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New Delhi:
Against the backdrop of a string of Maoist attacks, Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh on Wednesday pitched for urgent and considered action
to root out the problem of Left-wing extremism and asserted that no
quarter can be given to those challenging the authority of the
Indian state.
Singling out Left-wing extremism as the gravest internal security
threat faced by the nation, he said, “Recent events have underscored
the need for urgent and considered action to root out this problem.”
“No quarter can be given to those who have taken upon themselves to
challenge the authority of the Indian state and the fabric of our
democratic polity,” he said, inaugurating the Civil Services Day
function here.
The Prime Minister’s remarks come in the wake of the worst-ever
Maoist attack at Chitangufa in Chhattisgarh on April 6 in which 75
CRPF men and a policeman were killed.
The Naxalites had also opened fire on five separate CRPF camps in
quick succession in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday
night.
Underscoring the fact that Left-wing extremism was flourishing in
under-developed areas of the country, Mr. Singh asked the civil
servants to ensure that no area of the country is denied the
benefits of the government’s developmental programmes.
“But we cannot overlook the fact that many areas in which such
extremism flourishes are under-developed and many of the people,
mainly poor tribals, who live in these areas have not shared
equitably in the fruits of development.
“It is incumbent upon us to ensure that no area of our country is
denied the benefits of our ambitious developmental programmes,” the
Prime Minister said.
He asked them to devise innovative ways and means to harness the
tools of information technology and to involve the intended
beneficiaries in implementation so that complaints of leakages,
corruption and lack of transparency get addressed.
Mr. Singh said that inclusive growth was the centerpiece of the
developmental agenda of the UPA and fast economic growth provided
the government with the resources to address the problems of
poverty, ignorance and disease.
“Rapid growth will have little meaning, however, unless social and
economic inequalities, which still afflict our society, are not
eliminated quickly and effectively,” he said.
The Prime Minister said that despite the global economic slow down,
India was able to post a respectable growth of 6.7 per cent in
2008-09.
“The growth rate for 2009-10 is now estimated at 7.2 per cent and
the forecast for 2010-11 is 8.25 per cent,” he said, adding the
medium term target set by the government was to return the economy
to an annual growth rate of 9 per cent.
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