National Commission for Minorities — Amendments

Amendment	Year	Description	Impact
N/A (Notification)	2014	The Central Government, exercising its powers under Section 2(c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992, notified the Jain community as a minority community at the national level. This expanded the list of notified minorities from five to six.	This notification brought the Jain community under the purview of the NCM and made them eligible for various welfare schemes and protections aimed at minorities. It also sparked debates regarding the criteria for minority status and the implications of national versus state-level determination, particularly in light of the T.M.A. Pai Foundation judgment.