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PRIME MINISTER
MANMOHAN SINGH
SELECTED SPEECHES
VOL-IV
JUNE 2007 TO MAY 2008
PUBLICATIONS DIVISION
MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
2008 (Saka 1930)
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Contents
Page No.
L GOVERNANCE AND NATIONAL ISSUES
TOWARDS NEW VISION OF A CARING INDIA 3
Independence Day Speech, 2007, New Delhi,
15 August 2007
INDIA — AT THE FOREFRONT OF EVOLUTION OF 12
HUMAN KNOWLEDGE
Speech on the occasion of 60th anniversary of India’s
Independence, New Delhi, 5 August 2007
OUR REPUBLIC — A PRODUCT OF OUR COLLECTIVE 15
IMAGINATION
Address at the Hindustan Times Summit - 2007,
New Delhi, 12 October 2007
TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS —BEARINGS ON 20
THE EVOLUTION OF FEDERALISM
Inauguration of 4th International Conference on
Federalism, New Delhi, 5 November 2007
MAKING EFFORTS TOWARDS AN ATMOSPHERE OF 25
PEACE AND TRANQUILITY
Address at the AICC Session, New Delhi,
17 November 2007
REMOVING MASS POVERTY THROUGH SUSTAINED 33
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
Address to IPS Probationers, New Delhi,
12 December 2007
BRINGING A NEW WAVE OF PROGRESS AND 36
PROSPERITY IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH
Address at Public Meeting at Itanagar, Arunachal
Pradesh, 31 January 2008
DEMOCRACY — ALL ABOUT DEBATE, ARGUMENT AND 40
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM
Reply to the Lok Sabha debate on the Motion of
Thanks on the President’s address, New Delhi,
5 March 2008
PAYING HOMAGE TO THE MARTYRS OF 1857 51
While releasing commemorative coin on 1857
Anniversary, New Delhi, 18 April 2008
A BROAD, VIABLE NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR 53
JUDICIAL TRAINING
Speech at the Conference of Chief Ministers &
Chief Justices of High Courts,New Delhi, 19 April 2008
ENSURING CIVIL SERVICES MAINTAIN THE BEST 57
STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONALISM
Address at the 3rd Civil Services Day, New Delhi,
21 April 2008
PANCHAYATS’ ROLE UNDER THE EDUCATION FOR
ALL CAMPAIGN 61
Address at the National Convention of Chairpersons
of District and Intermediate Panchayats, New Delhi,
24 April 2008
ENDEAVOUR TO IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY AND 64
ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN J&K
Remarks at the Inauguration of Chenab Bridge, Akhnoor,
Jammu & Kashmir, 25 April 2008
GETTING RID OF POVERTY, IGNORANCE AND 69
DISEASE — A MAJOR TASK
Address to IAS Probationers, New Delhi, 7 May 2008
INDIAN ECONOMY ON A GROWTH TRAJECTORY 74
Address at the Fourth Anniversary of UPA Government,
New Delhi, 22 May 2008
II. AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
CREATING KNOWLEDGE PARTNERSHIPS TO 81
COLLABORATE ON CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION
Inaugural address at the Delhi Sustainable
Development Summit, New Delhi, 7 February 2008
BABUJ/S LIFE — A LIVING EXAMPLE OF STRUGGLE 84
FOR A CASTELESS SOCIETY
Address at Babu Jagjivan Ram Centenary Seminar on
Agriculture Revolutions, Inclusive Growth and State
Policies, New Delhi, 7 February 2008
ENSURING LIVELIHOOD SECURITY AND FOOD SECURITY 86
FOR ALL
Address at the Global Agro Industries Forum, New Delhi,
10 April 2008
ffl. SOCIAL POLICY
CONSERVING AND PRESERVING SCARCE WATER 93
RESOURCES
Address at the Annual Conference of Ministers in charge
of Drinking Water and Sanitation, New Delhi, 4 July 2007
