The 15th meeting of the National Integration Council -NIC will be held in New Delhi on Saturday. The meeting will be chaired by the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh. According to official sources, the agenda for the meeting includes measures to curb communalism and communal violence, measures to promote communal harmony and to eliminate discrimination, especially against minorities and scheduled tribes.

The meeting will also discuss about how the State and the police should handle civil disturbances and how to curb radicalization of youth in the name of religion and caste.

The NIC, headed by the Prime Minister, includes Union Ministers, leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha and in the Rajya Sabha, Chief Ministers of all the States and leaders of national political parties and regional political parties.