CONTENTS
Part One: Integration and Inclusion
I. PM's Speech at the National Conference on Women's Role
in Nation-Building, 23 August 2005 (New Delhi) 3
II. PM's Address to the National Integration Council,
31 August 2005 (New Delhi) 7
III. PM's Address at the South Asian Inter-Faith Harmony
Conclave, 21 April2007 (New Delhi) 14
IV. PM's Address at the Conference on Empowerment of Dalits
and Minorities, 17 May 2007 (New Delhi) 17
v. PM's Opening Remarks at the 14th National Integration
Council Meeting, 13 October 2008 (New Delhi) 22
VJ, PM's Address at the Women's Leadership Summit,
6 March 2010 (New Delhi) 27
VII. Excerpts of the PM's Intervention in the Rajya Sabha Debate on the Constitution Amendment Bill, 9 March 2010 (New Delhi) 30
VIII. . PM's Opening Remarks at the All Party Meeting on
Reservation in Promotions, 21 August 2012 (New Delhi) 33
IX. PM's Address at the Conference of State Minorities
Commissions, 13January 2014 (New Delhi) 36
Part Two: The Economy
X. PM's Interview in the McKinsey Quarterly,
September 2005 43
XI. PM's Speech at the Delhi School of Economics Golden Jubilee Function, 18 January 2006
(New Delhi) 52
XII. PM's Address at the Golden Jubilee Celebrations
of the National Council of Applied Economic Research
(NCAER), 17 December 2006 (New Delhi) 58
XIII. PM's Speech at the Platinum Jubilee of the Indian Statistical Institute, 24 December 2006 (Kolkata, West Bengal) 63
XIV. PM's Address at the Confederation of
Indian Industry (CII) Annual General Meeting,
24 May 2007 (New Delhi) 69
XV. PM's Speech at the Function to Mark the Centenary of
Tata Steel, 22 April 2008 Qamshedpur, Jharkhand) 76
XVI. PM's Remarks at the Meeting with the Captains oflndian Industry, 28 March 2009 (New Delhi) 80
XVII. PM's Speech at the 92nd Annual Conference of
the Indian Economic Association, 27 December 2009 (Bhubaneshwar, Odisha) 83
XVIII. PM's Address at the Conference of Chief Ministers
on Prices of Essential Commodities, 6 February 2010
(New Delhi) 88
XIX. PM's Address at the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of the Reserve Bank oflndia (RBI), 1April2010 (Mumbai, Maharashtra) 94
XX. PM's Interview with ET Now, 16 March 2012 100
XXI. PM's Interview in Hindustan Times, 6 July 2012 103
XXII. PM's Address at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) National Conference and Annual General Meeting,
3 April2013 (New Delhi) 109
XXIII. PM's Speech at the Silver Jubilee Celebration of the
Securities and Exchange Board oflndia (SEBI),
24 May 2013 (Mumbai, Maharashtra) 117
XXIV. PM's Statement in the Lok Sabha on the Current
Economic Situation in the Country,
30 August 2013 (New Delhi) 122
Part Three: The Environment 63
XXV. PM's Speech at the Inauguration of the 1st India Disaster
Management Congress, 29 November 2006 (New Delhi) 129
XXVI. PM's Speech on Releasing the Climate Change
Action Plan, 30 June 2008 (New Delhi) 132
XXVII. PM's Address at the Valedictory Session of the International Seminar on Global Environment and
Disaster Management, 24 July 2011 (New Delhi) 136
XXVIII. PM's Speech at the 3rd Meeting of the
National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA),
17 April2012 (New Delhi) 140
XXIX. PM's Speech at the Meeting of the National Board
for Wildlife, 5 September 2012 (New Delhi) 144
XXX. PM's Address at the International Workshop on Green
National Accounting for India, 5 April20 13 (New Delhi) 147
Part Four: Transparency and Accountability
a. Right to Information
XXXI. PM's Intervention in the Lok Sabha Debate on the
Right to Information (RTI), 11 May 2005 (New Delhi) 153
XXXII. PM's Address at the Valedictory Session of the National Convention on 1stYear of the Right to
Information (RTI), 15 October 2006 (New Delhi) 157
