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National Minorities Commission Act (NCM)

Consider the following statements with reference to the minorities in India:

  1. The expression “minorities” appears in some Articles of the Constitution, but is not defined anywhere.
  2. Currently, only those communities notified under section 2(c) of the National Minorities Commission Act (NCM), 1992, by the central government are regarded as minority.
  3. In the exercise of its powers under the Section 2(c) of the NCM Act, the Centre on October 23, 1993, notified five groups — Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis — as ‘minority’ communities.
  4. Jains were added to the list in January 2013.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

A
1, 2, 3 and 4
B
2 and 3
C
3 and 4
D
1,2 and 3