Speech of the Hon'ble President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, at the Function to Release the Commemorative Postage Stamp and Present the Renewable Energy Awards

Shri Vilas Muttemwar, Minister of State of New and Renewable Energy,
Dr. Shakeel Ahmad, Minister of State of Communications and Information Technology,
Distinguished Guests,

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.
I am happy to participate in the celebrations of the National Energy Conservation Day.