Re: [DesiSpice] Dr Manmohan Singh
Jasbir Sethi
Manmohan Singh ( born 26 September 1932 ) is the 14th and current Prime
Minister of the Republic of India. He is the only Prime Minister since
Jawaharlal Nehru to return to power after completing a full five-year
term. He is the first Sikh to hold the office. Singh is also the 7th
Prime Minister belonging to the Indian National Congress party.
Singh previously carried out economic reforms in India in 1991, during
his tenure as the Finance Minister, under the leadership of P. V.
Narasimha Rao, from 1991 to 1996. These reforms resulted in the end of
the Licence Raj system, helping to open the Indian economy to greater
international trade and investment.[1]
In 2010, Newsweek magazine recognized him as a world leader who is
respected by other heads of state, describing him as "the leader other
leaders love." The article quoted Mohamed ElBaradei, who remarked that
Dr. Singh is "the model of what a political leader should be."[2] Singh
is number 18 on the 2010 Forbes list of the world's most powerful
people.[3]
Manmohan Singh was born to Gurmukh Singh and Amrit Kaur on 26 September
1932, in Gah, Punjab, (now in Chakwal District, Pakistan), British
India, into a Sikh family. He lost his mother when he was very young and
was raised by his paternal grandmother, to whom he was very close.
After the Partition of India, his family migrated to Amritsar, India,
where he studied at Hindu College. He attended Panjab University,
Chandigarh, studying Economics and got his bachelor's and master's
degrees in 1952 and 1954, respectively, standing first throughout his
academic career. He went on to read for the Economics Tripos at
Cambridge as a member of St John's College. He won the Wright's Prize
for distinguished performance in 1955 and 1957. He was also one of the
few recipients of the Wrenbury scholarship. In 1962, Singh completed his
studies from the University of Oxford where he was a member of Nuffield
College. The title of his doctoral thesis was "India's expert
performance, 1951–1960, expert prospects and policy implications"
and his thesis supervisor was Dr. I.M.D. Little. This thesis later grew
into the book "India's Export Trends and Prospects for Self-Sustained
Growth".[4]
In 1997, the University of Alberta awarded him an Honorary Doctor of Law
degree. The University of Oxford awarded him an honorary Doctor of Civil
Law degree in June 2006, and in October 2006, the University of
Cambridge followed with the same honour. St. John's College further
honoured him by naming a Ph.D Scholarship after him, the Dr. Manmohan
Singh Scholarship.
After completing his D.Phil, Singh worked for United Nations Conference
on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) from 1966–1969. During the 1970s,
he taught at the University of Delhi and worked for the Ministry of
Foreign Trade with the former Cabinet Minister for Foreign Trade, Lalit
Narayan Mishra. As the Minister of Foreign Trade, Lalit Narayan Mishra
was one of the first to recognize Singh's talent as an economist and
appointed him his advisor at the Ministry of Foreign Trade. Mr. Singh
and Mr. Mishra first met, coincidentally, on a flight from India to
Chile. Mr. Mishra was on his way to Santiago, Chile, to attend an UNCTAD
meeting.
