New Delhi, June 01: Presenting his government’s report on completion of first year, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today vowed to fight terrorism “root and branch” and enforce the writ of the State in dealing with naxalism and political extremism.
He identified price rise as one of the major problems and said necessary corrective steps would be taken to rein in inflation.
Making it clear that he was “conscious of the tremendous challenges” lying ahead, he said the government will seek “new frontiers and new directions” to strengthen social and economic foundations during the remaining tenure of four years.
Singh referred to the various initiatives taken for economic growth, social upliftment of people and empowerment of children in terms of education and said such efforts would be taken further to provide an “effective, purposeful and responsive” government.
–Agencies