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It has been decided to re-constitute the National Integration Council under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister.
2. The composition of the National Integration Council will be as follows:-
PRIME MINISTER - CHAIRMAN
I. UNION MINISTERS AND CHIEF MINISTERS
1. Shri Shivaraj Patil, Union Home Minister - Member
2. Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Union Defence Minister - - do -
3. Shri Arjun Singh, Union Minister for - - do -
Human Resource Development
4. Shri P. Chidambaram, Union Finance Minister - - do -
5. Shri Laloo Prasad Yadav, Union Minister of Railways - - do -
6. Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Union Minister of - - do -
Parliamentary Affairs
7. Ms. Meira Kumar, Union Minister of - - do -
Social Justice & Empowerment
8. Shri S. Jaipal Reddy, Union Minister of Information & - - do -
Broadcasting
9. Shri H. R. Bhardwaj, Union Minister of Law & Justice - - do -
10. Shri Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Minister of Chemicals & - - do -
Fertilizers and Steel
11. Chief Ministers of all the States and Union Territories - - do -
which have Legislatures. (30 includes Chief Ministers of
UT’s of Delhi and Pondicherry)
II. LEADERS OF NATIONAL POLITICAL PARTIES
1. Smt. Sonia Gandhi, President, Indian National Congress - Member
2. Shri Harkishan Singh Surjit, General Secretary, - - do -
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
3. Shri A.B. Bardhan, General Secretary, Communist Party of India - - do -
4. Ms. Mayawati, President, Bahujan Samaj Party - - do -
5. Shri L.K. Advani, President, Bharatiya Janata Party - - do -
6. Shri Sharad Pawar, President, Nationalist Congress Party - - do -
III. LEADERS OF REGIONAL POLITICAL PARTIES
1. Shri M. Karunanidhi, President, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - - do -
2. Dr. Farooq Adullah, President, Jammu and - - do -
Kashmir National Conference
3.* Shri Zoramthanga*, President, Mizo National Front - - do -
4. Shri Ajit Singh, President, Rashtriya Lok Dal - - do -
5. Shri Prakash Singh Badal, Presidient, Shiromani Akali Dal - - do -
6. Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu, President, Telugu Desam Party - - do -
* His name will also figure in the list of Chief Ministers.
IV. NATIONAL COMMISSIONS
1. Chairperson, National Commission for Minorities - - do -
2. Chairperson, National Commission for - - do -
Scheduled Castes
3. Chairperson, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes - Member
4. Chairperson, National Commission for Women - - do -
5. Chairperson, National Human Rights Commission - - do -
V. MEDIA PERSONS
1. Shri Vir Sanghvi, Editorial Director, The Hindustan Times - - do -
2. Shri Pankaj Vohra, Political Editor, The Hindustan Times - - do -
3. Ms. Mrinal Pande, Editor, Hindustan - - do -
4. Shri N. Ram, Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu - - do -
5. Shri H.K. Dua, Editor-in-Chief, Tribune - - do -
6. Shri D.N. Bezbaruah, Chief Editor, Sentinel - - do -
7. Shri Karan Thapar, Infotainment Television - - do -
8. Shri M.K. Razdan, Chief Executive Officer, Press Trust of India - - do -
9. Shri M.K. Laul, Chief Manager, United News of India - - do -
10. Shri Mammen Mathew, Editor & Managing Director, - - do -
Malayalam Manorama
11. Shri Syed Zahid Ali Khan, Editor, Siasat Daily - - do -
12. Shri Mohan Chiragi, Editor, Qaumi Awaz - - do -
13. Shri N.K. Singh, Editor, Bhaskar (Hindi) - - do -
14. Dr. R. Lakshmipathi, Editor-cum-Partner, Dinamalar - - do -
15. Ms. Kiran B. Vadadoria, Chairman and Managing Director, - - do -
Sambhaav Group of News Papers
16. Shri Kumar Ketkar, Editor, Loksatta - - do -
17. Shri Om Thanvi, Editor, Jansatta - - do -
VI. REPRESENTATIVES OF BUSINESS
1. Shri Mahendra K. Sanghi, President, ASSOCHAM - Member
2. Shri Sunil Kant Munjal, Presidient, Confederation of - - do -
Indian Industries
3. Shri Kiran Karnik, President, National Association of - - do -
Software and Service Company (NASSCOM)
4. Shri K.K. Birla, Chairman, Birla Group of Companies - - do -
5. Shri Ratan Tata, Chairman, TATA Sons Limited - - do -
6. Shri Sanjeev Goenka, Vice Chairman, RPG Enterprises - - do -
7. Shri Rahul Bajaj, Chairman and Managing Director, - - do -
Bajaj Auto Limited
8. Shri N.R. Narayana Murthy, Chairman, - - do -
Infosys Technologies Limited
9. Ms. Naina Kidwai, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, HSBC - - do -
10. Ms. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairman & Managing Director, - - do -
Biocon.
