The National Commission for Minorities was
established under the “National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992” on
5th July 1993 to look after the welfare of the five notified minorities.
Further, as a follow up of the Sachar Committee recommendation for
setting up of an Equal Opportunity Commission (EOC) to look into the
grievances of the deprived groups, the Government constituted an Expert
Group to recommend the structure, scope and functions along with advice
on an appropriate legislative framework of the proposed Equal
Opportunity Commission. Giving this information in written reply to a
question in the Lok Sabha, Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Minority
Affairs, said that the Expert Group submitted its Report along with a
Draft Bill. The Report of the Expert Group was examined and a proposal
for setting up of an Equal Opportunity Commission was considered. The
Draft Equal Opportunity Commission Bill, 2011 has been circulated to
various Ministries/Departments and comments of most of the Ministries
have been received and the proposal is being processed.
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