In 1982, he was appointed the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India and
held the post until 1985. He went on to become the deputy chairman of
the Planning Commission of India from 1985 to 1987. Following his tenure
at the Planning Commission, he was appointed Secretary General of the
South Commission in Geneva from 1987 to 1990, an independent economic
policy think tank, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland
In 1991, India's Prime Minister at the time, P.V. Narasimha Rao, chose
Singh to be his Finance Minister. At this time, India's fiscal deficit
was close to 8.5 per cent of the gross domestic product, the balance of
payments deficit was huge and the current account deficit was close to
3.5 percent of India's GDP.[5] India's foreign reserve barely amounted
to USD$1 billion, enough to pay for a few weeks of imports, in
comparison to USD$283 billion today.[6]
Evidently, India was facing an economic crisis. At this point, the
government of India sought relief from the supranational International
Monetary Fund, which, while assisting India financially, imposed several
conditions regarding India's economic policy. In effect, IMF-dictated
policy meant that the ubiquitous Licence Raj had to be dismantled, and
India's attempt at a state-controlled economy had to end. Accordingly,
Singh, who had thus far been one of the most influential architects of
India's socialist economy, reluctantly and slowly opened the Indian
economy to foreign investment and business competition.[5][7]
Rao and Singh thus implemented policies to open up the economy and
change India's socialist economy to a more capitalistic one, dismantling
the Licence Raj in the process, a system that inhibited the prosperity
of private businesses. They removed many obstacles standing in the way
of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), and initiated the process of the
privatization of public sector companies. However, in spite of these
reforms, Rao's government was voted out in 1996 due to non-performance
of government in other areas. In praise of Singh's work that pushed
India towards a market economy, long-time Cabinet minister P.
Chidambaram has referred to Singh as the Deng Xiaoping of India. [8]
In 1993, Singh offered his resignation from the post of Finance Minister
after a parliamentary investigation report criticised his ministry for
not being able to anticipate a USD$1.8 billion securities scandal. Prime
Minister Rao refused Singh's resignation, instead promising to punish
the individuals directly accused in the report
Singh was first elected to the upper house of Parliament, the Rajya
Sabha, in 1991[10] and was re-elected in 2001 and 2007. From 1998 to
2004, while the Bharatiya Janata Party was in power, Singh was the
Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. In 1999, he contested for
the Lok Sabha from South Delhi but was unable to win the seat.[11]
Some opposition parties have criticised Singh's election as a Rajya
Sabha member from Assam, arguing that he was not eligible to become a
Member of Parliament from a state where he does not reside
After the 2004 general elections, the Indian National Congress stunned
the incumbent National Democratic Alliance (NDA) by becoming the
political party with the single largest number of seats in the Lok
Sabha. In a surprise move, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairperson
Sonia Gandhi declared Manmohan Singh, a technocrat, as the UPA candidate
for the Prime Minister post. Despite the fact that Singh had never won a
Lok Sabha seat, he "has enjoyed massive popular support, not least
because he was seen by many as a clean politician untouched by the taint
of corruption that has run through many Indian administrations."[14] He
took the oath as the Prime Minister of India on 22 May 2004
Singh freed India from the Licence Raj as Finance Minister, a source of
social instability and slow economic growth in the Indian economy for
decades. He liberalized the Indian economy, allowing it to speed up
development dramatically. During his term as Prime Minister, Singh has
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 8–9% 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
Singh is now a strong supporter of globalization, seeing India's immense
labor capacity as a path to delivering Indian goods in a worldwide
market and eventually relieving large-scale poverty.[19]
Singh's government has continued the Golden Quadrilateral and the
highway modernisation program that was initiated by Vajpayee's
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. [20]
In 2005, Prime Minister Singh and his government's health ministry
started the National Rural Health Mission, which has mobilised half a
million community health workers. This rural health initiative was
praised by the American economist Jeffrey Sachs.[21]
Singh has announced that eight more Indian Institutes of Technology will
be opened in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Orissa,
Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh. The Singh
government has also continued the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan programme, begun
by his predecessor, Mr. Vajpayee. The programme has included the
introduction and improvement of mid-day meals and the opening of schools
all over India, especially in rural areas, to fight illiteracy
Singh's government has been criticised by opposition parties for
revoking POTA and for failing to anticipate and prevent several bomb
blasts in various cities, such as Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad,
Ahmedabad, Delhi and Jaipur. His government has also been criticized for
not being able to reduce the Naxal terrorism that is menacing rural
areas in Eastern and Central India. Singh's government has, however,
extended the ban on the radical Islamic terror group Student's Islamic
Movement of India (SIMI).
