...[India's] Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that the time had come to squarely address the issues of development, displacement and environment...We need to quickly evolve credible mechanisms,...whereby development is not perceived as a threat to people's lives and habitats; whereby development is done in the most cost-effective, environment friendly and least disruptive manner"..The Prime Minister urged the CII [Confederation of Indian Industry] to give more attention to questions of social and economic discrimination and deprivation and to such issues as - educational and health status, employment generation, social security and empowerment of women and minorities.