Question : Delay in Appointment

(a) the reason for the delay in the appointment of the members of Muslim and Christian communities in minority commission;
(b) the time by which these vacancies are expected to be filled in; and
(c) the details of all incidents recorded of minority persecution registered with the Commission from the year 2014?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

(a)&(b) Central Government vide Gazette notification No. S.O. 1676 (E) dated 23.05.2017 [read with Gazette notification S.O. No. 1791 (E) dated 02.06.2017] and No. S.O. 2104 (E) dated 4.7.2017 has appointed representatives from the Muslim and Christian communities as Chairman and Vice-Chairman respectively in the National Commission for Minorities (NCM). .

(c) The details of complaints received in the NCM since 2014-15 is as follow:-

Year No of new complaints received Disposed off Pending
2014-15 1995 1983 12
2015-16 1974 1958 16
2016-17 1647 1599 48
2017-18 (Till 27.12.2017) 1165 986 179
Total 6781 6526 255


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