‘During his stint as prime minister, he got 270 million people out of poverty.’‘This, according to the World Bank, is the fastest compression of poverty anywhere in the world.’ Arvind Mayaram, the former finance secretary, recalls his encounters with Dr
Dr Manmohan Singh first embossed himself on the national consciousness when as India’s finance minister he flagged off economic reforms which changed this nation forever. Glimpses of Dr Singh during his tenure as finance minister, from our archives.
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s 1991 Budget unshackled India’s economy, significantly enhancing the economic prospects for hundreds of millions of Indians, first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Gita Gopinath said on Friday. Photograph: Reuters In a