XXXIII. PM's Address at the 6th Annual Convention of Information Commissioners, 14 October 2011
(New Delhi) 161
b. Aadhaar
XXXIV. PM's Address at the Launch of Aadhaar,
29 September 2010 (Tembli village, Maharashtra) 167
XXXV. PM's Address on the Launch of Aadhaar-Enabled
Service Delivery, 20 October 2012 (Dudu, Rajasthan) 170
XXXVI. PM's Closing Remarks at the 1st Meeting
of the National Committee on Direct Transfers,
26 November 2012 (New Delhi) 173
XXXVII. PM's Remarks at the Meeting of the National Committee on Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT),
5 April2013 (New Delhi) 175
C. Lokpal
XXXVIII. PM's Address at the All India Conference ofLokayuktas and Uplokayuktas,
29 September 2004
(Dehradun, Uttarakhand) 179
XXXIX. PM's Opening Remarks at the All Party Meet on the
Lokpal Bill, 3 July 2011 (New Delhi) 185
XL. PM's Opening Remarks at the All Party Meeting
on the Lokpal Bill, 24 August 2011 (New Delhi) 187
XLI. PM's Speech in the Lok Sabha Debate on Corruption,
25 August 2011 (New Delhi) 189
XLII. PM's Speech in the Lok Sabha on the Lokpal Bill,
27 December 2011 (New Delhi) 195
d. Combatting Corruption
XLIII. PM's Address at the Biennial Conference of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and State Anti-Corruption
Bureaus, 27 August 2004 (New Delhi) 203
XLIV. PM's Keynote Address at the Conference of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and State
Anti-Corruption Bureaus, 17 November 2006 (New Delhi) 209
XLV. PM's Address at the Biennial Conference of the
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and State
Anti-Corruption Bureau, 21 October 2011 (New Delhi) 213
XLVI. PM's Speech at the 19th Conference of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and State Anti-Corruption Bureaus, 10 October 2012 (New Delhi) 217
e. Other Initiatives
XLVII. PM Launches e-Governance Project MCA21,
18 March 2006 (New Delhi) 223
XLVIII. PM's Address at the Inauguration of the I 50th Year Celebrations of the Institution of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) oflndia, 16 November 2010
(New Delhi) 228
XLIX. PM's Address at the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), 11 February 2014
(New Delhi) 232
Part Five : History and Heritage
L. PM's Speech at the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of
Sahitya Akademi, 1 November 2004 (New Delhi) 239
Ll. PM's Speech at the Handing over ofKangla Fort to the Government of Manipur,
20 November 2004
(lmphal, Manipur) 243
LII. PM's Speech on the 400th Anniversary of Installation of
the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, 30 October 2005 (New Delhi) 247
LIII. PM's Remarks at the Pietermaritzburg Station,
South Mrica, 30 September 2006 (South Africa) 251
LIV. PM's Speech at the Satyagraha Centenary Commemoration at Kingsmead Stadium, Durban,
1 October 2006 (Durban) 252
LV. PM's Remarks at Phoenix Settlement, Durban,
1 October 2006 (Durban) 256
LVI. PM's Address in Parliament on the 150th Anniversary
of 1857, 10 May 2007 (New Delhi) 258
LVII. PM's Address at the Inauguration of the Four-Year-Long Celebrations of Swami Vivekananda's 150th Birth
Anniversary, 12January 2011 (New Delhi) 261
LVIII. PM's Address at the Inaugural Function of the 150th Anniversary Commemoration of
Rabindranath Tagore, 7 May 2011 (New Delhi) 265
LIX. PM's Address at the 150th Year of the Archaeological
Survey oflndia (ASI), 20 December 2011 (New Delhi) 269
LX. PM's Speech at the 125th Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Ramanujan at Chennai, 26 December 2011 (Chennai, Tamil Nadu) 273
LXI. PM's Address at the World Sanskrit Conference,
5 January 2012 (New Delhi) 277
