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Reforms and growth: GDP to inflation, Vajpayee govt's economic report card

Despite sanctions following Pokharan-II in 1998 and the Kargil War in 1999, the government managed to keep economic growth above 6%

Reforms and growth: Vajpayee government's economic report card

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Last Updated : Aug 17 2018 | 2:45 AM IST

Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee scripted path-breaking reforms in telecom, road, power, and taxes. Despite sanctions following Pokharan-II in 1998 and the Kargil War in 1999, the government managed to keep economic growth above 6 per cent till 1999-2000. Growth slowed in 2002-03, with drought, but recovered soon.

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