Brief History of the Department
Department of Minority Affairs, Government of Manipur was bifurcated from the erstwhile Department of Minorities, Other Backward Classes and Scheduled Castes, Manipur on 18th May 2018.
The main objective for the establishment of the Department of Minority Affairs is to take up measures to protect the interests of the Minority Communities of the State socially, economically, educationally, and to take up welfare programmes/schemes for them so that they come at par with the advanced sections of the society.
The communities notified as minority communities under Section 2 (c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992 would be taken as Minority Communities. At present 6 (six) communities namely Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Zoroastrians (Parsis) and Jains have been notified as Minority Communities.
The following 3 (three) Grants-in-Aid bodies were also established under this Department:
i. WAQF Board, Manipur,
ii. Manipur State Haj Committee, Manipur, &
iii. Manipur State Minorities Commission, Manipur.
updated on 01-06-2026