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The strategy of the twelfth Five Year Plan seeks to achieve inclusive and sustainable growth in India. In order to operationalize the concept of inclusive growth it is necessary to have information relating to various vulnerable groups which have not benefitted from the growth of the economy. Among those groups that have missed the opportunities of sharing the benefits of growth, minorities are a prominent group. The study explains the concept of exclusion of minorities and gives the statistical data on the profile of minority in India. The study also examines the problems faced by minorities and concludes. The paper titled “Dilemma of the Minority Communities in India – A Vicious Circle of Exclusion” is based on the secondary data. The needed secondary data could be accessed from the official documents like Census of India. The main objective of the study is to explore the exclusion and problems faced by Minority communities in India. Though there is paucity of literature and data about these communities, it is an attempt to gather the data from various sources and put together in a systematic fashion and analyzed.