restructuring of national integration council

Wednesday, July 27, 2005

Rajya Sabha

The first meeting of the reconstituted national Integration Council will be held on 31st August, 2005.

The National Integration Council (NIC) was reconstituted in February this year. The reconstituted NIC, headed by the Prime Minister, has 141 Members comprising of Union Ministers, Chief Ministers of all States and Union Territories which have legislatures, Leaders of National Political Parties and Regional Political Parties, Chairpersons of National Commission, Media Persons, Eminent Public Figures and Representatives drawn from Business, Labour and Women. The main objective of NIC is to review all matters pertaining to national integration and to make recommendations on it.

This information was given by Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Sriprakash Jaiswal in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.

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