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
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on which I expressed appreciation for his Government's clear and long-held position.
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My mind is open to new ideas. If this is based on good intentions, I have place in my heart for all of you.
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This summit should evolve regional mechanisms for effective and timely cooperation in disaster relief and management,
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We are engaged in a peace process with Pakistan. We are trying to maintain peace between our two countries so that everyone can live happily here,
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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.
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India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Life is never free of contradictions
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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.
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Unity and secularism will be the motto of the government. We can't afford divisive polity in India.
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We are a coalition government, and that limits our options in some ways. Privatization happens to be one such area.
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No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come.