Ministry of Home Affairs12-April, 2010 16:31 IST
National Integration Council Reconstitued
National Integration Council (NIC) has been reconstituted

 

National Integration Council (NIC) has been reconstituted.  To be chaired by the Prime Minister of India, it has 147 members including Union Ministers, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Chief Ministers of all States & Union Territories with Legislatures, leaders of national political parties & regional political parties, Chairperson of National Commissions, eminent media persons, public figures, representatives of business and women’s representatives.   The list of members is as under:

 

PRIME  MINISTER

CHAIRMAN

I

UNION MINISTERS

1.

Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Union Finance  Minister

Member

2.

Shri  Sharad Pawar,

Union Minister of  Agriculture and  Minister  of  Consumer  Affairs, Food & Public  Distribution

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3.

Shri  A.K. Antony,

Union Defence  Minister

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4.

Shri P. Chidambaram,

Union Home  Minister

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5.

Kumari Mamata  Banerjee,

Union Minister  of  Railways

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6.

Shri M. Veerappa  Moily,

Union Minister  of Law &  Justice

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7.

Shri Kapil Sibal,

Union Minister of  Human Resource Development

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8.

Smt. Ambika  Soni,

Union Minister  of  Information &  Broadcasting

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9.

Shri Dayanidhi Maran,

Union Minister  of  Textiles

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10.

Dr.  Farooq  Abdullah,

Union Minister  of  New and  Renewable  Energy

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11.

Shri Mukul Wasnik,

Union Minister  of  Social Justice  and  Empowerment

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12.

Shri Kantilal Bhuria,

Union Minister  of  Tribal Affairs

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13.

Shri Salman Khursheed,

Minister  of  State  for  Corporate  Affairs  and  Ministry of  Minority  Affairs

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14.

Smt. Krishna  Tirath,

Minister  of  State  for  Women and  Child  Development 

-do-

II

LEADERS  OF  OPPOSITION IN LOK SABHA  &  RAJYA  SABHA

15.

Smt.  Sushma Swaraj

Leader of  Opposition in Lok Sabha

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16.

Shri Arun Jaitley,

Leader  of  Opposition in Rajya Sabha

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III

CHIEF  MINISTERS  OF  ALL  STATES  AND  UNION TERRITORIES WITH LEGISLATURES

17.

Chief  Ministers of  all   the States  and  Union Territories   which  have   Legislatures (30 includes  Chief  Ministers  of   NCT of  Delhi and  UT of  Puducherry

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IV

LEADERS   OF  NATIONAL  POLITICAL PARTIES

1.

Smt,  Sonia  Gandhi, President,  Indian National  Congress

Member

2.

Shri Nitin Gadkari, President, Bhartiya Janata Party

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3.

Shri Prakash Karat, General Secretary, Communist  Party of  India  (Marxist)

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4.

Shri A.B. Bardhan, General Secretary, Communist Party  of  India

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5.

Kumari Mayawati, President,

Bahujan  Samaj  Party

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6.

Shri  Sharad Pawar, President, Nationalist  Congress Party 

-do-

 

V

LEADERS  OF  REGIONAL POLITICAL PARTIES

1.

Shri M. Karunanidhi, President,  Dravida  Munnetra  Kzhagam  

Member

2.

Dr. Farooq Abdullah, President,  Jammu and  Kashmir  National Conference

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3.

Shri Ajit  Singh, President,  Rashtriya Lok  Dal

-do-

4.

Shri Sukbir Singh Badal, President,  Shiromani Akali Dal

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5.

Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu, President, Telugu Desam Party

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6.

Shri E. Ahamed,  President, Indian Union Muslim League

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7.

Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav, President, Samajwadi Party

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8.

Shri Lalu Prasad  Yadav, President,  Rashtriya  Janata  Dal

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9.

Shri H.D. Deve Gowda, President, Janata  Dal (S) 

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10.

Shri Sharad Yadav, President,  Janata Dal (U)

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11.

Shri  Navin Patnaik, President,  Biju Janata  Dal 

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12.

Shri Chandra  Mohan Patowary, President, Asom Gana  Parishad

-do-

13.

Ms. Mehbooba Mufti, President, People’s  Democratic  Party

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14.

Shri  Shibu  Soren, President, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

-do-

 

 

VI

NATIONAL  COMMISSIONS

1.

Chairperson,  National Commission for  Minorities

Member

2.

Chairperson, National Commission for Scheduled Castes

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3.

Chairperson, National Commission for Scheduled  Tribes

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4.

Chairperson, National Commission for  Women

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5.

Chairperson, National Human Rights  Commission,

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6.

Chairperson, National Commission for  Protection of Child Rights

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VII

MEDIA  PERSONS

1.

Shri  N. Ravi, Editor,  The Hindu

Member

2.

Shri Shashi Shekhar, Editor-in-Chief, Hindustan

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3.

Shri Mammen Mathew, Editor, Malayala Manorama

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4.

