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
It was also audacious, in my book even more so than the 1991 reform, given how little support it had within the Congress and the UPA
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
The timeline shows the life of the Indian politician, academician, economist, and bureaucrat who served as the Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014
Dr Singh was very conscious of the fact that he had risen from a poor family to the highest levels of power, which shaped his view of his responsibilities
He was ambitious for an open, democratic, confident India where every Indian has an opportunity for a better life. And he did more to make that possible than most
RTI passed to empower citizens to seek information from public authorities, promoting transparency during his tenure as PM
He had a humble manner that came naturally, but I have long suspected that in his own estimation, he stood taller than those around him - with good reason, writes T N Ninan
He ran a coalition, managing Congressmen who both considered themselves senior to him and swore by another power centre
A Member of the Rajya Sabha from 1991 until April 2024, Singh served as Leader of the Opposition from 1998 to 2004
Congress leaders have also slammed the movie 'The Accidental Prime Minister', starring Anupam Kher as Manmohan Singh, as BJP's propaganda against their party
The movie, which stars Anupam Kher as former prime minister Manmohan Singh, faced opposition from the Congress which termed it a propaganda film
A breezy but shallow account, focussed mainly on the first term of the Congress-led alliance, tries to cover a lot of ground in 110 minutes.
A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao said the petitioner has no locus-standi to file the plea and private interest was involved in it.
Sudhir Kumar Ojha moved the court on January 2 last with the complaint that the movie presented Singh and a number of other public figures in "bad light"
The actor said playing former prime minister Manmohan Singh is the most challenging role of his career
The film has sparked a row over alleged distortion of facts
While one cannot grudge the attempt to time a movie so that it is most profitable, The Accidental… is a film about important personalities who are still in public life
The movie is based on the book of the same name written by Singh's former media adviser Sanjaya Baru