VII. REPRESENTATIVES OF LABOUR
1. Shri G. Sanjeeva Reddy, President, - - do -
Indian National Trade Union Congress
2. Shri E. Balanandan, President, Centre of India Trade Unions - - do -
VIII. EMINENT PUBLIC FIGURES
1. Shri V.P. Singh - - do -
2. Shri Chandra Shekhar - - do -
3. Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee - - do -
4. Shri H.D. Deva Gowda - - do -
5. Shri I.K. Gujral - Member
6. Dr. Karan Singh, - - do -
7. Shri Mrinal Sen - - do -
8. Shri Jyoti Basu - - do -
9. Shri Rafiq Zakaria - - do -
10. Shri Asghar Ali Engineer - - do -
11. Dr. Amrik Singh - - do -
12. Shri Bekal Utsahi Lodi (Mohd. Shafi Khan) - - do -
13. Shri Sitakant Mohapatra - - do -
14. Shri D. Raja - - do -
15. Shri Rishang Keishing - - do -
16. Prof. C.N.R. Rao - - do -
17. Dr. M.S. Swaminathan - - do -
18. Shri Ramanathan Krishnan - - do -
19. Swami Agnivesh - - do -
20. Shri K. Chandra Shekhar Rao - - do -
21. Shri Gulzar - - do -
22. Justice (Smt.) Lila Seth - - do -
23. Maulana Abdul Karim Parikh - - do -
24. Shri Lalthanhawla - - do -
25. Shri Fali S. Nariman - - do -
26. Shri Justice A.M. Ahmadi - - do -
27. Shri Ram Jethmalani - - do -
28. Shri Shibu Soren - - do -
29. Shri R.S. Gavai - - do -
30. Ms. Brinda Karat - - do -
31. Admiral (Retd) Shri L. Ramdass - Member
32. Shri Udit Raj - - do -
33. Shri Valsan Thampu - - do -
34. Dr. S.N. Subba Rao - - do -
35. Dr. John Dayal - - do -
36. Ms. Amarjeet Kaur - - do -
IX. WOMEN’S REPRESENTATIVES
1. Smt Ela R. Bhatt - - do -
2. Dr. Sayeeda Hameed - - do -
3. Ms. Noor Bano - - do -
4. Ms. Nirmala Deshpande - - do -
5. Ms. V. Mohini Giri - - do -
6. Ms. Anuradha Rajan - - do -
7. Ms. Sehba Farooqui - - do -
8. Ms. Indira Jaisingh - - do -
9. Ms. Lalitha Balakrishnan - - do -
10. Ms. Madari Moinddin - - do -
3. The National Integration Council will function as a forum for effective initiatives and interaction on issues of national concern, review issues relating to national integration and make recommendations thereon.
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
NEW DELHI, Magha 13, 1926/ February 2, 2005
OK/KSS-02022005
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