministry on Wednesday said it wants to change the eligibility criteria for `minority concentrated districts` by reducing the cut-off mark of such population from the existing 25 per cent to 15 per cent.
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