Manmohan Singh
Manmohan Singh
Manmohan Singh; born 26 September 1932) is an Indian economist and politician who served as the Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014. The first Sikh in office, Singh was also the first prime minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to be re-elected after completing a full five-year term...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth26 September 1932
CityPunjab, India
CountryIndia
motivational statistics poor
I am not very good at statistics. I am also a poor thinker.
country team anchors
Sachin Tendulkar is a guy you don't want to chat to period, because he will knuckle down- Brett Lee tells you why one must never sledge Sachin Tendulkar It is an amazing achievement to play for the country for over two decades and still continue to be the team's anchor. Sachin makes all of us so very proud
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Terrorists had the advantage of surprise
nuclear responsible mixed-economy
I can assure you we are a responsible nuclear power.
japan progress democracy
As the largest and most developed democracies of Asia (India and Japan), we have a mutual stake in each other's progress and prosperity.
cutting ideas world
If you have a rigidly controlled economy, cut off from the rest of the world by infinite protection, nobody has any incentive to increase productivity and to bring new ideas.
diversity tolerance multiculturalism
We need multiculturalism, respect for diversity, tolerance, respect for diverse faiths.
government way limits
We are a coalition government, and that limits our options in some ways. Privatization happens to be one such area.
government people entrepreneur
We got government off the backs of the people of India, particularly off the backs of India's entrepreneurs. We introduced more competition, both internal competition and external competition. We simplified and rationalized the tax system. We made risk-taking much more attractive.
thinking india economy
Yes, I think India's economy always has been a mixed economy, and by Western standards we are much more of a market economy than a public sector-driven economy.
dialogue
What we need is a dialogue amongst civilizations.
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India was a late comer to industrialization, and as such, we have contributed very little to the accumulation of greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. But we are determined to be part of the solution to the problem.
life-is contradiction
Life is never free of contradictions
government unity india
Unity and secularism will be the motto of the government. We can't afford divisive polity in India.