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SELECTED SPEECHES VOLUME -1 PRESIDENT PRATIBHADEVISINGHPATIL Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from Public.Resource.Org https://archive.org/details/presidentpratibh01unse PRESIDENT PRATIBHA DEVISINGH PAUL SELECTED SPEECHES VOLUME I JULY 2007—DECEMBER 2008 PUBLICATIONS DIVISION MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING GOVERNMENT OF INDIA First Edition : 2012 (Saka 1934) ISBN: 978-81-230-1800-3 Price: ?375.00 S&W-ENG-OP-3 8-2012-13 Published by Additional Director General, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, Soochna Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110 003 www. publicationsdivision. nic. in EDITING: Dayawanti Srivastava Cover Design : R.S. Rawat Sales Centres : • Soochna Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003 • Hall No. 196, Old Secretariat, Delhi-110054 •701, B-Wing, 7th Floor, Kendriya Sadan, Belapur, Navi Mumbai- 400614 • 8, Esplanade East, Kolkata-700069 • c A Wing, Rajaji Bhawan, Besant Nagar, Chennai-600090 • Press Road, Near Govt. Press, Thiruvananthapuram-695001 • Block 4, 1st Floor, Gruhakalpa Complex, M.G. Road, Nampally, Hyderabad-500001 • 1st Floor, CF’ Wing, Kendriya Sadan, Koramangala, Bengaluru-560034 • Bihar State Co-operative Bank Building, Ashoka Rajpath, Patna- 800004 • Hall No.l, 2nd Floor, Kendriya Bhawan, Sector H, Aliganj, Lucknow- 226024 • Ambica Complex, 1st Floor, Paldi, Ahmedabad-380007 •House No. 07, New Colony, Chenikuthi, K.K.B. Road, Guwahati-781003 Typeset at: Sairam Computers, G-l 17/A, Vishvas Park, Uttam Nagar, New Delhi-59 Printed at: Shakun Printers, 241 Patpat Ganj Industrial Area, Delhi-110092 CONTENTS L NATIONAL AFFAIRS 1. ACHIEVING OBJECTIVES THROUGH CONSTITUTIONAL METHODS 3 Speech on assumption of office as President of India, Central Hall of Parliament, New Delhi, 25 July 2007 2. A VIBRANT AGRICULTURAL SECTOR FOR A DYNAMIC RURAL ECONOMY 6 Address to the Nation on the eve of the 60th Anniversary of India’s Independence, New Delhi, 14 August, 2007 3. MANAGING GROUND WATER RESOURCES OF THE COUNTRY 12 Address at the valedictory function of the National Congress on Ground Water, New Delhi, 11 September 2007 4. PARLIAMENTARIAN—A LINK BETWEEN THE PEOPLE AND THE GOVERNEMENT 15 Address at the function for the presentation of the Outstanding Parliamentarian Awards for 2003, 2004, 2005 & 2006, New Delhi, 13 September 2007 5. COMMONWEALTH—A FAMILY OF SOVEREIGN STATES 18 Speech on the occasion of the Inauguration of the 53rd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, 25 September 2007 6. DEMOCRACY AND FEDERALISM—GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF NEW WORLD ORDER 23 Speech at the valedictory session of the 4th International Conference on Federalism, New Delhi, 7 November 2007 7. PROFESSOR MAATHAI—COMMITTED TO PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT 27 Speech at the presentation of the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development—2006, Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, 19 November 2007 8. PROMOTING THE USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY 30 Speech at the function to release the Commemorative Postage Stamp and Present the Renewable Energy Awards, Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, 22 November 2007 9. REINFORCING EFFORTS FOR BETTER IMPLEMENTATION OF RULE OF LAW 34 Speech at the International Conference of Jurists on the Rule of Law, New Delhi, 24 November 2007 10. HUMAN DIGNITY—A BACKBONE OF HUMAN RIGHTS 37 Address on the occasion of the Human Rights Day function, New Delhi, 10 December 2007 11. STRENGTHENING MEASURES FOR REMOVING CORRUPTION 41 Address to the nation on the eve of the 59th Republic Day, New Delhi, 25 January 2008 12. MEDIATION—A DISPUTE SETTLEMENT MECHANISM 47 Speech at the First Anniversary Celebrations of the Bengaluru Meditation Centre, Bengaluru, 1 February 2008 13. EDUCATION FOR WOMEN—A TOOL OF EMPOWERMENT 51 Speech at the National Conclave of North Eastern States for Access to Justice to Women of the Region, New Delhi, 17 February 2008 14. STRENGTHENING PANCHAYATI RAJ INSTITUTIONS 55 Address to Parliament, New Delhi, 25 February 2008 15. PROMOTING A CULTURE OF NON-VIOLENCE 73 Speech at the inauguration of the International Conference on Responsibility to the Future: Business, Peace, Sustainability, Mumbai, 26 June 2008 16. SAVING ENERGY—A STEP TOWARDS ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION 79 Address to the Nation on the Eve of the 62nd Independence Day, New Delhi, 14 August 2008 17. VIOLENCE HAS NO PLACE IN DEMOCRACY 85 Speech at the Conference of Governors, New Delhi, 16 September 2008 18. DEFEATING TERRORISM TO BUILD A PEACEFUL WORLD 93 Speech at the inauguration of the National Conference on Communal Harmony and Social Peace, Nagpur, December 27, 2008 19. NIRD—A TRAINING ORGANISATION FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGERS 97 Speech at the Golden Jubilee of the National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), Hyderabad, December 30, 2008 20. DIASPORAS—PRODUCT AND DRIVERS OF 101 GLOBALIZATION PROCESS Speech at the 7th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, January 9, 2009 21. PROVIDING BETTER LIVING CONDITIONS FOR THE 105 POOREST OF THE POOR Speech to the Nation on the Eve of 60th Republic day of India, January 25, 2009. 22. YOUNG INDIA HAS THE POWER TO DREAM BIG 112 To Parliament, February 12, 2009. 23. POWER—BASIC INPUT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 136 Speech at the presentation of National Awards for Meritorious performance in power sector for the year 2007-08, New Delhi, February 17, 2009. II. ECONOMIC AFFAIRS 1. FARMING—A LIVING HERITAGE 143 Address on the occasion of special lecture on “Agriculture cannot wait”, New Delhi, 6 August 2007 2. CATAPULTING INDIA TO THE FRONT RANKS OF 147 HUMAN CIVILIZATION Foundation Day Lecture at the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur, 1 September 2007 3. JNNURM—PROVIDING BASIC SERVICES TO THE POOR 153 Speech at the World Congress on Urban Infrastructure in Developing Countries, New Delhi, 12 November 2007 4. IITF—EFFECTIVE SHOWCASE FOR INDIAN TRADE AND INDUSTRY 157 Speech at the inauguration of the 27th India International Trade Fair, New Delhi, 14 November 2007 5. KHADI—A SYMBOL OF SELF-RESPECT AND SELF-RELIANCE 160 Speech at the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission, New Delhi, 19 November 2007 6. REVITALIZING THE CO-OPERATIVE SECTOR 164 Speech at the inauguration of the Indian Cooperative Congress, New Delhi, 21 January 2008 7. CNRI—STRENGTHENING NETWORK OF NGOs 168 Speech at the Concluding Session of the National meet of the Confederation of NGOs of Rural India, New Delhi, 27 April 2008 8. ICAR—EFFORTS TOWARDS RURAL INDUSTRIALIZATION 172 Speech at the Foundation Day Lecture of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), NASC Complex, PUSA, New Delhi, 16 July 2008