Very common and very minimum

  • 27/05/2004

  • Indian Express (New Delhi)

Trying to strike a balance between addressing the concerns of the "aam aadmi' in both urban and rural India and the need to pursue a vigorous, if nuanced, economic reforms agenda, Prime Minister Manomohan Singh today formally released the CMP which, in his words, "seeks to accelerate the tempo of social and economic change' while "paying particular attention' to the needs of farmers, agricultural labour, workers and other weaker sections of society. The Prime Minister emphasised that the 24-page document was not a comprehensive agenda but "does lay down the broad principles that will guide the work of our government.' The CMP, the document added in conclusion,'is the foundation for another CMP