National Integration Council Reconstitued

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Government of India
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Ministry of Home Affairs
National Integration Council Reconstitued
New Delhi: April 12, 2010

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     -do-
3.      Shri  A.K. Antony,
Union Defence  Minister         -do-
4.      Shri P. Chidambaram,
Union Home  Minister    -do-
5.      Kumari Mamata  Banerjee,
Union Minister  of  Railways    -do-
6.      Shri M. Veerappa  Moily,
Union Minister  of Law &  Justice       -do-
7.      Shri Kapil Sibal,
Union Minister of  Human Resource Development   -do-
8.      Smt. Ambika  Soni,
Union Minister  of  Information &  Broadcasting -do-
9.      Shri Dayanidhi Maran,
Union Minister  of  Textiles    -do-
10.     Dr.  Farooq  Abdullah,
Union Minister  of  New and  Renewable  Energy  -do-
11.     Shri Mukul Wasnik,
Union Minister  of  Social Justice  and  Empowerment    -do-
12.     Shri Kantilal Bhuria,
Union Minister  of  Tribal Affairs      -do-
13.     Shri Salman Khursheed,
Minister  of  State  for  Corporate  Affairs  and  Ministry of
Minority  Affairs       -do-
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      -do-
16.     Shri Arun Jaitley,
Leader  of  Opposition in Rajya Sabha   -do-
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   -do

IV      LEADERS   OF  NATIONAL  POLITICAL PARTIES
1.      Smt,  Sonia  Gandhi, President,  Indian National  Congress      Member
2.      Shri Nitin Gadkari, President, Bhartiya Janata Party    -do-
3.      Shri Prakash Karat, General Secretary, Communist  Party of  India
(Marxist)       -do-
4.      Shri A.B. Bardhan, General Secretary, Communist Party  of  India        -do-
5.      Kumari Mayawati, President,
Bahujan  Samaj  Party   -do-
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        -do
3.      Shri Ajit  Singh, President,  Rashtriya Lok  Dal        -do-
4.      Shri Sukbir Singh Badal, President,  Shiromani Akali Dal        -do-
5.      Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu, President, Telugu Desam Party        -do-
6.      Shri E. Ahamed,  President, Indian Union Muslim League  -do-
7.      Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav, President, Samajwadi Party    -do-
8.      Shri Lalu Prasad  Yadav, President,  Rashtriya  Janata  Dal     -do-
9.      Shri H.D. Deve Gowda, President, Janata  Dal (S)        -do-
10.     Shri Sharad Yadav, President,  Janata Dal (U)   -do-
11.     Shri  Navin Patnaik, President,  Biju Janata  Dal       -do-
12.     Shri Chandra  Mohan Patowary, President, Asom Gana  Parishad    -do-
13.     Ms. Mehbooba Mufti, President, People's  Democratic  Party      -do-
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   -do-
3.      Chairperson, National Commission for Scheduled  Tribes  -do-
4.      Chairperson, National Commission for  Women     -do-
5.      Chairperson, National Human Rights  Commission,         -do
6.      Chairperson, National Commission for  Protection of Child Rights        -do

VII     MEDIA  PERSONS
1.      Shri  N. Ravi, Editor,  The Hindu       Member
2.      Shri Shashi Shekhar, Editor-in-Chief, Hindustan -do-
3.      Shri Mammen Mathew, Editor, Malayala Manorama   -do-
4.      Shri Shekhar  Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, The  Indian Express       -do-
5.      Shri M.K. Razdan, Editor-in-Chief and  CEO,  Press  Trust of  India Ltd         -do-
6.      Ms. Shobhana  Bhartia, Chairperson, Hindustan  Times    -do-

7.      Shri Arun Kumar  Bhandari,  General  Manager & Chief  Editor,
United  News  of  India -do-
8.      Shri  Shravan Garg,  Group Editor, Dainik Bhaskar       -do-
9.      Shri T.N. Ninan, Editor,  Business  Standard  Ltd       -do-
10.     Shri V. Raja, Chief  Editor, Sun TV Network  Ltd.       -do-
11.     Shri Kumar  Ketkar, Editor, Lok Satta   -do-
12.     Shri  Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-in-Chief, CNN-IBN        -do-
13.     Ms. Barkha  Dutt, Group Editor, NDTV    -do-
14.     Shri Palagummi Sainath, Rural  Affairs  Editor  and Bureau  Chief,
The  Hindu      -do-
15.     Shri Dileep Padgaonkar, Consulting  Editor, Times  of India     -do-
16.     Shri K.N. Tilak Kumar, Editor, Deccan Herald    -do-
17.     Shri Zahid Ali Khan, Editor, The  Siasat  Daily -do-
18.     Shri Shahid Latif, Editor, Inquilab     -do-
19.     Shri Alok Mehta, Editor-in-Chief, Nai Duniya    -do-
20.     Shri Pankaj Pachauri, Managing  Editor, NDTV    -do-

