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Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from Public.Resource.Org https://archive.org/details/selectedspeeches03unse PRIME MINISTER MANMOHAN SINGH SELECTED SPEECHES VOL-III JUNE 2006 TO MAY 2007 PUBLICATIONS DIVISION MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 2007 (Saka 1929) ISBN : 81-230-1478-3 © Publications Division S&W-ENG-OP-055-2007-08 Price : Rs. 355.00 Published by : The Director, Publications Division Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India Soochna Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003. http://www.publicationsdivision.nic.in Editing : Naveen Joshi Cover Design : Asha Saxena Sales Centres : • Delhi - Soochna Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi- 110003 • Hall No. 196, Old Secretariat, Delhi-110054 • Mumbai - 701, B-Wing, 7th Floor, Kendriya Sadan, Belapur, Navi Mumbai-400614 • Kolkata - 8, Esplanade East, Kolkata-700069 • Chennai - A’ Wing, Rajaji Bhawan, Besant Nagar, Chennai-600090 • Patna - Bihar State Co-operative Bank Building, Ashoka Rajpath, Patna-800004 • Thiruvananthapuram - Press Road, Near Govt. 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GOVERNANCE AND NATIONAL ISSUES STRIVING FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE 3 Speech at the meeting with Chief Secretaries of State Governments, New Delhi, 20 July 2006 TOWARDS ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE IN LEGAL SYSTEM 6 Speech at Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Indian Law Institute,New Delhi, 4 August 2006 INDIA - MARCHING STEADILY TOWARDS NEW FRONTIERS 9 Independence Day Address, 2006, New Delhi, 15 August 2006 URGENT NEED TO DISMANTLE BARRIERS TO INTER-STATE TRADE 18 Speech at the Chief Minister’s Conclave, Chandigarh, 28 September 2006 TOWARDS UNLEASHING FULL POTENTIAL TO EXPAND 22 NEW HORIZONS OF DEVELOPMENT Speech at the HT Leadership Summit - “India : The Next Global Superpower?”, New Delhi, 17 November 2006 RECOGNIZING THE NEED TO ROOT OUT CORRUPTION 27 Keynote address to conference of CBI & State Anti-Corruption Bureaus, New Delhi, 17 November 2006 EMPOWERING PANCHAYATI RAJ FOR RURAL PROSPERITY 30 Speech at the conference on “The State of the Panchayats”, New Delhi, 22 November 2006 URGENT NEED FOR PARADIGM SHIFT IN DISASTER 33 MANAGEMENT APPROACH Speech at the inauguration of First India Disaster Management Congress, New Delhi, 29 November 2006 INCULCATING NEW VISION IN PUBLIC SERVICE 35 Speech at the Golden Jubilee of Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, 5 December 2006 ENSURING EQUAL PARTICIPATION OF ALL IN NATION BUILDING 39 Address at the 10th Meeting of Inter-State Council, New Delhi, 9 December 2006 BLUEPRINT FOR PROSPEROUS AND EQUITABLE INDIA 41 Address at the Meeting of National Development Council 2006, New Delhi, 9 December 2006 (iv) ROADMAP FOR HIGH GROWTH WITH FOCUS ON BRIDGING DIVIDES 47 Closing remarks at the National Development Council Meeting, New Delhi, 9 December 2006 PUNJAB : STRIVING TOWARDS ALL ROUND DEVELOPMENT 50 Speech at Amritsar Rally, Amritsar, 20 December 2006 REMEMBERING NETAJI SUBHASH CHANDRA BOSE : 54 A GREAT LIFE DEDICATED TO NATION BUILDING Address at the Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, New Delhi, 23 January 2007 GANDHIAN PHILOSOPHY : TRANSFORMING DIVERSE 57 SOCIETIES THE WORLD OVER Address at International Conference on Peace, Non-Violence and Empowerment - Gandhian Philosophy in the 21st Century, New Delhi, 30 January 2007 INDIA TODAY : FRONTRUNNER IN DEALING WITH THE 60 CHALLENGES FACING MANKIND Key note address at India Today Conclave, New Delhi, 23 March 2007 JUDICIARY IN INDIA : AT THE THRESHOLD OF 65 PATHBREAKING REFORMS Address at the Conference of Chief Ministers & Chief Justices of High Courts,New Delhi, 8 April 2007 CIVIL SERVICES : MEETING CHALLENGES OF IMPROVED 68 GOVERNANCE AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT Speech on the Occasion of the Civil Service Day, New