NEW DELHI, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday called on India's businessmen to share their wealth with the country's poor and join the fight against poverty, reported the private Indo-Asian News Service.
Singh asked the country's businessmen to learn from Microsoft founder Bill Gates who used his wealth to banish poverty, improve health services and promote education, according to the report.
"I very much hope that many more Indians who can -- more of our business leaders and our wealthy -- will learn to share their wealth with the people of their country, by investing in their education, their health, and the care of the elderly and the disabled, " Singh was quoted as saying.
Singh made the statement at a ceremony of prize granting on a Gates foundation here, at which Gates himself was granted a prize for his contribution to peace and development, said the report.
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