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Problems are global, responses remain national: PM
New Delhi, Dec 19 (PTI) India Friday questioned the
efficacy of the developed world's response to tackle global
financial crisis as well as the threat of terror and asked the
developing world to find own ways to address these challenges.
"The response of the developed countries to the
challenges of our times, be it financial crisis or climate
change or terrorism, shows that they have no monopoly on good
ideas. We in the developing world wish to work with the
developed, but we have to find our own ways to deal with these
challenges," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here.
"The imperatives of development, of the well-being of our
people, and the logic of democratic politics dictate this. We
are after all answerable to our people," he said at a function
to mark the 75th birthday of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen.
The Prime Minister expressed wonder over the manner in
which "some nations" control international institutions. "I am
often amazed by the jealousy with which nations guard their
control over international institutions even as they speak of
the virtues of globalisation and democracy."
The time has come for the global polity to catch up with
the times and address the challenges posed by the global
economy, he added.
Singh said while problems have become global, responses
remain national or regional. "One reason for this could be the
inherent weakness of global institutions," he said.
The PM also released a book on the occasion titled
"Arguments for a Better World: Essays in Honour of Amartya
Sen", a collection of writingS by leading economists and
social scientists.
On the debate of globalisation, he said, "It has become
divided between those who remain obsessed with the ideologies
of the market and those who adhere to the ideologies of
Statism."
He said India has long rejected such stereotypes and such
ideological straight-jacketing of policies. "We have walked
the pragmatic middle path, and will continue to do so. We must
walk on two legs," the Prime Minister said.
He said pursuing development and seeking welfare with the
framework of a liberal democracy is not an easy journey for a
poor country like India.
"Many nations started this journey with us and drifted
away. Some chose not to walk this path, others were denied
that opportunity," the Prime Minister said. He said India's
achievement in this dimension has global relevance even today.
"In a world where intolerance is on the rise, in a world
where bigotry is on the rise...in a world where ideologies of
exclusion challenge the inclusiveness of the human spirit,
more voices must speak for freedom and democracy, even if such
freedoms are partial and such democracies are flawed," he
said.
Singh said he does not deny that Indian democracy has
its faults too.
"Amartya values its argumentative aspect, others more
impatient to see movement at times deplore it. Personally, I
feel what is important about our democracy is not so much the
argumentativeness, but its ability to build consensus," he
added. PTI IND
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efficacy of the developed world's response to tackle global
financial crisis as well as the threat of terror and asked the
developing world to find own ways to address these challenges.
"The response of the developed countries to the
challenges of our times, be it financial crisis or climate
change or terrorism, shows that they have no monopoly on good
ideas. We in the developing world wish to work with the
developed, but we have to find our own ways to deal with these
challenges," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here.
"The imperatives of development, of the well-being of our
people, and the logic of democratic politics dictate this. We
are after all answerable to our people," he said at a function
to mark the 75th birthday of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen.
The Prime Minister expressed wonder over the manner in
which "some nations" control international institutions. "I am
often amazed by the jealousy with which nations guard their
control over international institutions even as they speak of
the virtues of globalisation and democracy."
The time has come for the global polity to catch up with
the times and address the challenges posed by the global
economy, he added.
Singh said while problems have become global, responses
remain national or regional. "One reason for this could be the
inherent weakness of global institutions," he said.
The PM also released a book on the occasion titled
"Arguments for a Better World: Essays in Honour of Amartya
Sen", a collection of writingS by leading economists and
social scientists.
On the debate of globalisation, he said, "It has become
divided between those who remain obsessed with the ideologies
of the market and those who adhere to the ideologies of
Statism."
He said India has long rejected such stereotypes and such
ideological straight-jacketing of policies. "We have walked
the pragmatic middle path, and will continue to do so. We must
walk on two legs," the Prime Minister said.
He said pursuing development and seeking welfare with the
framework of a liberal democracy is not an easy journey for a
poor country like India.
"Many nations started this journey with us and drifted
away. Some chose not to walk this path, others were denied
that opportunity," the Prime Minister said. He said India's
achievement in this dimension has global relevance even today.
"In a world where intolerance is on the rise, in a world
where bigotry is on the rise...in a world where ideologies of
exclusion challenge the inclusiveness of the human spirit,
more voices must speak for freedom and democracy, even if such
freedoms are partial and such democracies are flawed," he
said.
Singh said he does not deny that Indian democracy has
its faults too.
"Amartya values its argumentative aspect, others more
impatient to see movement at times deplore it. Personally, I
feel what is important about our democracy is not so much the
argumentativeness, but its ability to build consensus," he
added. PTI IND
SAK
NNNN
