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
(Release ID :6883)