VIII    REPRESENTATIVES OF  BUSINESS
1.      Shri Harsh Pati Singhania, President, FICCI
       Member
2.      Shri Venu Srinivasan, President, Confederation of  Indian
Industries (CII)        -do-
3.      Dr. Ms. Swati Piramal, President, ASSOCHAM      -do-
4.      Shri Som Mittal, President, NASSCOM     -do-
5.      Shri Ratan N. Tata, Chairman, Tata Sons  Limited        -do-
6.      Shri Venu Srinivasan, Chairman, TVS Motor  Company Limited      -do-
7.      Shri Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro Ltd   -do-
8.      Shri Ajay Chowdhry, Chairman, HCL       -do-
9.      Shri Y.C. Deveshwar, Chairman, ITC Limited      -do-
10.     Dr. Ramdas M. Pai,  President & Chancellor, Manipal University  -do-
11.     Mrs. R. Sandra  Shroff, Vice-Chairman, United  Phosphorous  India
Limited -do-
12.     Shri A.M. Naik, Chairman & Managing  Director, Larsen &  Toubro
Limited         -do-
13.     Shri Nandan Nilekani, Chairman, Unique Identification Authority of
 India (UIDAI)  -do-
14.     Shri Vikram Kirloskar, Chairman & Managing Director, Kirloskar
Systems Ltd     -do-
15.     Shri Jamshyd N. Godrej, CMD, Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing  Company Ltd  -do-

IX      EMINENT  PUBLIC  FIGURES
1.      Shri H.D. Deve Gowda,   Member
2.      Shri I.K. Gujral        -do-
3.      Shri L.K. Advani        -do-
4.      Shri Somnath Chatterjee -do-
5.      Dr. Karan Singh -do-
6.      Shri Mrinal Sen -do-
7.      Shri Rishang Keishing   -do-
8.      Dr. Amrik Singh -do-
9.      Prof.  M.S. Swaminathan -do-
10.     Shri Bekal  Utsahi      -do-
11.     Shri Gulzar     -do-
12.     Shri Vikram Seth        -do-
13.     Shri Sitakanta  Mohapatra       -do-
14.     Professor Zoya  Hasan   -do-
15.     Rev. Prof. Valsan Thampu        -do-
16.     Archbishop Vincent  M.C. Concessao      -do-
17.     Shri Sitaram  Yechury   -do-
18.     Shri Asghar Ali Engineer        -do-
19.     Swami Agnivesh  -do-
20.     Ms. Amarjeet  Kaur      -do-
21.     Shri Fali S. Nariman    -do-
22.     Shri Madari Moideen     -do-
23.     Shri  C.K. Jaffar Sharief       -do-
24.     Dr. John Dayal  -do-
25.     Shri Asauddin  Owaisi   -do-
26.     Ms. Shabana  Azmi       -do-
27.     Shri Navaid Hamid       -do-
28.     Dr. S.N. Subba Rao      -do-
29.     Ms. Shabnam Hashmi      -do-
30.     Shri Amar Singh -do-
31.     Shri Syed Shahabuddin   -do-
32.     Ms. Mrinal Pande        -do-
33.     Shri  Rajnath  Singh    -do-

X       WOMEN'S REPRESENTATIVES
1.      Smt. Ela R. Bhatt, Self  Employed  Women's Association (SEWA)   Member
2.      Dr. V. Mohini Giri, Guild  for  Service -do-
3.      Ms.  Noor  Bano -do-
4.      Dr. Amrit  Srinivasan, Professor, Department of  Humanities &
Social Sciences         -do-
5.      Ms. Annie  Raja, National Federation of  Indian Women   -do-
6.      Ms. Gomathi  Nair, President, All India  Women's  Conference    -do-
7.      Ms. Neerja  Chowdhary, President, Indian Women Press  Corps     -do-

rs/ks/dk/kol/16:37 hrs.

Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Ministry of Rural Development
RD Ministry to Review National Social Assistance Program (NSAP)
New Delhi: April 12, 2010

The Ministry of Rural Development is holding a Performance Review
Committee  meeting to take stock of the progress under the National
Social Assistance  Program (NSAP) on Tuesday, the April 13 th at
Krishi Bhawan here. The meeting under the Chairmanship of the
Secretary Rural Development is likely to discuss the following issues
:

(i)     Review of Statewise financial and Physical progress during 2009-10;
(ii)    Operationalisation of  IGNWPS and IGNDPS;
(iii)   Uploading of data of all pension beneficiaries;
(iv)    Operationalization of  NSAP-MIS;
(v)     Strategy for implementation of programs during 2010-11;
(vi)    Policy of Opening of Bank/Post Office account for pensioners;
(vii)   Furnishing of online MPRs, and;
(viii)  State Fund Schemes.

