NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNAL HARMONY‌

The National Foundation for Communal Harmony (NFCH) was set up in 1992. It is an autonomous body under the administrative control of the Union Home Ministry. It promotes communal harmony, fraternity and national integration.

The vision and mission of the NFCH are as follows:

Vision: India free from communal and all other forms of violence where all citizens especially children and youth live together in peace and harmony.

Mission: Promoting communal harmony, strengthening national integration and fostering unity in diversity through collaborative social action, awareness programs, reaching out to the victims of violence especially children, encouraging interfaith dialogue for India’s shared security, peace and prosperity.

The activities undertaken by the NFCH are mentioned below:

1. To provide financial assistance to the child victims of societal violence for their care, education and training, aimed at their effective rehabilitation

2. To promote communal harmony and national integration by organising variety of activities either independently or in association with educational institutions, NGOs & other organisations

3. To conduct studies and grant scholarships to institutions / scholars for conducting studies

4. To confer awards for outstanding contribution to communal harmony and national integration

5. To involve Central / state governments / UT Administrations, industrial / commercial organisations, NGOs and others in promoting the objectives of the Foundation

6. To provide information services, publish monographs and books, etc. on the subject