Growth to be protected;
New Delhi, Nov 3 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today gave a categorical assurance that the GDP growth rate and other relevant growth parameters will be protected at all costs, notwithstanding the turmoil created by the global financial crisis, and asked industry to refrain from large-scale job lay-offs.
Goodwill Ambassador for Women Empowerment Fiza Batool Gilani on Thursday said rapid population growth has a direct nexus with poverty, ill health and dilution of economic gains.