Dr. Manmohan Singh (1932-2024): Key Highlights Of A Legendary Career

Dr. Manmohan Singh (1932-2024): Key Highlights of a Legendary Career

1. His PhD thesis was one of the first to call for a greater export focus

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2. Designed the package that brought down inflation from a peak of over 20 percent in 1974

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3. Brought much of the eventual reforms team into government

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4. As RBI governor, appointed the Chakravarty committee that brought modern monetary policy to India

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5. The Seventh Five Year Plan which he guided shifted focus from investment to productivity and tech upgradation

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6. The economic reforms of 1991

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7. As PM, broke the international nuclear apartheid with the signing of the nuclear deal with the US

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8. His government introduced rights based legislation that is the backbone of the social protection system in India.

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