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minority affairs Ninong Ering said in a written reply in Rajya Sabha.

He said that Article 29 has the word minorities in its marginal heading.

It speaks of any section of citizens having a distinct language script and culture which could be either an

entire community or a group perceived to be a minority within a majority community.

Article 30 speaks specifically of two categories of minorities religious and linguistic while Articles 350 A and 350 B relate to linguistic minorities only,he added

As per clause c of Section 2 of the National Commission for Minorities Act,1992,five communities vide ministry of welfare notification dated 23rd October,1993 are declared as minority communities viz Muslims,Christians,Sikhs,Buddhists and Zoroastrians Parsis, he said.