Government of India
National Commission for Minorities

5th Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan, New Delhi-110003
Ph. No.: 24601752 Fax No.: 24693302

The Union Government set up the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) under the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. Five   religious   communities,   viz; Muslims,   Christians, Sikhs,  Buddhists and  Zoroastrians (Parsis)   have   been   notified   as   minority  communities by the Union Government. The Commisson  has  one  Chairperson,  one Vice Chairperson  and  five  Members represented five minority communities. At present the  Chairperson is Sh. Wajahat Habibullah. Dr. H. T. Sangliana is the Vice Chairperson, Sh. H. S. Hanspal, Smt. Spalzes Angmo, Smt. Saeeda Imam , K. N. Daruwalla and Sh. Vinod Sharma are the present Members.

Andhra Pradesh , Assam , Bihar, Chattisgarh, Delhi , Jharkhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal have also set up State Minorities Commissions in their respective States.  Their offices are located in the State capitals.  The functions of these Commissions, inter-alia, are to safeguard and protect the interests of minorities provided in the Constitution and laws enacted by Parliament and the State Legislatures.

Aggrieved persons belonging to the minority communities may approach the concerned State Minorities Commissions for redressal of their grievances.  They may also send their representations, to the National Commission for Minorities, after exhausting all remedies available to them.  Complaints taken up by the Commission are featured on its website http://www.ncm.nic.in .