I feel like a high school student facing one test after the other: Manmohan Singh

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says he feels like a high school student facing one test after the other.

Every time, we have been able to confront the crisis and turn it into an opportunity, said the prime minister.

Singh said that the economy will return to sustained growth path next year with growth rate of 9 to 10% of the GDP.

Small farmers and entrepreneurs often face unresponsive and corrupt government, he said.

We need to effectively deal with the threat of corruption, Singh said.

We are confident that the country can easily sustain a growth rate of 9 to 10% per annum, he added

We must reduce average age of people in power, says the prime minister.

If anything wrong has been done by anybody he or she will be brought to book; There should be no doubt in anybody's mind, says Singh on second-generation mobile telephony spectrum issue.

We are ready to discuss all issues in Parliament. It is my humble request to all political parties to allow Parliament to function, said Singh.

Various aspects of this (2G Spectrum allocations) are being looked into by respective agencies in their domains of interest, said the prime minister.

We are ready to discuss all outstanding issues with Pakistan provided terror machine is brought under control, says Singh.