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The first meeting of the reconstituted National Integration Council (NIC) will be held tomorrow at the Vigyan Bhawan. It will be inaugurated by the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh. The Council will be meeting for the first time since 1992. It was reconstituted in fulfillment of the commitment made in the Common Minimum Programme of the United Progressive Alliance Government. The National Integration Council headed by the Prime Minister has 141 members comprising Union Ministers, Chief Ministers of all Sates and Union Territories which have legislatures, leaders of national political parties and regional political parties, chairpersons of National Commissions, eminent public figures and representatives drawn from business, labour, media and women.
In keeping with the priorities set out by the United Progressive Alliance Government, the Agenda set out for the deliberations of the Council is “Communal Harmony through Governmental Action, Education and Media’”
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