India, Oct. 30 -- The Maharashtra government on Thursday revoked the suspension on granting religious and linguistic minority status to educational institutions, months after a controversy erupted over a spate of approvals issued immediately after then deputy chief minister and minority development minister Ajit Pawar died in a plane crash in late January.

The government has also designated the administrative head of the minority development department to issue minority status to institutions. The administrative head refers to a senior bureaucrat, such as the additional chief secretary, principal secretary or secretary, according to the order issued by the state minority development department on Thursday.

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