National Communal Harmony Awards
President Shri Pranab Mukherjee will confer National Communal Harmony Awards here tomorrow for the year 2011 and 2012.
The National Foundation for Communal Harmony has instituted two National Communal Harmony Awards which are conferred annually, one to an individual and the other to an organization. The Awardees are selected from a long list by an eminent Jury headed by the Vice-President of India. The Awards consisted of a citation each and cash amount of Rs.2 lakhs for an Individual and Rs.5 lakhs for an Organization. In exceptional and deserving cases, more than one Award winner can be selected in a given year. The Award has been conferred to 11 Individuals and 10 Organizations so far.
The National Foundation for Communal Harmony was established as an autonomous organization by the Government of India in 1992 to promote communal harmony and strengthen national integration by undertaking and encouraging activities which promote belief in the principle of non-violence and deepen the bonds of unity and amity amongst the diverse segments of our society. The Foundation provides assistance for the physical and psychological rehabilitation of child victims of communal, caste, ethnic or terrorist violence with special emphasis on their care, education and training to enable them to merge in the mainstream of the nation and become responsible and productive citizens of the country. To achieve these goals, the Foundation organizes a variety of programmes, either independently or in association with State Governments / Union Territories, educational institutions, civil society groups and NGOs.
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