manmohan singh’s legacy

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MANMOHAN SINGHSLEGACY

Presented by :- Ashutosh Rathore(449)


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Contents

About Manmohan singh.

Educational glimpses.

Achievements as Economist

Emergence in political scenario.

Achievements as a prime minister.

Vision of leadership.


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About Manmohan Singh

The first ever Sikh prime minister on india was born on 26 thseptember

1932 in Gah Punjab now in pakistan .

Born in Gah(now in Punjab, Pakistan), Singh's family migrated to India

during its partition in 1947.

After obtaining his doctorate in economics from Oxford, Singh worked for

the United Nations in 196669.

He subsequently began his bureaucratic career when Lalit Narayan

Mishra hired him as an advisor in the Ministry of Foreign Trade.

Over the 70s and 80s, Singh held several key posts in the Government of

India., such as Chief Economic Advisor (197276),Reserve-Bank governor

(198285) and Planning Commission head (198587).


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Career and Educational glimpses

He studied at Hindu College. He attended Punjab University, Chandigarh

then in Hoshiarpur Punjab, studying Economics and got his bachelor's and

master's degrees in 1952 and 1954, respectively, standing first throughout

his academic career.

He completed his Economics Tripos at University of Cambridge as he was

a member of St John's College in 1957.

After completing his D.Phil, he returned to India until 1966 when he went to

work for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

(UNCTAD) from 19661969.

He worked as the advisor of Ministry of Foreign Trade, who was appointed

by Lalit Narayan Mishra after recognising Singh's talent as an economist.


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continue

He was re-elected to the Rajya Sabah from Assam for the fifth

consecutive time on Thursday, after a minor initial scare created by

some dissidents within the Congress party.

The re-election, coming a few days after the ninth anniversary of the

United Progressive Alliances (UPAs) run in power, avoids anyembarrassment to Singh as he begins his 10th year as Prime

Ministera feat achieved only twice before, first by Jawaharlal

Nehru and later by Indira Gandhi.


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Achievements as a economist.

Following the advice of International Monetary Fund in 1991, Singh asFinance Minister, freed India from the Licence Raj, source of slow

economic growth and corruption in the Indian economy for decades.

He liberalised the Indian economy, allowing it to speed up

development dramatically. During his term as Prime Minister, Singh

continued to encourage growth in the Indian market, enjoyingwidespread success in these matters.

Singh, along with the former Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram have

presided over a period where the Indian economy has grown with an

89% economic growth rate.

In 2007, India achieved its highest GDP growth rate of 9% and

became the second fastest growing major economy in the world.


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Continuous

Singh's government has continued the Golden Quadrilateral and the

highway modernisation program that was initiated by Vajpayees

government.

Singh has also been working on reforming the banking and financial

sectors, as well as public sector companies.

The Finance ministry has been working towards relieving farmers of

their debt and has been working towards pro-industry policies.

In 2005, Singh's government introduced the value added tax

replacing sales tax In 2007 and early 2008, the global problem of

inflation impacted India.


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Emergence in political scenario.

In June 1991, India's Prime Minister at the time, P.V. Narasimha Rao.

chose Singh to be his Finance Minister. Singh told Mark Tully the British

journalist in 2005 .

.On the day (Rao) was formulating his cabinet, he sent his Principal

Secretary to me saying, The PM would like him to become the Minister of

Finance. . So thats how he started in politics.


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Achievements as a prime minister

In 2005, Prime Minister Singh and his government's health ministry started the

National Rural Health Mission(NRHM), which has mobilised half a million community

health workers. This rural health initiative was praised by the American

economist Jeffrey Sachs In 2006,

His Government implemented the proposal to reserve 27% of seats in All India

Institute of Medical Studies (AIIMS), Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), the Indian

Institutes of Management (IIMs) and other central institutions of higher education for

Other Backward Classes which led to 2006 Indian anti-reservation protests.

Eight more IIT's were opened in the states of Andhra Pradesh Bihar, Gujarat

Orissa, Punjab Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh The Singh

government also continued the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan programme. The

programme includes the introduction and improvement of mid-day meals and the

opening of schools all over India, especially in rural areas, to fight illiteracy .


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Conti..

Singh's government has been instrumental in strengthening anti-terror

laws with amendments to Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.(UAPA).

National Investigation Agency (India) (NIA) was also created soon after

the Nov 2008 Mumbai terror attacks as need for a central agency to

combat terrorism was realised.

Also, Unique Identification Authority of India was established in February

2009, an agency responsible for implementing the envisioned Multipurpose

National IdentityCard with the objective of increasing national security and

facilitating e-governance.

Singh's administration initiated a massive reconstruction effort

in Kashmir to stabilise the region but after some period of success,insurgent infiltration and terrorism in Kashmir has increased since

2009.]However, the Singh administration has been successful in reducing

terrorism in Northeast India.
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Conclusion as a human being.

Despite many a times being criticized for his generous and calmness in

behaviour and decision making . He is the man full of generosity and

perfectionist to his ideologies.

His view of thinking is bright , smooth and very vigilant and has been

developing by leaps and bounds.

And all the above qualities make him the perfect choice as aprotector of

humanitarian aspects of indian country.


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