MANMOHAN SINGHS LEGACY

Presented by :- Ashutosh Rathore(449)

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About Manmohan singh. Educational glimpses. Achievements as Economist Emergence in political scenario. Achievements as a prime minister. Vision of leadership.

About Manmohan Singh

The first ever Sikh prime minister on india was born on 26th september
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).

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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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 any embarrassment 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.

Achievements as a economist.

Following the advice of International Monetary Fund in 1991, Singh as Finance 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, enjoying widespread 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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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.

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.

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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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.

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.