Centre re-appoints Iqbal Singh Lalpura as Chairperson of National Commission for Minorities

• Centre has re-appointed Iqbal Singh Lalpura, as the Chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities. He is a retired IPS officer of Punjab-cadre.
• Lalpura was first appointed as Chairman in September 2021, However he resigned from the post in December to contest as the BJP candidate from Ropar assembly constituency, which he lost.
• The National Commission for Minorities was set up by the Government of India under the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992.
• Union Government has notified six religious communities as minority communities.These are Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Zoroastrians and Jains.