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Sunday, September 21, 2008 (06:19:54) |
| Tags : Pranab Mukherjee, Peace, Neighbours |
"Peace with neighbours needed for sustained growth" |
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Kolkata: Peace with Pakistan, China and other neighbours was required for India to have a sustained economic growth, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Saturday. "Ten to 15 years of an undisturbed environment is required for India for sustained growth," the Minister told at the annual general meeting of Bengal National Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
Mukherjee said, "There may be causes of irritation or divergence of perceptions between India and neighbouring nations. No sovereign country may agree with us on every issue." But, India would have to have peaceful co-existence with neighbours, he said. Mukherjee said that the two major challenges which would confront the country were food and energy security.
The food position of the country, he said, was comfortable for the year 2008. Taking a dig at the Left parties, he said that the country required energy. "It is not an ideological issue. Even the guru of Marxist philosophy Lenin started his economic policy with electricity," he said. (PTI) |
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