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Gujarat Government granted religious minority status to Jews: Details Highlights
Gujarat Government granted religious minority status to Jews- Details, Highlights, Background
Gujarat Government has granted religious minority status to Jews living in the Gujarat state.
In this respect, Gujarat State’s Department of Social Justice and Empowerment has issued GR to this effect.
Now with this, Gujarat becomes the third state in India to grant religious minority status to Jews after West Bengal and Maharashtra.
As per religious minority members professing faith of Judaism, Jews in the states will get religious minority rights envisaged in Constitution of India and various acts and rules of the state government.
Jews will also get benefits of welfare schemes formulated for religious minority communities within the jurisdiction of Gujarat.
Background
Gujarat state has a small Jewish community with no more than 170 members and a majority of them located in Ahmedabad.
Earlier, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, during his official visit to Israel in June 2018, had announced that his government was in the process of granting religious minority status to the community.
Gujarat also had hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his six-day India visit in January 2018.
Gujarat
Formation: 1 May 1960
Capital: Gandhinagar
Largest City: Ahmedabad
Districts: 33
Governor: Om Prakash Kohli
Chief Minister: Vijay Rupani
Official Language: Gujarati
