The Directorate of Minorities was carved out of Directorate of Backward Classes and created in the year 1999-2000 to ensure a more focus approach towards issues relating to the notified Minorities communities, namely Muslim, Christians, Jains, Buddhist, Sikhs and Parsis. The Directorate working with vision to enable all the Minority Community people to lead a productive life with equal opportunities in the field of Socio, Economic, Education etc. The mandate of the Directorate includes Planning Co-ordination, Evaluation and Implement development programmes for the benefit of the Minority Community. The main functions of the department are introduce schemes to promote accelerated socio economic development of Minorities, introduce educational concessions for students, implement scheme for development of Women and Children, providing training and employment opportunities, there by tackling the problems of economic backwardness among the Minorities. The Directorate is the nodal agency of the schemes being implemented by the State and Central Government Minority Welfare Department.
