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Manmohan Singh for urgent action to root out left-wing extremism | The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh on Tuesday underscored the need for urgent and considered action to root out the left-wing extremism from the country. Inaugurating the Civil Service Day here, Dr Singh said: "terrorism
and left-wing extremism are challenging the very foundation of the country's democratic
and secular polity so there is urgent need for considered action to root out this
problem. "While no quarter can be given to those who have challenged the authority
of the Indian State and democratic polity, the fact that extremism flourishing
in many of the areas which are under development cannot be overlooked," he added.
Pointing to the widespread feeling that the country has not completely successful
in ensuring that the benefits of the development reach the targeted section of
the society, Dr Singh said that civil servants have pivotal role to ensure that
the benefits of our programmes percolate to the farthest and remotest villages
of our country. Referring to the medium term target of the government to return
to annual growth of nine per cent, Dr. Singh said that this goal can be achieved
by facilitating the right enabling environment in which enterprise and innovations
are encouraged. He also said that the Civil Services have a major role to play
in helping the government to adequately respond to the challenges posed by the
globalization. "Globalization and a more inter-connected and inter-dependent world
in which we live in bring both new opportunities and new challenges. The civil
servant of today should not only be alive and sensitive to the problems at hand
but should also be well equipped to tackle them. This calls for continuous updation
and improved training. And since we live in an environment where developments
at one place affect what happens elsewhere, civil servants today also need to
work with greater coordination with each other," he added. |
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