Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has called for improved processes of governance to curb corruption in public life. Speaking at the concluding session of the Governors' conference in New Delhi on Sunday, he said, it is right time to move decisively in this direction. He said government should do utmost to improve transparency, accountability.

The Prime Minister said that our government is committed to take all possible measures to curb corruption.

Dr. Manmohan Singh said that high food price inflation has been a particular cause of worry in recent months. He said, the government has taken a number of steps to tackle this issue through increasing productivity and production in agriculture and allied sectors.

The Prime Minister said that the government and the Reserve Bank of India will continue to take the required fiscal and monetary measures to ease inflationary pressures. Dr. Singh also said that the immediate challenge today is how to sustain a high growth path while keeping inflation in check.

The Prime Minister said, Left Wing Extremism continues to pose a major threat to the internal security, but concerted efforts made by the Centre and the States in the past few years have shown some positive results. The quantum of violence in the current year has declined in comparison to the corresponding period last year.

Dr. Singh sought to dispel the notion that the Centre does not pay attention to the advice of state Governors, but accepted there was scope for further attention. He said, collectively, Governors represent a vast repository of experience and expertise and it is only appropriate that we all benefit from their wisdom through conferences as the present one.

The Prime Minister urged the Governors to take active interest in the implementation of these development programmes.