Question

The full form of NCM is ------
A) National Community Mission
B) National Community Minority
C) National Commission for Minorities
D) Natural Commission for Minorities

Answer 1

Hint:Any culturally, racially, or ethnically distinct group that coexists with other groups but is subordinate to a more dominant group is termed as a minority. Our country India set up NCM for minorities Under the minorities Act, 1992.

Complete answer:
The NCM stands for National Commission for Minorities.India notified six religious communities as minority communities. These are Christians, Buddhists, Muslims, Sikhs, Jains, and Parsis(Zoroastrians). Among these groups, the Muslim community is the largest community having 14.2% of the population and the population of all the six minority communities is around 9.30% of the population of the whole of India. The National Commission for Minorities consists of a Chairperson, A vice, Chairperson, and also five members are appointed and those members are elected by the Central Government. This commission gains certain powers for these minority groups.
Functions of NCM:
1.This commission works for the betterment and development of the minority groups in India.
2.NCM monitors the working of the constitutional laws which are enacted for the welfare of these minority communities, made by central and the state government.
3.This commission also makes recommendations for the safeguard of minorities.
4.This body also looks into the complaints that are related to the deprivation of rights of the minority groups.

Hence, the correct answer is option (C).

Note:The idea of setting up this commission was given by the Ministry of Home Affairs Resolution 1978 and in 1984 it was separated from the Ministry of Home Affairs and was brought under the Ministry of Welfare. Nowadays NCM works under the Ministry of Minorities.