辛格總理呼吁印度商界領導人承擔社會責任 (PM Singh Calls for Social Responsibility by India's Business Leaders)

印度總理辛格敦促商界領袖確保經濟繁榮的部份成果幫助印度的窮人。辛格星期四在新德里召開的一次會議上公布了一項10點計劃，要求企業主管勇于促進社會責任。辛格要求商界領導人抗拒過份給自己及同事增加薪資和紅利的欲望。他警告說，貧富之間日漸加大的收入差距，可能會導致不滿情緒和社會騷亂。

自身為經濟學家的辛格因很大程度上創造幫助刺激印度經濟高漲的環境而受到好評。印度許多中產階級的生活水平顯著提高，但是印度三分之一的人口，也就是3億多人每天的生活費還不到1美元。

Indian Prime Minister Singh has urged business leaders to ensure that a share of the nation's economic prosperity helps India's poor. At a conference in New Delhi on Thursday, Mr. Singh unveiled a 10-point plan for executives to promote social responsibility. The prime minister asked business leaders to resist the urge to give themselves and their colleagues excessively large salary increases and bonuses. He warned that a growing income disparity between rich and poor could lead to resentment and social unrest.

Mr. Singh, a trained economist, is largely credited with creating the conditions that helped fuel India's economic boom. Living standards have risen sharply for many middle-class Indians, but one-third of the population -- well over 300 million people -- live on less than one dollar a day.