The National Social Assistance Program (NSAP) which came into effect
from 15th August, 1995 represents a significant step towards the
fulfillment of the Directive Principles in Article 41 of the
Constitution. The program introduced a National Policy for Social
Assistance for the poor and aims at ensuring minimum national standard
for social assistance in addition to the benefits that states are
currently providing or might provide in future. NSAP at present,
comprises of Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS),
Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS), Indira Gandhi
National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS), National Family Benefit
Scheme (NFBS) and Annapurna. At present this program is administered
by the M/o Rural Development and is operational in rural as well as
urban areas. Under the Indira Gandhi National Old age Pension Scheme
(IGNOAPS) BPL persons aged 65 years or above are entitled to a monthly
pension of Rs.200/-.
Under the Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS) BPL
widows aged 40-64 years are entitled to a monthly pension of Rs.200/-.
Under the Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS)
BPL persons aged 18-64 years with severe and multiple disabilities are
entitled to a monthly pension of Rs.200/-.  Under the National Family
Benefit Scheme (NFBS) a BPL household is entitled to lump sum amount
of money on the death of primary breadwinner aged between 18-64 years.
The amount of assistance is Rs. 10,000/-. Under Annapurna 10 KG of
food grains per month are provided free of cost to those senior
citizens who, though eligible have remained uncovered under NSOAP.
During the year 2009-10 out of the Central Allocation of Rs. 5200
crore an amount of Rs. 5155.4972 crore was released for the NSAP and
Annapurna Program. The expenditure stood at Rs. 3362.772 crore which
is 65.22 percent utilization of funds. Out of 16947902 approved
beneficiaries under the IGNOAPS , the coverage under the scheme
reached out to 16024112 beneficiaries during 2009-10 which is around
94.55%.  Under the National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS) In the year
2009-10 around 336949 beneficiaries were covered which is around
77.20%. Similarly under the   Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension
Scheme (IGNWPS) and  Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme
(IGNDPS), the number of beneficiaries  covered was 2675579 and 547616
respectively during 2009-10.
The Performance Review Committee Meetings over the years have been an
important monitoring tool for the Ministry of Rural Development to
take stock of the progress of the various flagship programs running
all over the country. The participants include among others the
Secretaries and  representatives  from all  Sate Governments / UT
Administrations overseeing the implementation of Rural Development
Programs, Organizations like CAPART , NIRD along with the Ministry Of
Panchayati Raj, Ministry Of Statistics and Program Implementation,
Ministry of Finance, Planning Commission representatives etc.

akt/st/sak/dk/kol/16:38 hrs.

Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Ministry of Rural Development
Grant in Aid Worth Rs. 20 Crore For Safe Drinking Water in Rural Areas of Assam
New Delhi: April 12, 2010

The Union Ministry of Rural Development has released grant in aid
worth Rs.2000.00 lakh (Rupees twenty crore only) (Programme fund) to
the State Government of Assam towards additional funds under NRDWP
(normal, water quality and sustainability) (Programme Fund) during
2009-10. This release is being made for execution/completion of rural
water schemes to provide safe drinking water facilities to rural
habitations and schools under Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water
Mission As per the provisions under the National Rural Drinking Water
Programme (NRDWP) the State Government shall follow the priorities set
in the guidelines and other instructions issued from time to time for
the coverage of rural habitations and rural schools. The funds have
been released to the implementing agency, the State Water and
Sanitation Mission, Assam.
National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) a component of Bharat
Nirman, is one of the flagship program of Government of India with the
objective to provide safe drinking water to all households in rural
areas, while ensuring convergence with related programmes and
involvement of the Panchayati Raj Institutions. To achieve drinking
water security at village/habitation level, conjunctive use of water
i.e. judicious use of rainwater, surface water and ground water is
promoted

akt/st/sak/dk/kol/16:38 hrs.

Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Ministry of Rural Development
Rd Ministry Releases Rs.7.77 Crore For Safe Drinking Water in Manipur
New Delhi: April 12, 2010

The Union Ministry of Rural Development has released grant in aid
worth Rs.777.39 lakh (Rupees seven crore seventy seven lakh and thirty
nine thousand only) (Programme fund) to the State Government of
Manipur towards 2nd instalment of funds against allocation of
Rs.6160.00 lakh for NRDWP (normal, water quality and sustainability)
during 2009-10. This release is being made for execution/completion of
rural water schemes to provide safe drinking water facilities to rural
habitations and schools under Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water
Mission As per the provisions under the National Rural Drinking Water
Programme (NRDWP) the State Government shall follow the priorities set
in the guidelines and other instructions issued from time to time for
the coverage of rural habitations and rural schools. The funds have
been released to the implementing agency the State Water and
Sanitation Mission, Manipur.
National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) a component of Bharat
Nirman, is one of the flagship program of Government of India with the
objective to provide safe drinking water to all households in rural
areas, while ensuring convergence with related programmes and
involvement of the Panchayati Raj Institutions. To achieve drinking
water security at village/habitation level, conjunctive use of water
i.e. judicious use of rainwater, surface water and ground water is
promoted

akt/st/sak/dk/kol/16:38 hrs.

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