Economic Reforms 1991

Best of BS Opinion: India must make rational choices on Trump tariffs

Our editorials and opinion pieces today look at the impact of Trump's tariffs and how India should calibrate its responses, as well as the social and economic impact of AI replacing IT jobs

Grace under fire: RBI represents a crisis manager's balancing acts

Since 1991, RBI has played key role in averting crises that posed a threat to India's economy

Manmohan Singh: The uncharismatic leader who transformed India's economy

Manmohan Singh had no power base or interest in building one, yet his legacy speaks for itself

Farewell, Dr Singh: State funeral to be held at Nigambodh Ghat today

Draped in the tricolour, Singh's body was brought from AIIMS to the bungalow in Lutyens' Delhi that had been his home after he demitted the PM's office in 2014

Manmohan's legacy as PM: Goodwill earned in 1st stint, but slips in the 2nd

An analysis of economic parameters shows that history will be kinder to him more for his first term than the second

List of defining reforms under Singh as finance minister, Prime Minister

RTI passed to empower citizens to seek information from public authorities, promoting transparency during his tenure as PM

Times when Manmohan Singh was an economist first, a politician second

From the 1991 economic crisis to his critique of demonetisation, former PM Manmohan Singh's legacy is marked by his quiet confidence, intellectual depth, and transformative vision for India

Manmohan Singh: India's quiet reformer taught a generation to dream

Manmohan Singh, who died at 92, was above everything else the embodiment of hope

'Every Indian owes you a debt': Ratan Tata's letter to former PM goes viral

In a letter, philanthropist and industrialist Ratan Tata conveyed his admiration for former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao's "outstanding achievement" in initiating vital economic reforms in India

Adani terms Cong 1991 reforms as runway, Modi's tenure as economic take-off

"If the period between 1991 and 2014 was about putting down the foundations and building the runway, the period from 2014 to 2024 has been about the aircraft taking off," Adani said

Cong veteran Manmohan Singh: Prime minister by chance, statesman by design

QUIET CRITIC: From economic reforms to political storms, ARCHIS MOHAN chronicles the journey of India's 'accidental prime minister' as he retires after 33 years in the Rajya Sabha at 91

Centre should spell out reform agenda, take everyone along

When the minority government of Narasimha Rao was formed on June 21, 1991 after the general elections, very few expected major initiatives

Hindu rate of growth: Where does the term come from and what it means

The term was first used by the late economist Raj Krishna in 1978 to refer to the low rate of economic growth in the pre-liberalisation era

Indian business: From safari suits to pin striped jackets after 1991

If India is now considered having the potential to be a leading economy, the 1991 reforms made it possible.

Why India is still not ready to embrace 1991-style economic reforms

The real issue is that the government and the bureaucracy, unlike in 1991, aren't set up to develop a consensus behind liberalizing reforms

From Sensex to exports, how much have we scaled our economy in 30 years

Major economic reforms in the early 1990s changed the face of the Indian economy

30 years of economic reforms: Here's a look at the broad contours of change

The pace of changes in the first 100 days of a minority govt remains unparalleled till today

Reserve Bank of India: The real hero of the 1991 economic reforms

The three governments of that decade - the Congress, the United Front, and the National Democratic Alliance - went along because whatever the RBI did had no impact on votes

Modi govt finally delivering on reforms? Let's not jump to that conclusion

The promises of netas and babus and new laws, however well-meaning, mean little. What matters is implementation on the ground

I've to be careful, am answerable to Parliament: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Nirmala Sitharaman tells Indivjal Dhasmana & Nivedita Mookerji that the government has made sure that mistakes committed during 2008-2013 are not repeated while announcing the Rs 20-trillion package.