No minority status to educational institutions on linguistic basis: HRD Industry-The Economic Times — March 23, 2018 comments off “The NCMEI gives the minority status to the educational institutions on the basis of six religious communities notified by the MHRD under the NCMEI Act, 2004– Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Zoroastrians and Jains only,” Satyapal Singh said.