Eligibility Criteria:

    i. Applicant should be a citizen of India

    ii. She/he should be a permanent resident of Assam

    iii. 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

Guidelines :

1. 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.
2. Then the applicant needs to login with the credentials, by clicking the Login Tab.
3. 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.
4. Applicant has to fill up the form and upload the required supporting documents.
5. On final submission of the form, applicant has to pay the requisite amount.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.