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NIC meeting to discuss ways to curb radicalisation of youth
Saturday September 10, 2011 08:20:05 AM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The 15th
meeting of the National Integration Council (NIC) will be held
here Saturday to discuss measures to curb communalism and
radicalisation of the youth in the name of religion and caste.
According to an official spokesman, the agenda for the meeting
includes "measures to curb communalism and communal violence and
approach to the Communal Violence Bill".
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will chair the meeting.
It will also discuss measures to promote communal harmony,
eliminate discrimination especially against minorities and
scheduled tribes, ways in which the state and police should handle
civil disturbances and "how to curb radicalization of youth in the
name of religion and caste".
The last meeting of the NIC was held here Oct 13, 2008.
NIC is headed by prime minister and includes union ministers,
leaders of opposition in the Lok Sabha and in the Rajya Sabha,
chief ministers of all the states and union territories which have
legislatures, leaders of national political parties and regional
political parties, chairpersons of national commissions, eminent
public figures and representatives from business, media and women.
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