Minority Affairs Ministry News - Latest Updates & Headlines
Don't play politics on Hajj issue: Kiren Rijiju's appeal to Oppn, sheds light on Saudi's 'special gesture'
New Delhi, April 17: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday asked the Opposition to refrain from playing politics on the religious Hajj issue and gave an account of how Saudi Arabia made special arrangements to accommodate India's requests on opening a special window for the pilgrims.
Minority Affairs Ministry isn't only for Muslims; we have six minority communities: Kiren Rijiju
New Delhi, April 16: Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has defended his role as Chairman of the Central Waqf Council and stated that the Ministry of Minority Affairs is not exclusive to Muslims but represents all six officially recognised minority communities in India.
Pvt Haj tour operators' quota for 10,000 pilgrims restored as govt seeks Saudi help
New Delhi, April 15: With the intervention of the Indian government, the Saudi Haj Ministry has offered a lifeline to private Haj operators whose quota of sending about 10,000 pilgrims faced cancellation due to delayed documentation, an official said on Tuesday.
India's Haj quota rises to 1.75 lakh in 2025: Minority Affairs Ministry
New Delhi, April 15: The Minority Affairs Ministry on Tuesday said that India's Haj quota for the year 2025 is 1,75,025, a rise from 1,36,020 in 2014- the same year when Prime Minister Narendra Modi first took charge.
Like earlier Waqf legislations, UMEED Act aims for social welfare: Minority Affairs Ministry
New Delhi, April 7: The enactment of the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency, and Development Act, 2025 (UMEED Act) last week marks a turning point in reforms carried out in Waqf laws between 1913 and 2025 for social benefit from Waqf properties, said an official on Monday.
Literacy rate among Muslims 79.5 per cent, other religions 80.9: Minority Affairs Ministry
New Delhi, March 10: As per Annual Report, Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), 2023-24, the literacy rate among Muslims is 79.5 per cent for persons aged 7 years and above, while literacy rate for all religions for the same age group is 80.9 per cent, the Parliament was informed on Monday.