LXII. PM's Address in the Central Hall of Parliament on the 60th Anniversary of the First Sitting of Parliament,
13 May 2012 (New Delhi) 280
LXIII. PM's Speech in the Concluding Function of the Sesquicentennial Celebrations of the Bombay High Court,
18 August 2012 (Mumbai, Maharashtra) 283
LXIV. PM's Speech at the Ceremony to Mark the Completion
li) 247 of Restoration Work at Humayun's Tomb, 18 September
2013 (New Delhi) 287
Part Six: India and the World
LXXVI. Press Conference of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in New York,
16 September 2005 372
LXXVII. PM's Acceptance Speech at the Moscow State University,
5 December 2005 (Moscow) 382
LXXVIII. Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's Interview on Charlie Rose, 27 February 2006 388
LXXIX. PM's Address at the Inauguration of the Hannover Fair, 23 April 2006 (Germany) 410
LXXX. PM's Address at the Annual General Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB),
5 May 2006 (Hyderabad, Telangana) 413
LXXXI. PM's Remarks at the London School of Economics (LSE),
Asia Forum, 7 December 2006 (New Delhi) 419
LXXXII. PM's Address at the Joint Session of the Diet,
14 December 2006 (Tokyo) 424
LXXXIII. Spiegel Interview with Indian Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh, 29 October 2007 429
LXXXIV. PM's Address at the Chinese Academy of Social
Sciences, 15 January 2008 (Beijing) 432
LXXXV. PM's Speech at the National Assembly of Bhutan,
17 May 2008 (Thimphu) 439
LXXXVI. PM's Remarks at the Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony
of the Chancery Building of the State of Palestine in India,
7 October 2008 (New Delhi) 444
LXXXVII. Interview of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh
with Financial Times, 31 March 2009 446
LXXXVIII. Transcript of Prime Minister's Press Conference
at London G20 Summit, 2 April 2009 (London) 458
LXXXIX. PM's Remarks at the G20 Meeting at Pittsburgh,
Plenary Session, 25 September 2009 (Pittsburgh) 469
XC. Press Conference by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh Following G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, USA,
25 September 2009 473
XCI.PM's Press Conference Following 7th lndia-ASEAN
and 4th East Asia Summit, 25 October 2009 (Hua Hin) 485
XCII.Lally Weymouth Interviews Indian Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh, 22 November 2009 495
XCIII. Prime Minister's Press Conference in Washington, 25 November 2009 502
XCIV. Intervention by PM on Climate Change-CHOGM
Summit 2009, 27 November 2009 (Port of Spain) 510
XCV.PM's Remarks at the Informal Plenary of Heads
of State/Governments at the 15th Conference ofParties
at Copenhagen, 18 December 2009 (Copenhagen) 514
XCVI. PM's Address to the Majlis Al-Shura, 1 March 2010 (Riyadh) 516
XCVII.PM's Opening Statement at the 16th SAARC
Summit, 28 April 2010 (Thimphu) 521
XCVIII.PM's Speech at the Dinner Hosted by Him in Honour of the
Prime Minister of Pakistan, 30 March 2011 (Mohali, Punjab) 525
XCIX.PM's Address at the Joint Session of the Parliament
of Mghanistan, 13 May 2011 (Kabul) 528
PM's Address at the Plenary Session of the 2nd Mrica-lndia Forum Summit,
24 May 2011 (Addis Ababa) 534
Cl.PM's Address at Dhaka University; 7 September 2011 (Dhaka) 538
CII. PM's On-Board Media Interaction En Route
from Dhaka to New Delhi, 8 September 2011 545
CIII. PM's Address to Think Tanks, Intellectuals and the
Business Community in Yangon, 29 May 2012 (Yangon) 551
CIV. PM's On-Board Press Interaction En Route from Yangon
to New Delhi, 29 May 2012 557
cv. Statement by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh at the 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, 30 August 2012 (Tehran) 562
CVI. PM's On-Board Press Interaction En Route