Shri Shekhar  Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, The  Indian Express

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5.

Shri M.K. Razdan, Editor-in-Chief and  CEO,  Press  Trust of  India Ltd

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6.

Ms. Shobhana  Bhartia, Chairperson, Hindustan  Times

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7.

Shri Arun Kumar  Bhandari,  General  Manager & Chief  Editor, United  News  of  India

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8.

Shri  Shravan Garg,  Group Editor, Dainik Bhaskar

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9.

Shri T.N. Ninan, Editor,  Business  Standard  Ltd

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10.

Shri V. Raja, Chief  Editor, Sun TV Network  Ltd.

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11.

Shri Kumar  Ketkar, Editor, Lok Satta

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12.

Shri  Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-in-Chief, CNN-IBN

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13.

Ms. Barkha  Dutt, Group Editor, NDTV

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14.

Shri Palagummi Sainath, Rural  Affairs  Editor  and Bureau  Chief, The  Hindu

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15.

Shri Dileep Padgaonkar, Consulting  Editor, Times  of India

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16.

Shri K.N. Tilak Kumar, Editor, Deccan Herald

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17.

Shri Zahid Ali Khan, Editor, The  Siasat  Daily

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18.

Shri Shahid Latif, Editor, Inquilab

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19.

Shri Alok Mehta, Editor-in-Chief, Nai Duniya

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20.

Shri Pankaj Pachauri, Managing  Editor, NDTV

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VIII

REPRESENTATIVES OF  BUSINESS

1.

Shri Harsh Pati Singhania, President, FICCI

 

Member

2.

Shri Venu Srinivasan, President, Confederation of  Indian Industries (CII)

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3.

Dr. Ms. Swati Piramal, President, ASSOCHAM

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4.

Shri Som Mittal, President, NASSCOM

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5.

Shri Ratan N. Tata, Chairman, Tata Sons  Limited

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6.

Shri Venu Srinivasan, Chairman, TVS Motor  Company Limited 

-do-

7.

Shri Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro Ltd

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8.

Shri Ajay Chowdhry, Chairman, HCL

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9.

Shri Y.C. Deveshwar, Chairman, ITC Limited

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10.

Dr. Ramdas M. Pai,  President & Chancellor, Manipal University

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11.

Mrs. R. Sandra  Shroff, Vice-Chairman, United  Phosphorous  India Limited

-do-

12.

Shri A.M. Naik, Chairman & Managing  Director, Larsen &  Toubro Limited

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13.

Shri Nandan Nilekani, Chairman, Unique Identification Authority of  India (UIDAI)

-do-

14.

Shri Vikram Kirloskar, Chairman & Managing Director, Kirloskar Systems Ltd

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15.

Shri Jamshyd N. Godrej, CMD, Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing  Company Ltd

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IX

EMINENT  PUBLIC  FIGURES

1.

Shri H.D. Deve Gowda,

Member

2.

Shri I.K. Gujral

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3.

Shri L.K. Advani

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4.

Shri Somnath Chatterjee

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5.

Dr. Karan Singh

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6.

Shri Mrinal Sen

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7.

Shri Rishang Keishing

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8.

Dr. Amrik Singh

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9.

Prof.  M.S. Swaminathan

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10.

Shri Bekal  Utsahi

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11.

Shri Gulzar

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12.

Shri Vikram Seth

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13.

Shri Sitakanta  Mohapatra

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14.

Professor Zoya  Hasan

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15.

Rev. Prof. Valsan Thampu

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16.

Archbishop Vincent  M.C. Concessao

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17.

Shri Sitaram  Yechury

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18.

Shri Asghar Ali Engineer

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19.

Swami Agnivesh

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20.

Ms. Amarjeet  Kaur

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21.

Shri Fali S. Nariman

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22.

Shri Madari Moideen

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23.

Shri  C.K. Jaffar Sharief

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24.

Dr. John Dayal

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25.

Shri Asauddin  Owaisi

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26.

Ms. Shabana  Azmi

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27.

Shri Navaid Hamid

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28.

Dr. S.N. Subba Rao

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29.

Ms. Shabnam Hashmi

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30.

Shri Amar Singh

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31.

Shri Syed Shahabuddin

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32.

Ms. Mrinal Pande

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33.

Shri  Rajnath  Singh

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X

WOMEN’S REPRESENTATIVES

1.

Smt. Ela R. Bhatt, Self  Employed  Women’s Association (SEWA)

Member

2.

Dr. V. Mohini Giri, Guild  for  Service

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3.

Ms.  Noor  Bano

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4.

Dr. Amrit  Srinivasan, Professor, Department of  Humanities & Social Sciences

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5.

Ms. Annie  Raja, National Federation of  Indian Women

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6.

Ms. Gomathi  Nair, President, All India  Women’s  Conference

-do-

7.

Ms. Neerja  Chowdhary, President, Indian Women Press  Corps

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