On 8th November, 2023, the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) under the Ministry of Minority Affairs, GoI, held a formal, online hearing of the complaints filed by Hyderabad’s Jehangir Bisney and Nianaaz Darabna (resident) as regards the sewage blockage crisis faced by Hyderabad’s 119-year-old Bai Maneckbai Nusserwanji Chenoy Dar-e-Meher. Hyderabad-based activist Jehangir Bisney had initiated […]
On 1st July, 2017, the Udvada Samast Anjuman felicitated Vada Dasturji Khurshed Kaikobad Dastoor at Dastur Kayoji Mirza Memorial Hall, Udvada, on being appointed as a member of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) by the Government. Sponsored by Homai Engineer and son Rohinton of Industrial Boilers Ltd. and hosted by Mahrukh Chichgar, the event […]
Udvada Iranshah Atashbehram’s Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor has been appointed as the new Parsi Member on the Indian Government’s National Commission for Minorities (NCM) to represent the Indian Parsi/Irani Zoroastrian Community. Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor will succeed Dadi Mistry at the NCM. The news of this appointment, which took the community by surprise, broke out […]
. PT: What does the designation/role of a ‘Parsi Member’ at the NCM constitute? Keki Daruwalla: As the most literate Community in the country, we must understand that the NCM was formed by an Act of Parliament (1992). Section 9 of the Act lays down the functions of the Commission as under: a) NCM will […]