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.[22] However, the Singh administration has been successful in
reducing terrorism in Northeast India
The important National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) and the
Right to Information Act were passed by the Parliament in 2005 during
his tenure. While the effectiveness of the NREGA has been successful at
various degrees, in various regions, the RTI act has proved crucial in
India's fight against corruption
Manmohan Singh's Government has continued the pragmatic foreign policy
that was started by P.V. Narasimha Rao and continued by Bharatiya Janata
Party's Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The Prime Minister has continued the peace
process with Pakistan initiated by his predecessor, Atal Bihari
Vajpayee. Exchange of high-level visits by top leaders from both
countries have highlighted his tenure, as has reduced terrorism and
increased prosperity in the state of Kashmir. Efforts have been made
during Singh's tenure to end the border dispute with People's Republic
of China. In November 2006, Chinese President Hu Jintao visited India
which was followed by Singh's visit to Beijing in January 2008. A major
development in Sino-Indian relations was the reopening of the Nathula
Pass in 2006 after being closed for more than four decades. As of 2010,
the People's Republic of China is the second biggest trade partner of
India
Relations with Afghanistan have also improved considerably, with India
now becoming the largest regional donor to Afghanistan.[25] During
Afghan President Hamid Karzai's visit to New Delhi in August 2008,
Manmohan Singh increased the aid package to Afghanistan for the
development of more schools, health clinics, infrastructure, and
defence.[26] Under the leadership of Singh, India has emerged as one of
the single largest aid donors to Afghanistan
Singh's government has worked towards stronger ties with the United
States. He visited the United States in July 2005 initiating
negotiations over the Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement. This was
followed by George W. Bush's successful visit to India in March 2006,
during which the declaration over the nuclear agreement was made, giving
India access to American nuclear fuel and technology while India will
have to allow IAEA inspection of its civil nuclear reactors. After more
than two years for more negotiations, followed by approval from the
IAEA, Nuclear Suppliers Group and the US Congress, India and the U.S.
signed the agreement on 10 October 2008 with Pranab Mukherjee
representing India
Prime Minister Singh had the first official state visit to the White
House during the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama. The
visit took place in November 2009, and several discussions took place,
including on trade and nuclear power
During Singh's tenure as Prime Minister, relations have improved with
Japan and European Union countries, like the United Kingdom, France, and
Germany. Relations with Iran have continued and negotiations over the
Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline have taken place. New Delhi hosted an
India–Africa Summit in April 2006 which was attended by the leaders
of 15 African states.[28] Relations have improved with other developing
countries, particularly Brazil and South Africa. Singh carried forward
the momentum which was established after the "Brasilia Declaration" in
2003 and the IBSA Dialogue Forum was formed.[29]
Manmohan Singh's government has also been especially keen on expanding
ties with Israel. Since 2003, the two countries have made significant
investments in each other[30] and Israel now rivals Russia to become
India's defence partner.[31] Though there have been a few diplomatic
glitches between India and Russia, especially over the delay and price
hike of several Russian weapons to be delivered to India,[32] relations
between the two remain strong with India and Russia signing various
agreements to increase defence, nuclear energy and space cooperation
India held general elections to the 15th Lok Sabha in five phases
between 16 April 2009 and 13 May 2009. The results of the election were
announced on 16 May 2009.[34] Strong showing in Andhra Pradesh,
Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal and Uttar
Pradesh helped the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) form the new
government under the incumbent Singh, who became the first prime
minister since Jawaharlal Nehru in 1962 to win re-election after
completing a full five-year term.[35] The Congress and its allies were
able to put together a comfortable majority with support from 322
members out of 543 members of the House. These included those of the UPA
and the external support from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Samajwadi
Party (SP), Janata Dal (Secular) (JD(S)), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and
other minor parties.[36]
On 22 May 2009, Manmohan Singh was sworn in as the Prime Minister during
a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.[37][38] The 2009 Indian general
election was the largest democratic election in the world held to date,
with an eligible electorate of 714 million.
