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Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from Public.Resource.Org https://archive.org/details/selectedspeeches04unse 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) E © Publications Division H ISBN : 978-81-230-1531-6 jJ S&W-ENG-OP-052-2008-09 Price : Rs. 480.00 Published by The Additional Director General, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, Soochna Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003 Website: http: //www.publicationsdivision.nic. in Editing : DAYAWANTISRIVASTAVA Cover Design : ASHA SAXENA Sales Centres : • Delhi • Soochna Bhavan, C.G.O. 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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