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
acceptable hopeful remain sides solutions
We remain hopeful that solutions acceptable to all sides will be found.
country believe moving
I do believe that India needs a lot more foreign direct investment than we've got, and we should have the ambition to move in the same league many other countries in our neighborhood are moving. We may not be able to reach where the Chinese are today, but there is no reason why we should not think big about the role of foreign direct investment, particularly in the areas relating to infrastructure, where our needs for investment are very large. We need new initiatives, management skills, and I do believe that direct foreign investment can play a very important role.
country believe partnership
There are partnerships based on principle. There are partnerships based on pragmatism. And fortunately, when it comes to Indo-American relations, both concentrations find a new robust phase of relationship, a multi-fasted relationship which I believe exists in the interests of both our countries.
country believe thinking
I believe that without looking at each other as rivals or as competitors, in a democratic India, operating in the framework of an open economy, an open society has, I think, some significance for developing countries, not only in Asia but outside Asia.
diversity tolerance multiculturalism
We need multiculturalism, respect for diversity, tolerance, respect for diverse faiths.
harmony peace search seems success
There seems to be some success in our search for peace and harmony now,
grim poverty saw student thinking troubled
From the beginning, as a thinking student of 15, 16 years ago, I was troubled by the grim poverty that I saw around me.
working-together democracy helping
Working together in helping nascent democracies in the task of reconstruction, in the task of development is another area where India and the USA can work together.
detailed information
I have no detailed information about the militants who are there or who have been affected,
cooperation historic look-up
I look upon India-U.S. nuclear cooperation as an act of historic reconciliation.
agree allow continues countries education ensuring happen key knowledge people platform provide relationships sure
Knowledge and education are key to ensuring that the partnership between the people of our two countries continues to grow. I am sure that you will agree that these new relationships will provide a very real platform to allow that to happen
dialogue
What we need is a dialogue amongst civilizations.
democracy
India has remained a full, functioning democracy.
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For two years in a row we have upwards of 7 percent growth in our national income. This year we expect to repeat that performance. I am convinced that we will sustain this rate of growth perhaps even improve upon in the next years. This has the potential of transforming our economy in many ways. It is now possible as never before to visualize India without poverty, without disease and scourge,