Monday, May 25, 2009

100-day timeline to infuse momentum: Kamal Nath

100-day timeline to infuse momentum: Kamal Nath
The Financial Express, May 23, 2009, Page 2

Press Trust of India, New Delhi

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has set a 100-day time limit for infusing “new momentum” into the administration with a focus on bringing “revolution” in the agriculture sector, senior Cabinet minister Kamal Nath said on Friday.

“The young generation will get opportunities for employment and a new momentum will be infused in the administration... because the Prime Minister has set a 100-day time limit,” Nath told reporters after he was sworn in as a Cabinet minister for the second consecutive term.

The Prime Minister has declared a 100-day programme for taking concrete steps and agriculture deserves to be given the utmost priority.

“Such steps will be taken in agriculture so as to bring a revolution in the sector,” he said.

Nath, who held the commerce and industry portfolio in his earlier stint, said the government would come out with a concrete policy to tackle the impact of global slowdown on

Indian economy which should grow by at least 8 %.

He said it was essential that the government took steps for revival of domestic demand and investment because India could not remain unaffected by the global recession.

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