Quote

If the economy is growing fast, there is call for a distributing income from the rich to the poor to to put in place social safety nets.

Manmohan Singh

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Manmohan Singh
Age: 91
Born: 1932
Born: September 26
Banker
Civil Servant
Economist
Politician
Prime Minister Of India
Place
Safety
Fast
Economy
Growing
Rich
Call
Distributing
Poor
Nets
Social
Income

More quotes by Manmohan Singh

Image
I think the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Manmohan Singh
Image
I do believe that the future of civilization belongs to those who would lay emphasis on working together instead of talking about clash of civilizations.
Manmohan Singh
Image
The death of distance. There is hardly any middle class family in India who doesn't have a son, a daughter, a son-in-law, a brother, a brother-in-law in the United States. That is a very powerful new bond.
Manmohan Singh
Image
In a world in which technology is changing at such a fast pace, where demand conditions change very fast, we need to look at a more innovative mechanism to cut down on this rigmarole of many tiers of decision-making processes.
Manmohan Singh
Image
Protectionism is a very real danger. It is understandable that in times of a severe downturn protectionist pressures mount but the lessons of history are clear. If we give in to protectionist pressures, we will only send the world into a downward spiral.
Manmohan Singh
Image
Jawaharlal Nehru wanted India to develop close ties with China and learn from its experience.
Manmohan Singh
Image
Nobody should be allowed to tinker with democracy. We will not discontinue the good works of the past government.
Manmohan Singh
Image
We are a mixed economy. We will remain a mixed economy. The public and private sector will continue to play a very important role. The private sector in our country has very ample scope and I am confident that India's entrepreneurs have the capacity, and the will to rise to the occasion.
Manmohan Singh
Image
Pakistan should be a moderate Islamic state. That it should be a prosperous country is in India's interests, and it is in the world's interests.
Manmohan Singh
Image
I think whatever I've done, I hope I've earned a footnote in India's long and tortuous history.
Manmohan Singh
Image
China is not I think a country which does not regulate, but there is a difference between the Chinese system and the Indian system.
Manmohan Singh
Image
Terrorists had the advantage of surprise.
Manmohan Singh
Image
I have to create in India a macroeconomic environment where the employment in aggregate can go up at a handsome rate. Once that happens, people losing jobs in one sector will not mean that they will become perpetually unemployed. From one sector, they can move on to other sectors.
Manmohan Singh
Image
If certain facilities, local facilities have to be arranged, the local authorities have to come. And that makes the Indian system slow moving, Indian administrative system slow moving.
Manmohan Singh
Image
No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come.
Manmohan Singh
Image
If the economy is not expanding, the redistribution of income becomes a zero-sum game. And therefore, all the class struggle - and it becomes much more vicious.
Manmohan Singh
Image
In a country where employment opportunities are not growing fast enough, the fear of change tends to be very acute.
Manmohan Singh
Image
My vision is to work for the relationship between India and Pakistan which would be like the relation between Canada and the United States.
Manmohan Singh
Image
The emergence of India as a major global power is an idea whose time has come. This is a legitimate ambition for China. This is a legitimate ambition for India. And the challenge for the humanity is to evolve a world system in which the legitimate ambitions of both our countries can find constructive expression without threatening anybody else.
Manmohan Singh
Image
India's saving rate will go up. India's investment rate will go up. And I believe that's a plus point.
Manmohan Singh