Application for Minority Community Certificate Assam- Online Apply
In exercise of the power conferred under Section 4 of the Assam Right to Public Services Act, 2012 (as amended in 2019), the Governor of Assam is pleased to notify 'Minority Community Certificate' under the Welfare of Minorities and Development Department, Govt. of Assam with immediate effect to deliver service to the eligible citizen within stipulated time period.
Minority Certificate Assam
Name of the Service: Minority Community Certificate
Name of the Govt.: Assam Government
Application Mode: Online
Service Mode: Online
State of the Service: Assam
Eligibility Criteria for Minority Certificate
a. Applicant should be a citizen of India
b. She/he should be a permanent resident of Assam
c. She/he should belong to minority community as defined under clause (c) of Section 2 of the National Commission of Minority Act, 1992. For the purposes of the said Act, the Central Government has notified Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Zoroastrians ,(Parsis) and Jains vide Ministry of Welfare Notification No. S.O.816 (E), dated 23.10.1993, F.No.1/1193-MC(D) dated 23/10/1993 and Ministry of Minority Affairs Notification No. S.O.267 (E), dated 27.01.2014.
- Procedure to obtain the Service: Eligible citizen can fill the application form online in the RTPS Portal (rtps.assam.gov.in) or visit any Public Facilitation Centre (PFC) or Common Service Centre (CSC) with the pre-requisite documents.
- Stipulated timeline for delivering the Service: 15 days
- Designated Public Servant(DPS): Additional Deputy Commissioner
- Appellate Authority: Deputy Commissioner
Step by step procedure for Minority Certificate:
i. All application forms shall be received online to the Deputy Commissioner/DPS through the RTPS Portal. The application form has to be duly filled and supporting scanned documents enclosed for successful submission in the Portal.
ii. After successful submission, an acknowledgement slip with unique RTPS number is issued online with the name of the service delivery office and stipulated date of receiving the concerned Service.
iii. All Applications recieved for Minority Community Certificate shall be issued to the applicant within 15 days of the reciept of the application
iv. Any objection reason rejecting the application shall be furnished in the writing to the applicant online within 15 days of the reciept of the application
v. The office of the Deputy Commissioner/ DPS shall forward the application form online to the Circle Officer/ Revenue Officer (RO)/Assistant Revenue Officer (ARO) for necessary verification.
vi. CO/RO/ARO will than forward the application to the supervisor Kanungo SK/ Lot Mondal/ Lot Patowary for verification with remarks
vii. Lot Mondal/Lot Patowary will do the necessary field verification and enter their observations in the place holder and forward it to SK/ARO, followed by Circle Officer for further Steps.
viii. Based on the observation DPS can either approve or reject the application. In case the application is approved, the digitally signed certificate get generated and gets upload in the RTPS portal. In case rejected, DPS should provide the reason for rejection.
ix. For tracking status of the application or filling appeal applicant may do so in the RTPS portal.
x. Application form: Annexure A
How to apply minority certificate online
- If the applicant is a first time user, he/she needs to click the Register Tab provided in top right corner in this page and then get registered with the necessary fields such as Full Name, Mobile No., Email id (which is not mandatory), State and Password.
- Then the applicant needs to login with the credentials, by clicking the Login Tab.
- After the applicant has logged on to the system, he/she needs to click the Apply Online tab and select the service they want to apply for and click the apply button after going through the Requirements tab.
- Applicant has to fill up the form and upload the required supporting documents.
- On final submission of the form, applicant has to pay the requisite amount.
- Once the payment is successful it will be forwarded to the higher officials for further processes. An acknowledgement will be generated containing the application reference no., the same will be notified over SMS and Email id of the applicant.
- An SMS and Email alert is sent to applicant on completion of the service. The applicant needs to respond to the SMS and Email regarding completion of the service.
- After successful completion of the service within 15 working days, Minority Community Certificate is generated. The applicant will be notified about this over SMS and Email and the applicant can download it from ARTPS portal.
Documents to be uploaded for Minority Certificate
Supporting Documents :
1. ID proof (Aadhaar Card) – Mandatory.
2. Address Proof (Mandatory)- Any of the following:
a) Aadhaar card
b) Voter Card
c) Passport
d) Driving License
e) Bank Pass Book with Photo
(Note: Address proof of parents will be valid)
Age Proof or Date of Birth Proof (Mandatory): Any of the following –
a) Aadhaar card
b) Birth Certificate
c) 10th Admit Card or 10th School Leaving Certificate with Date of Birth
d) PAN Card
Application Fees for Minority Certificate
- Service charge (through PFC/CSC) - Rs. 30/-
- Printing charge (in case of any printing from PFC/CSC) - Rs. 10 per page
- Scanning charge (in case documents are scanned in PFC/CSC) - Rs. 5 per page
- Statutory/ User charge - Rs. 10/-
- Convenience fee- Rs. 10/-
Important Web-Links
| OM | Click here |
| Online Application | Click here |
| Official Website | Click here |