Singh married Gursharan Kaur in 1958. Their three daughters, Upinder
Singh, Daman Singh and Amrit Singh, have successful, private-sector,
careers. [39]
Upinder Singh is a professor of history at Delhi University. She has
written six books, including Ancient Delhi (1999) and A History of
Ancient and Early Medieval India (2008).[40] Daman Singh is a graduate
of St. Stephen's College, Delhi and Institute of Rural Management,
Anand, Gujarat, and author of The Last Frontier: People and Forests in
Mizoram and a novel Nine by Nine.[41] Amrit Singh is a staff attorney at
the ACLU. [42]
Singh has undergone multiple cardiac bypass surgeries, the most recent
of which took place in January 2009
Singh has always been perceived as a man of clean background with high
intellect. He is seen as a man of few words and someone who stays away
from controversies. The Independent described him as "one of the world's
most revered leaders" and "a man of uncommon decency and grace," noting
that he drives a Maruti 800, one of the humblest cars in the Indian
market. [44]
Eminent writer Khushwant Singh lauded Dr. Singh as the best prime
minister India has had, even rating him higher than Jawaharlal Nehru. He
mentions an incident in his book Absolute Khushwant: The Low-Down on
Life, Death and Most things In-between where after losing the 1999 Lok
Sabha elections, Singh immediately returned the 2 lakh (US$4,300) he had
borrowed from the writer for hiring taxis. Terming him as the best
example of integrity, Mr. Khushwant Singh stated, "When people talk of
integrity, I say the best example is the man who occupies the country's
highest office
•BA (Hons) in Economics 1952; MA First Class in Economics, 1954
Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
•Honours degree in Economics, University of Cambridge - (St John's
College; 1957)
â—¦Senior Lecturer, Economics (1957–1959)
â—¦Reader (1959–1963)
â—¦Professor (1963–1965)
â—¦Professor of International Trade (1969–1971)
•DPhil in Economics, University of Oxford - (Nuffield College; 1962)
•Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi
â—¦Honorary Professor (1996)
•Chief, Financing for Trade Section, UNCTAD, United Nations
Secretariat, Manhattan, New York
â—¦1966 : Economic Affairs Officer 1966
•Economic Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Trade, India (1971–1972)
•Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, India, (1972–1976)
•Honorary Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (1976)
•Director, Reserve Bank of India (1976–1980)
•Director, Industrial Development Bank of India (1976–1980)
•Secretary, Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs),
Government of India, (1977–1980)
•Governor, Reserve Bank of India (1982–1985)
•Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission of India, (1985–1987)
•Secretary General, South Commission, Geneva (1987–1990)
•Advisor to Prime Minister of India on Economic Affairs
(1990–1991)
•Finance Minister of India, (21 June 1991 – 15 May 1996)
•Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha (1998–2004)
•Prime Minister of India (22 May 2004 – Present)__._,_.___
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Rabinder Koul
sri venkat
puppet of Sonia Maino and so much of corruption has happened while is
the PM. He cannot escape the blame for it.
The country has been robbed crores and crores and he has done nothing.
"Prime Minister Singh's personal integrity is beyond doubt. However,
it is now equally beyond doubt that he is neither able nor trying to
enforce probity in his government,” Advani said. “It is now common
knowledge that the UPA government is by far the most corrupt in Indian
history. The prime minister is exhibiting the same helplessness that
he earlier did when asked to act against the tainted ministers in his
cabinet.”
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Tell me, why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so
embarrassed to recognise our own strengths, our achievements? We are
such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we
refuse to acknowledge them. Why?
~~~ Abdul Kalam (Former President of India)
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sri venkat
> Venkatji.... Where u had been when Mr Manmohan Singh saved the entire
> economy from financial crisis.....
We are talking of present crisis, which is too grave and Manmohan is
caught right in the middle of it.