Delhi, 21 April 2007 RELIGIOUS HARMONY : BEDROCK OF INDIAN CIVILIZATION 73 Address at South Asian Inter Faith Harmony Conclave, New Delhi, 21 April 2007 SUSTAINED EFFORTS TOWARDS BUILDING A PEACEFUL 75 AND PROSPEROUS JAMMU AND KASHMIR Opening remarks at Third Roundtable Conference on Jammu & Kashmir, New Delhi, 24 April 2007 OUTLINING BLUEPRINT OF A NEW FUTURE OF 79 JAMMU AND KASHMIR Closing remarks at Third Roundtable Conference on Jammu and Kashmir, New Delhi, 24 April 2007 (v) REMEMBERING THE MARTYRS OF 1857 UPRISING : 82 A SAGA OF HEROISM AND HINDU-MUSLIM UNITY Address on the 150th Anniversary of 1857 Function in Parliament, New Delhi, 10 May 2007 FIRST WAR OF INDEPENDENCE : DAZZLING EXAMPLE 84 OF INDIA’S NATIONAL UNITY Speech on the occasion of 150 years of First Struggle for Independence, New Delhi, 11 May 2007 UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESSES OF CHANGE : BASIS 85 OF EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION Address to 2006 Batch IAS Probationers, New Delhi, 15 May 2007 II. FLAGSHIP PROGRAMMES RTI ACT : CATALYSING THE PROCESS OF GOOD GOVERNANCE 93 Address at the Valedictory Session of National Convention on First Year of RTI, New Delhi, 15 October 2006 NALSA : PROVIDING SUCCOUR TO THE POOR 96 AND THE VOICELESS Speech at the National Colloquium on Poverty Alleviation, Food Security, Right to Development, New Delhi, 9 November 2006 TOWARDS PROTECTING, PRESERVING AND PROMOTING 99 THE HEALTH OF YOUNG PEOPLE Inaugural Address at First Global Youth Meet on Health, New Delhi ,14 November 2006 NATIONAL KNOWLEDGE COMMISSION : AIMING TO 101 BUILD AN INCLUSIVE SOCIETY Speech on the release of the NKC’s report to the Nation 2006, New Delhi, 12 January 2007 BACKWARD REGIONS GRANT FUND : TOWARDS CAPACITY 103 BUILDING OF PANCHAYATI RAJ FUNCTIONARIES Speech at the launch of Backward Regions Grant Fund, Barpeta, Assam, 19 February 2007 UPA GOVERNMENT : COMMITTED TO BUILD A RESURGENT INDIA 106 Speech at the Release of Report to the People 2004-07 on the Occasion of the Third Anniversary of UPA Government, New Delhi, 22 May 2007 (Vi) III. AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS TRANSFORMING AGRICULTURE TO A VIABLE ENTERPRISE 111 Statement on the conclusion of visit to Vidarbha, Nagpur, 1 July 2006 ENSURING ALL-ROUND DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE 114 Speech at the Inauguration of Field Fresh Agriculture Centre of Excellence, Ludhiana, 27 September 2006 TOWARDS EXPLORING NEW POTENTIAL OF RICE CULTIVATION 116 Speech at the Inauguration of the Second International Rice Congress-2006, New Delhi, 9 October 2006 ENSURING ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF RURAL INDIA 119 IN NEW GROWTH PROCESS Speech at the Annual Conference of District Rural Development Agencies, New Delhi, 16 October 2006 SEEKING NEW PATHWAYS TO IMPROVE AGRICULTURAL 122 SCENARIO IN INDIA Speech at the 2nd Agriculture Summit, New Delhi, 18 October 2006 STATE SPECIFIC STRATEGIES TO BUILD STRONG AND 126 VIBRANT AGRICULTURAL SECTOR Opening remarks at the 53rd Meeting of the National Development Council (NDC), New Delhi, 29 May 2007 COLLECTIVE WILL AND CONCERTED ACTION : ROADMAP 130 FOR REVITALIZING AGRICULTURE Closing remarks at the 53rd Meeting of National Development Council (NDC), New Delhi, 29 May 2007 IV. SOCIAL POLICY VIDYA BHAWAN SOCIETY : ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN SOCIAL 135 DEVELOPMENT PROCESS Speech on the Platinum Jubilee of Vidya Bhawan Society, Udaipur, Rajasthan, 21 July 2006 REITERATING COMMITMENT TOWARDS WELFARE 138 OF THE WORKING CLASS Opening remarks at the meeting with Trade Union Leaders, New Delhi, 19 August 2006 ENSURING EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF LABOUR LAWS 140 Closing remarks at the meeting with Trade Union Leaders, New Delhi, 19 August 2006 FELICITATING THE TRUE CRUSADER OF NATIONAL INTEGRATION 142 Address at the presentation of Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award, New Delhi, 20 August 2006