How does it compare to whole India looking grim and doom? I know India healthcare is world class. The best in the world. Toilet is best in the world.
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Former PM Singh says India's situation "grim and morose"
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NEW DELHI, March 6 (Xinhua) -- India's former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has warned that country was facing an imminent danger of "social disharmony, economic slowdown and a global health epidemic".
In an op-ed piece published on Friday in one of the leading local dailies The Hindu, Singh wrote that "India faces imminent danger from the trinity of social disharmony, economic slowdown and a global health epidemic."
The article came in the wake of the communal violence that rocked Indian capital last week over controversial citizenship law, killing over 50 and injuring more than 300.
"It is not my desire to offer a dire prognosis or to exaggerate fears. But I believe it is our solemn duty to speak truth to the people of India. The truth is that the current situation is very grim and morose," Singh wrote.
Singh was the prime minister of India for two successive terms from 2004 to 2014. He is currently a senior leader of India's main opposition party Indian National Congress.
Singh said in times of a floundering economy, the impact of such social unrest would only exacerbate the slowdown.
The former premier said a lack of investment meant fewer jobs and lower incomes, leading to diminished demand in the economy. Enditem