Monday, 19 March 2012
Madam Speaker, I rise to join all Members of this august House in conveying our sincere thanks to the Honourable President for her enlightened address. The debate on the President’s Address has been very wide-ranging and Shri Jaswant Singhji has made his contribution as well. I thank all the Hon. Members from all sides who have contributed to this debate.The President’s Address lays down the objectives and the roadmap that our Government is following and will pursue with greater vigour to deal with the challenges that are mentioned in the President’s Address. The President’s Address in paragraph 10 refers to five important challenges that our country faces today. They are :-
1) to strive for livelihood security for the vast majority of our population and contribute to work for removal of poverty, hunger and illiteracy from our land;
2) to achieve economic security through rapid and broad-based development and creation of productive jobs for our people;
3) to ensure energy security for our rapid growth;
4) to realise our developmental goals without jeopardizing our ecological and environmental security; and
5) to guarantee our internal and external security within the framework of a just, plural, secular and inclusive growth.
Madam, these five challenges sum up the task that lies ahead of our Government in the two-and-a-half years that remain.
2) to achieve economic security through rapid and broad-based development and creation of productive jobs for our people;
3) to ensure energy security for our rapid growth;
4) to realise our developmental goals without jeopardizing our ecological and environmental security; and
5) to guarantee our internal and external security within the framework of a just, plural, secular and inclusive growth.
Madam, these five challenges sum up the task that lies ahead of our Government in the two-and-a-half years that remain.
