PM hoists the tricolor on 63rd Independence Day

  15 Aug : The Nation celebrates the 63rd Independence Day on Saturday, the 15th of August, 2009 and the main function was held at the historic Red Fort where Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh hoisted the tri-colour from the rampart of Lal Quila.

Sending out a positive message on Independence Day, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called for a new era of cooperation and harmony and pledged all possible government assistance to farmers to deal with drought and stepped up efforts to control spiralling prices.

Addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort for the sixth consecutive year, Singh said the government would work for political stability and strengthening economy with an aim of marching towards "a golden future".

Asserting that the people had rejected sectarian politics and have "chosen a political arrangement which is secular", he called for "a new era of cooperation and harmony" and promised to take everyone along to create "an environment of consensus and cooperation".

"You have entrusted a big responsibility on us and we humbly accept that and will fulfill it", he said.

Referring to the problem of the H1N1 flu facing the country, Dr. Singh said that there was no need to panic and that the Center and the States will work together to fight the flu.

PM says yet another Green Revolution needed for farmers not yet brought under irrigation, says several measures being taken to overcome effects of poor monsoon, including crop loans.Dr. Singh said the country needed another Green Revolution to achieve four per cent annual growth in agriculture. This, he said, is achievable in the next five years.

 Promising special attention to minorities, the Prime Minister said caring for them was not appeasement.He said the government has chalked out a number of programmes for the benefit of minorities and allocation for their welfare has been increased.

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By :  News Team