Bihar.

Addition of section 19 in Bihar Act 7, 1991 Addition of section 19 in Bihar Act 7, 1991.- A new section 19 shall be added after section 18 of the said act:- 19

1. (i) Measures to be taken during interregnum: After dissolution of the Commission, the State Government shall constitute a committee of experts comprising of five members to study and make recommendations to the Department of Minorities Welfare regarding identifying minorities based on data collected and analyzed in the Bihar Caste based survey, 2022 -23 and to submit a comprehensive report to the department. For the purpose of preparation of report the department may nominate people from different religious and linguistic minorities.
2. (ii) On completion of the study, the State Government will frame policies for holistically addressing the issues in relation to all religious and linguistic minorities.
3. (iii) Above exercise contained in Sub-section
4. (i) and
5. (ii) shall be completed within a maximum period of one month.
6. (iv) On completion of one month as provided in Sub-section
7. (iii) above, the State Government shall constitute a Commission under Section 4 of the existing Act within a maximum period of two months from its dissolution.