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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT / THE HINDU.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a news conference on board his special aircraft on Saturday while returning to Delhi from Tanzania.
The Prime Minister fielded questions on a range of issues, from his visit to Africa to domestic politics. Excerpts:
On his African visit: The world is faced with a shortage of raw materials and food, and the more I look upon the possibility of progress in Africa, I am convinced that [it] is going to provide the space for the solution of the global food problem, global resource problems and therefore it is a responsibility for all of us to work together with the countries of Africa to evolve a more equitable, more balanced, more inclusive process of development avoiding the colonial patterns of the past.
On South-South cooperation: The Nonaligned Movement has not lost its global relevance. Globalisation has come to be accepted as unavoidable but we want to develop a style and substance of globalisation which benefits all countries and that is the role which the NAM has to play. Ultimately, all international relations are power relations and it is our desire to pool all the collective weight of the developing countries to make the processes of global growth more equitable, more sustainable and equitable. There is a lot of talk of climate change, for example. We want climate change to be an instrument for strengthening the process of sustainable development, not as a means of impoverishing the countries of the south or leading to deindustrialisation of the south.
Farmers whose lands, which are their sole means of livelihoods should be paid market price and should be assured of fair rehabilitation and resettlement package, guaranteed by the State and Central Governments.
Also project developers should be restricted to acquire only as much land as is required and not a cent more.
In case of not developing the project, within two years, the promoters should return the land to the original owners.
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