Minority Act

  • West Bengal Minorities’ Commission Act, 1996

    An Act to constitute a Minorities’ Commission to study and suggest additional social, economic, educational and cultural requirements of religious and linguistic minorities of West Bengal with a view to equipping them to preserve secular traditions of West Bengal and to promote national integration.

  • West Bengal Minorities Development and  Finance Corporation Act, 1995

    ‘Minorities’ means the minorities based on religion such as Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Zoroastrians (Parses), Jains, Jews and such other minorities.