While the country is mourning Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's demise, Rahul Gandhi has flown to Vietnam to ring in the new year, BJP's IT cell head Amit Malviya said in a post on X
Congress has been alleging that the BJP government has disrespected the ex-PM over the arrangements at the funeral
The last five-years however has been the best for corporate India in terms of net profit growth thanks to margins expansion and gains from a cut in corporate tax in September 2019
He introduced a dual exchange rate mechanism in February 1992 and unified exchange rate mechanism in February 1993, effectively engineering a further devaluation of about 30 per cent
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Singh's term as Prime Minister also witnessed several landmark decisions which, in a way, were built on the foundation he laid as finance minister
Manmohan Singh showed that technocrats can change nations' destinies as effectively as any populist
From the liberalisation of the Indian economy to the abolition of the licence raj it were his efforts that laid the foundation for India's economic transformation and opened the doors for global trade
Earlier on Friday, Muizzu had paid tributes to Singh through a post on X and recalled that his historic visit to the Maldives in November 2011 marked a significant milestone in advancing our economies
Speaking to reporters here, AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal said that not only the Congress party but also the Shiromani Akali Dal had harshly criticised the Union government on the matter
India's financial sector, dominated by public sector banks in 1991, had been long repressed by rigid controls on interest rate
Banerjee claimed that their 'silence' in the face of such critical issues highlights a troubling detachment from the struggles of ordinary citizens
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi had said the BJP-led Centre had 'totally insulted' Singh by performing his last rites at Nigambodh Ghat
A war of words has broken out between BJP and Congress leaders over the cremation of Manmohan Singh at Delhi's Nigambodh Ghat
He said that the Congress failed to honour former president Pranab Mukherjee after his death and even downplayed the Bharat Ratna conferred on him
BJP chief's reaction came after the Congress accused the Centre of insulting Singh, the country's first Sikh prime minister, by performing his last rites at Nigambodh Ghat instead of a designated spot
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The opposition party had written to the Centre for identifying a designated place for Singh's last rites, where a memorial could be set up for him
Congress had demanded a funeral in a place where a memorial to Singh could be built. However, the Centre said land for a memorial would be earmarked in the next few days
As a mark of respect to Singh, Bhutan's national flag was flown at half-mast across the country and at its embassies, and consulates abroad