Minority farmers are those farmers who belong to religious minority communities in India. As per the National Minorities Act 1992, the religious minorities in India include Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Jains, Sikhs, and Parsis. As per the 2001 census, religious minorities constitute 18 percent of the population in India. As in India, so in Karnataka state the size of minority population accounts for 17.86 percent (Source: Government of India-Report of the National Commission for religious and linguistic minorities may 2007). As per the Socio-Economic and Educational survey of minorities 1994 conducted by Karnataka State minorities commission 49.96 percent of minorities resides in rur
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