Hon'ble Vice-President, 
Hon'ble Prime Minister, 
Hon'ble Ministers,  
Hon'ble Deputy Chairman Planning Commission, 
Hon'ble Governors, Hon?ble Lieutenant Governors

Senior officials,

My greetings to all of you. This is my second opportunity to be on this platform of the Conference of Governors. It gives me great pleasure to cordially welcome all of you particularly the Governors and Lieutenant Governors attending the Conference for the first time.

Dynamics of Development

The Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace;

Where there is hatred let me sow love;

And where there is injury, pardon;

And where there is doubt, faith;

And where there is despair, hope;

And where there is darkness, light;

and where there is sadness, joy

Godly Children

I am delighted to participate in this function organized by the DRDO in collaboration with Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad and Sastra University. I am happy to be among the children particularly special children who have been fitted with light weight calipers. The future of any nation depends on children and youth, and their well-being is of utmost important. Assisting polio affected children with Floor Reaction Orthosis (FRO), a spin off product of Defence Technology is a noble task. When I am here, an incident comes to my mind.

I am happy to meet all of you here today. You have all contributed in the relief operations of Tsunami affected areas. Now, we are in the process of building permanent homes for the affected population. My greetings to all of you.

Rural Prosperity