Second why are you so defensive of him? Nobody is above the law. We
should think in the interest of the country and not of Manmohan or
Sonia Maino or prince Raul Gandhi. Indian has never suffered so much
corruption as it is witnessing now.
venkat
Jitender Chaubey
Regards
Dr A J Chaubey
Jitender Chaubey
"There Is No Road To Success, But Through A Clear Strong Will Power"
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mahesh gupta
| U R SAYING RIGHT.. NO ONE IS GREATER THAN INDIAN COSTITUTION... THEY ARE THE TERRORIST WHO SUPPORTING THE CONGRESS GOVT FOR EVEN AFTER SO MUCH CURRUPTION AND CHAOS AND BAD POLITICS.. CONGRESS DIRECTLY SUPPORTING TERRORIST AND PRETENDING THAT THEY ARE FIGHTING AGAINST TERRORISM. Arise! Awake !! And Stop Not Till The Goal is Reached !! --- On Mon, 10/1/11, sri venkat <ahven...@gmail.com> wrote: |
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shirish dave
| The robbers (CongI leaders) said watchman (MMS) is not at fault. Watchman is sincere. The watch man has not taken any share from the robbery. He is morality is beyond doubt. How much funny it looks? |
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Rabinder Koul
Change the focus, and put the questioner on defensive.. Great debating
technique ...
shirish dave
| Will power that works. Narendra Modi far ahead of MMS. MMS is older than NaMo, but in capacity, will power, and wisdom he is a baby before NAMO. If one has no determination his certificates are simple paper scrap. |
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Gagarin Harindar
thank you for sending me this message after all i am too a same race of Dr Manmohan singh a sikh i am too a sikh. well this things happen he is a puppey also Barak Obama is a Puppet to the white shoe boys like Geoggee bush and gang.
so things like this is happening one day the paper money will have got no value the time is near already so only invest in gold and property. so i must end hear thank you
harindar
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thank you for sending me this message after all i am too a same race of Dr Manmohan singh a sikh i am too a sikh. well this things happen he is a puppey also Barak Obama is a Puppet to the white shoe boys like Geoggee bush and gang.
so things like this is happening one day the paper money will have got no value the time is near already so only invest in gold and property. so i must end hear thank you
harindar
Prof R K Gupta-India
On Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:08:55 +0530 wrote
>Will power that works.Narendra Modi far ahead of MMS.
MMS is older than NaMo, but in capacity, will power, and wisdom he is a baby before NAMO.If one has no determination his certificates are simple paper scrap.
--- On Mon, 10/1/11, Rabinder Koul wrote:
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Dharam Singh
You sound very jealous of Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. It looks like you neither could do anything for yourself nor for the society. You are not even lucky to get any seat at the right time or have a strong line in your palm. At least, Pooja path karo - follow the teaching of Krsna in Bhagwad Gita, which will cleanse your heart of all these bitterness.
God bless you!
Your well wisher
Dharam
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:51:15 +0000
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Subject: Re: Re: [DesiSpice] Dr Manmohan Singh
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Jitender Chaubey
I think its not about argument or debate its about truth and facts and let me tell u facts are not to be believed its exist.
Regards
Dr A j Chaubey
Head Global Engineering
IBNM INDIA
Mumbai Chapter
Rabinder Koul
Manish Gupta
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Jasbir Singh
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Sent: Wed, January 12, 2011 11:26:51 AM
jas
K C Star
I HAVE NOT ADDED MYSELF TO THIS GROUP.
KINDLY REMOVE MY NAME FROM GROUP MEMBERSHIP, I AM GETTING UNWANTED MAILS.
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Sent: Thu, 13 January, 2011 5:19:22 PM
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Jitender Chaubey
Very shocking but the truth i.e. your mail only defines justification and i think i know about Dr Manmohan Ji very well and the entire history better than u. Put logic and talks otherwise u can keep debating. No personal approach but one has to put facts and logic.
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Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:43:43 +0530
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Gurdeep Singh
HI.
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