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Manmohan Singh (Punjabi: Manamohana Singha , pronounced [mənˈmoːɦənᵊ ˈsɪ́ŋɣʰ] ⓘ; 26 September 1932 – 26 December 2024) was an Indian economist, bureaucrat and politician [1] who served as the prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014.
[29] [30] The devaluation made petroleum more expensive to import, so Singh proposed to lower the price of kerosene to benefit the poorer citizens who depended on it while raising petroleum prices for industry and fuel. [31] Manmohan Singh presented the budget alongside his outline for broader reform. [27]
At that time Dr. Manmohan Singh (later prime minister of India) launched India's free market reforms that brought the nearly bankrupt nation back from the edge. It was the beginning of liberalization, privatisation and globalization (LPG) in India. Modernization of industries was a major highlight of the Eighth Plan.
People in India are reflecting on former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's contribution to the country since his death on Thursday evening.. Singh, who held the top post for two consecutive ...
Manmohan Singh, India’s 13th Prime Minister and a pivotal figure in the country’s economic transformation, died in a New Delhi hospital on Dec. 26 of age-related medical conditions. He was 92.
P. V. Narasimha Rao took over as Prime Minister in June, and appointed Manmohan Singh as Finance Minister. [18] The Narasimha Rao government ushered in several reforms that are collectively referred to as liberalisation in the Indian media. The reforms formally began on 1 July 1991 when RBI devalued the rupee by 9% and by a further 11% on 3 July.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Described as a "reluctant king" in his first stint as prime minister, the soft-spoken Manmohan Singh, who died on Thursday at the age of 92, was arguably one of India's most ...
Sir C. D. Deshmukh was the first Indian to serve as the governor. Sir Benegal Rama Rau was the longest serving governor. I. G. Patel, the fourteenth governor Manmohan Singh, the fifteenth governor, later served as the thirteenth prime minister of India Raghuram Rajan, the twenty-third governor Shaktikanta Das, the twenty-fifth governor Sanjay Malhotra, the twenty-sixth and the incumbent governor