Centre Rubbishes Media Report Of Scraping Ministry Of Minority Affairs

New Delhi: The Central Government has no such plans to scrap the Ministry of Minority Affairs and merge it with the social justice and empowerment ministry.

Responding to a media report, the PIB fact check clarified that the report published by a daily is false. There is no such proposal under consideration.

The PIB clarified it through tweet which was retweeted by the Minister of Minority Affairs Smriti Irani.

A media report published in @DeccanHerald is claiming that the Central government is likely to scrap the Ministry of Minority Affairs and will merge it with @MSJEGOI#PIBFactCheck

▶️ This Claim is #FAKE

▶️ No such Proposal is under consideration pic.twitter.com/RcTtyzyw59

— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) October 3, 2022