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
country play entrepreneur
We are a mixed economy. We will remain a mixed economy. The public and private sector will continue to play a very important role. The private sector in our country has very ample scope and I am confident that India's entrepreneurs have the capacity, and the will to rise to the occasion.
ignorance priorities disease
My top most priority is to deal with India's massive social and economic problems, so that chronic poverty, ignorance and disease can be conquered in a reasonably short period of time.
country character years
The Indian economy grew at 5.5 percent, but if you look at the last 30 years - for example, 1960 to 1985 - the progress made by East Asian countries was phenomenal. In a single generation they had been able to transform the character of their economy. They were able to get rid of chronic poverty.
ideas earth
No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come.
needs behavior ethical
Ethical and responsible behavior needs to become the cornerstone of corporate behavior
practice community humanity
No nation, no society, no community can hold its head high and claim to be part of the civilized world if it condones the practice of discriminating against one half of humanity represented by women.
team technology ideas
Capitalism historically has been a very dynamic force, and behind that force is technical progress, innovation, new ideas, new products, new technologies, and new methods of managing teams.
country powerful rich-countries
India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people.
academics french meeting tradition
I will be meeting academics from French institutions which have a long tradition of scholarships on India,
culture dialogue tolerance
Education, inter-faith dialogue and the culture of tolerance should be promoted,
both contains determined potential realize relationship special
Our relationship is very special and one that contains exceptional potential, ... Both governments are determined to realize this potential.
both question
It is not a question of preferring one or the other, ... We need both the pipelines.
thinking long done
I think whatever I've done, I hope I've earned a footnote in India's long and tortuous history.
thinking problem
I don't see, I think, any problems between India and the United States.