Speech of the Hon'ble President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, at the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission
Shri P. Chidambaram, Minister of Finance,
Shri Mahabir Prasad, Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises,
Shri S.M Krishna, Governor of Maharashtra,


Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India,

I am happy to be associated with the inauguration of the 9th All India Conference of Urban Cooperative Banks and Credit Societies, especially as I have been associated with the working of NAFCUB.



I am delighted to participate in the presentation ceremony of the National Awards for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, which is taking place on the occasion of the International Day of Disabled Persons.
I am indeed happy to participate in the Human Rights Day function organized by the National Human Rights Commission of India, commemorating the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations in 1948.