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Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from Public.Resource.Org https://archive.org/details/selectedspeeches06unse Prime Minister MANMOHAN SINGH Selected Speeches PRIME MINISTER MANMOHAN SINGH SELECTED SPEECHES VOL-VI DECEMBER 2009 TO MAY 2010 PUBLICATIONS DIVISION MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 2012 (Saka 1934) © Publications Division ISBN: 978-81-230-1776-1 S&W-ENG-OP-020-2012-13 Price: ? 395.00 Published by the Additional Director General (Incharge), Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, Soochna Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110 003 Website: http: //www. publicationsdivision. nic. in EDITING: DAYAWANTI SRIVASTAVA COVER DESIGN: ASHA SAXENA 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 • ‘A’ Wing, Rajaji Bhawan, Besant Nagar, Chennai-600090 • Bihar State Co-operative Bank Building, Ashoka Rajpath, Patna-800004 • Press Road, Near Govt. 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NATIONAL CHALLENGES PROVIDING PEOPLE A LIFE OF DIGNITY AND SELF-RESPECT 3 Reply to the debate in the Lok Sabha on the President’s address, New Delhi, 9 June 2009 GETTING RID OF POVERTY, IGNORANCE AND DISEASE 11 Reply to the debate in the Rajya Sabha on the President’s address, New Delhi, 9 June 2009 LAUNCH OF ATV—A HISTORIC MILESTONE 20 Speech on the occasion of the launch of the Advanced Technology Vehicle, Visakhapatnam, 26 July 2009 AGRICULTURAL GROWTH FOR FOOD SECURITY 22 Speech on the occasion of Conference of State Chief Secretaries at Parliament House Annexe, New Delhi, 8 August 2009 INDIAN DEMOCRACY—AN EXAMPLE FOR THE 25 WHOLE WORLD Independence Day Speech, New Delhi, 15 August 2009 STRIVING TOWARDS BETTER GOVERNANCE 32 Speech at the Joint Conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices, New Delhi, 16 August 2009 EXPLORING NEW FRONTIERS OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY 35 Address at the Awards Ceremony for ISRO Scientists and inauguration of IIST by Video Conferencing, New Delhi, 25 August 2009 TRANSPARENCY AND ETHICS IN GOVERNANCE— 38 NEED OF THE HOUR Address at the XVII biennial conference of CBI and State Anti- Corruption Bureaux, New Delhi, 26 August 2009 FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY—A ‘SUNRISE’ INDUSTRY 41 Address at the Conference of State Food Processing Ministers, New Delhi, 6 October 2009 ROLE OF PSEs IN NATION-BUILDING 44 Speech at the SCOPE Excellence Awards function, New Delhi, 15 October 2009 PROTECTING HIMALAYAS FOR ECO-SUSTAINABILITY 47 Introductory Remarks at the meeting of PM’s Council on Climate Change on the National Mission on Sustaining the Himalayan Eco¬ system, New Delhi, 26 October 2009 GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY FOR CONSOLIDATING 49 PEACE IN J&K Speech at the inauguration of the Anantnag-Qazigund Rail Link, Anantnag, Jammu & Kashmir, 28 October 2009 HELPING TRIBALS COPE WITH THE TRAUMA 53 OF DISLOCATION Address at the Chief Ministers’ Conference on Implementation of the Forest Rights Act 2006, New Delhi, 4 November 2009 MAULANA AZAD—A GREAT INSTITUTION BUILDER 57 Address at the inauguration of ‘National Education Day’ celebrations, New Delhi, 11 November 2009 JNNURM FOR DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN SECTOR 60 Address at the National Conference of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, New Delhi, 3 December 2009 CELEBRATING 125 YEARS OF THE INDIAN 64 NATIONAL CONGRESS Speech at the Function Marking 125 years of the Indian National Congress, New Delhi, 28 December 2009 INDIA—A MULTI-PARTY DEMOCRACY 67 Address at the Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of Commonwealth Countries, New Delhi, 5 January 2010 LAW AND ORDER—A PRE-CONDITION TO 70 SUSTAINED DEVELOPMENT Address to IPS Probationers, New Delhi, 5 January 2010 MEETING CHALLENGES OF ENERGY SECURITY AND 73 CLIMATE CHANGE Address at the launch of Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission- Solar India, New Delhi, 11 January 2010 ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA—A PILLAR 75 OF INDIAN DEMOCRACY Inaugural address at the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of the Election Commission of India, New Delhi, 25 January 2010 INCLUSIVE GROWTH—CENTRE-PIECE OF 77 DEVELOPMENT PROCESS Address at the First Annual Conference of the Chief Secretaries New Delhi, 1 February 2010 SECURITY AND STABILITY—NEED OF THE HOUR 81 Reply to the Lok Sabha debate on the President’s address, New Delhi, 5 March 2010 SOCIAL EMPOWERMENT THROUGH EDUCATION 92 AND HEALTH Reply to the RS debate on the President’s address, New Delhi, 5 March 2010