PROVIDING SOCIAL SAFETY NET FOR THE POOR 96
Address at the launch of Indira Gandhi National Old
Age Pension Scheme, New Delhi, 19 November 2007
DELHI — REPRESENTING A FUSION OF FAITHS, 99
CULTURES AND CIVILIZATIONS
Address at the 12th National Conference of National Trust
Organisation and the Indian National Trust for Art
and Cultural Heritage, New Delhi, 3 December 2007
GUARDING AGAINST INSTITUTIONAL FATIGUE IN 102
DEALING WITH PANDEMIC
Address at the International Ministerial Conference on
Avian and Pandemic Influenza, New Delhi,
5 December 2007
GENDER EQUALITY — A BUILDING BLOCK OF A 106
SECULAR AND DEMOCRATIC EDIFICE
Address at the Inauguration of the 2nd East Asia
Gender Equality Ministerial Meeting, New Delhi,
6 December 2007
ENSURING BRIDGING OF RURAL-URBAN DIVIDE 109
Remarks at the 54th meeting of the National
Development Council, New Delhi, 19 December 2007
WORKING TOWARDS THE GOAL OF ERADICATING 117
POVERTY, IGNORANCE AND DISEASE
Speech at the 54th meeting of the National
Development Council, New Delhi, 19 December 2007
STRENGTHENING AGRICULTURE OF THE COUNTRY 122
Address at a public gathering in Pravarnagar,
Maharashtra, 8 February, 2008
EMPOWERING THE GIRL CHILD IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY 124
Address at the National Meeting on “Save the Girl Child”,
New Delhi, 28 April 2008
IV. INFRASTRUCTURE AND INDUSTRY
REGIONAL COOPERATION — A MEANS TO ACHIEVE 129
EFFICIENT USE OF REGIONAL RESOURCES
Speech while dedicating Tala Transmission System to
the Nation, New Delhi, 20 June 2007
EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF “EMPOWERMENT 132
WITH ACCOUNTABILITY”
Speech while releasing the Book The Indian CEO:
A Portrait of Excellence’, New Delhi 18 July 2007
ENSURING A NEW ERA IN THE HISTORY OF INDIAN 135
CIVIL AVIATION
Address at Air India to ensure world class service levels,
New Delhi, 28 July 2007
COMMERCIAL VIABILITY OF ALTERNATIVE 137
TECHNOLOGIES AND ENERGY SOURCES
Speech while laying the Foundation Stone of the
Rajiv Gandhi Urja Bhavan, New Delhi, 20 August 2007
GOVERNMENT COMMITTED TO THE GROWTH OF SMEs 140
Speech at the National Awards function for Micro,
Small and Medium Enterprises, New Delhi,
30 August 2007
STRONG NUCLEAR ENERGY PROGRAMME — IMPORTANT 143
FOR SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT
Speech while dedicating Tarapur Atomic Power Station
- 3 & 4 to the Nation, Tarapur, Maharashtra,
31 August 2008
TEXTILES SECTOR — SECOND LARGEST PROVIDER OF 146
EMPLOYMENT
Valedictory address at the Texsummit 2007, New Delhi,
1 September 2007
EMPHASISING THE IMPORTANCE OF ECONOMICAL AND 151
RATIONAL USE OF WATER
Address at the National Congress on Ground
Water-2007, New Delhi, 11 September 2007
ENCOURAGING PRIVATE SECTOR TO INVEST IN URBAN 154
DEVELOPMENT
Address at the National Conference on Jawaharlal
Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, New Delhi,
9 October 2007
TELECOM REVOLUTION — POISED TO TRANSFORM 158
OUR ECONOMY AND POLITY
Address at the inauguration of “India Telecom - 2007”,
New Delhi, 12 December 2007
ENGINE OF DEVELOPMENT REACHING EVERY CORNER 162
OF THE COUNTRY THROUGH RAIL LINES
Speech while laying the foundation stone of Indore-
Dhar-Jhabua-Dahod and Dhar-Small Udaipur,
Madhya Pradesh (Dahod), 8 February 2008
FOCUSSING ON FOUR KEY ASPECTS OF OUR POLICY 165
FRAMEWORK
Speech at the Inauguration of 80th annual general
meeting of FICCI, New Delhi, 15 February 2008
