No minority status to educational institutions on Linguistic basis
New Delhi, March 23, 2018: National Commission for Minorities Educational Institutions (NCMEI) gives the minority status to the educational institutions on the basis of six religious communities notified by the Ministry of HRD under the NCMEI Act, 2004, viz., Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Zoroastrians (Parsis) and Jains only.
Linguistic Minorities do not come under the ambit of the NCMEI Act, 2004. Hence question of empowering any Agency to issue minority certificate on linguistic basis does not arise.
This information was given by the Minister of State (HRD), Dr. Satya Pal Singh on Friday in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha.