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
meaningful believe poverty
Meaningful solutions to the problems of mass poverty that prevails in India I believe can only be found in the framework of an expanding economy.
children happy suffered wife
I suffered a lot. But I'm excited. I'm happy that I'll see my wife and children again,
building children circuit electricity hands initially middle raining ran saw short smoke women
I thought the building was collapsing, so I ran out into the middle of the street, ... There was smoke all around. Initially I thought there had been a short circuit on the electricity pole. But then I saw the hands of children and young women raining down from the sky.
children thinking chinese
Because the Chinese insistence on one child, I think the proportion of older, non-working age population is going to rise sharply in China.
critically dead far reports
So far we have reports of 50 dead and 15 critically injured.
political decision economic
Economic policy and decision making do not function in a political vacuum.
culture dialogue tolerance
Education, inter-faith dialogue and the culture of tolerance should be promoted,
asian chronic countries east economy generation grew indian last rid single transform
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.
accepted financial goods relief
Other than that we have accepted everything. They want to give us financial aid, they want to give us medicines, they want to give us relief goods ... already we have accepted,
safety poor safety-net
We should put more money in health. We should put more money in devising credible social safety nets for the poor.
commitment thinking together
I pray for that moment in which I think we can claim to the world that we are now in a different, new era of Indo-American relationship of trust, of working together, partnership strengthened both by our commitment to common values, and also the identity of interests.
bright era foresee sports
I foresee a very bright era for sports in our country.
cutting technology world
In a world in which technology is changing at such a fast pace, where demand conditions change very fast, we need to look at a more innovative mechanism to cut down on this rigmarole of many tiers of decision-making processes.
afford blind cannot eye india security turn
India cannot afford to turn a blind eye to security implications of such proliferation activities.