to Delhi from Tehran 566
CVII. PM's Remarks at the Inauguration of the High-Level Segment of
the 11th Conference of the Parties (CoP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity,
16 October 2012 (Hyderabad, Telangana) 575
CVIII. PM's Opening Statement at the Plenary Session of the
India-ASEAN Commemorative Summit, 20 December 2012 (New Delhi) 579
CIX. PM's Speech at the Inaugural Session of the 46th Annual General Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB),
4 May 2013 (Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh) 583
CX. PM's Address at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations,
21 October 2013 (Moscow) 588
CXI. Prime Minister's On-Board Media Interaction
En Route to Delhi from Beijing, 24 October 2013 592
Part Seven:Assorted Speeches
CXII. PM's Address at the Inauguration of the New Capital
Complex of Assam, 21 November 2004 (Dispur, Assam) 599
CXIII. PM's Outstanding Parliamentarian Award
Acceptance Speech, 21 March 2005 (New Delhi) 604
CXIV. PM's Intervention in the Rajya Sabha during the Debate on the Adjournment Motion Regarding the Action Taken Report of the Government on the Nanavati Commission
Report, 12 August 2005 (New Delhi) 607
CXV : PM's Remarks on the 125th Anniversary of The Tribune,
24 September 2005 (Chandigarh) 615
•CXVI. PM's Address at the Conference on Democracy, Development and Social Inclusion, 8 December 2005 (New Delhi) 619
CXVII. PM Conferred with Degree of Doctor of Law by the
University of Cambridge, 11 October 2006 (London) 623
CXVIII. PM's Address at the National Colloquium on Poverty Alleviation, Food Security and Right to Development, 9 November 2006 (New Delhi) 628
CXIX. PM's Speech at a Rally in Amritsar, 20 December 2006 (Amritsar, Punjab) 632
CXX . PM's Address at the International Conference on Peace, Non-Violence and Empowerment,
30 January 2007 (New Delhi) 638
CXXI. PM's Keynote Address at the India Today Conclave, 23 March 2007 (New Delhi) 642
CXXII. PM Inaugurates the 4th International Conference on Federalism,
5 November 2007 (New Delhi) 648
CXXIII. PM Releases the North Eastern Region Vision 2020
Document, 2 July 2008 (New Delhi) 654
CXXIV.PM's Reply to the Debate on the Motion of
Confidence in the Lok Sabha, 22 July 2008, (New Delhi) 659
CXVV : PM's Address at the International Conference on Development, Freedom and Welfare,
19 December 2008 (New Delhi) 668
CXXVI. pM Delivers the Bhimsen Sachar Memorial Lecture,
27 December 2008 (New Delhi) 673
CXXVII. PM Inaugurates the Indira Gandhi Conference 'An Indian Social Democracy: From Political Vision to Practical Possibility', 19 November 2010 (New Delhi) 679
CXXVIII. PM Inaugurates the 9th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas,
8 January 2011 (New Delhi) 685
CXXIX. PM Inaugurates the 17th Commonwealth Law Conference at Hyderabad, 6 February 2011
(Hyderabad, Telangana) 690
CXXX. PM's Speech at the National Innovation Council
Function, 15 November 2011 (New Delhi) 695
CXXXI. PM's Address in the Lok Sabha on 60th Anniversary of the 1st Session of the Parliament, 13 May 2012 (New Delhi) 698
CXXXII. PM's Address at the Hindustan Times Summit, 2013
6 December 2013 (New Delhi) 701
CXXXIII. PM's Statement in the Rajya Sabha on the Telangana Bill and a Special Package for the Successor State of Andhra Pradesh, 20 February 2014 (New Delhi) 708
Part Eight: The Close of an Era
CXXXIV. Prime Minister's Press Conference at the National Media Centre, New Delhi, 3 January 2014 713
CXXXV. PM's Farewell Speech to the 15th Lok Sabha, 21 February 2014 (New Delhi) 729
CXXXVI. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Last Address to the Nation,
17 May 2014 (New Delhi) 731
Index 733
About the Author and Editor 753